360 version only plays in widescreen?

[Pineiro3k38]

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the thing with hdtvs is I think with all of them is just change the screen mode or whatever to wide zoom b/c I personally hate the black bars so.. but u can't with sdtvs which sux

[Bacardi151]

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A cheaper solution would be to purchase the vga cables and plug the 360 into your pc monitor. Of course, the bigger the monitor the better it will look. Only other thing you have to worry about is connectng the audio cables while playing. but it you have a good monitor, its a 40 dollar upgrade.

[ODogg]

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For those who have asked about the quality of the "lower end" $500 range HDTV's, although I don't have one myself (I have an $800 samsung 30" HDTV) I will say there are quite a few happy people on OS in the forums I've read who have bought the low end $500 HDTVs and have said they make their gaming much, much more enjoyable.

I do understand those with limited means though as I was just unemployed myself a couple years ago, but I guess I was just saying as has been said in this thread, the 360 is more or less focused on the HDTV market at this point (and so will the PS3) so there will probably be some "issues" for better or worse if you're not on an HD set.

[JJ Kay 48]

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I understand and respect your point. However, having bought a 48" rear projection Sony SDTV only 3 1/2 years ago, no way can I justify buying a HDTV for a game console. At 52, with a wife on disability, and getting custody of a grandchild, we have more pressing financial needs that a new TV purchase. And I'm sure there are a lot of other folks who enjoy gaming that have similiar responsibilities.

From a technical perspective, I've been in the computer business for 28 years working as a developer from business to graphics applications. The current trend of "next-gen" console requirements for HDTV is nonsense. If they want to support HDTV, fine it is the future, but release games that still function in full screen mode on recent SDTV. There are many other programming techniques available for graphics then simply rendereing everything in hi-def. Keep in mind that HDTV penetration in the U.S. is roughly from 15-20% of households. In Europe it is much lower.

Sorry for the rant, I'm just fed up with the current practice of software development in the gaming industry forcing consumers to purchase expensive additional hardware to enjoy the product. The 360 is the best hardware console design to date, but develop the games for both HDTV and SDTV.

Good point! I agree with your arguements and even though I have an HDTV I think it's a load of crap that the game plays like it does on an SDTV.

[EdRaynes]

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Guys I don't understand why people are so upset. From day-1 Microsoft has said that all 360 titles would be in HD & WIDESCREEN. So this isn't new info.


If your having a problem go into your 360 dashboard. Go to DISPLAY. Change the Aspect Ratio to 4:3 & then to Pan & Scan.. This should help.

Thanks for the input. And by the way thanks for your superb game sliders in the past.

I'm letting my rant go with one further comment. This is a quote from teamxbox in an interview with one of the MS developers.

Question # 33 from the interview.

"33. If my TV has a 4:3 aspect ratio, will I still be able to play games at full screen?"

"Of course you will. The Xbox 360 is compatible with both 16:9 (widescreen) and 4:3 aspect ratio TVs. Just make sure that you set the video settings properly so the Xbox 360 knows which type of TV you have. "

So, the 360 can deal with the issue, however 2K Sports obviously didn't take advantage of this feature in development.

[Zalf]

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Ill have to check and be sure, but I play on a pc monitor and Im pretty sure I didnt have black bars for what little of the game I was actually able to play. Trying going into your 360 dashboard and looking at the display settings. If its set to full screen, change it to wide screen and see what that does for you. For some reason I have to set mine to the opposite of what I actually want.

[Sedihawk2K5]

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Ill have to check and be sure, but I play on a pc monitor and Im pretty sure I didnt have black bars for what little of the game I was actually able to play. Trying going into your 360 dashboard and looking at the display settings. If its set to full screen, change it to wide screen and see what that does for you. For some reason I have to set mine to the opposite of what I actually want.

EXACT same thing for me. Changed my display to widescreen in the dashboard, even though it's a 4:3 display, and now it is correct on the screen. Seems like it's backwards.

[Havok410]

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wow that sucks. GRAW pissed me off because of this.

I have a SDTV and GRAW didn't have this problem. Neither did any of the other 360 games (well at least the ones that i've played) until MLB.

[davehughes14]

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Ill have to check and be sure, but I play on a pc monitor and Im pretty sure I didnt have black bars for what little of the game I was actually able to play. Trying going into your 360 dashboard and looking at the display settings. If its set to full screen, change it to wide screen and see what that does for you. For some reason I have to set mine to the opposite of what I actually want.

You're right on. If you have an SDTV by doing what you described will allow the picture to fill the whole screen.

[Bacardi151]

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You're right on. If you have an SDTV by doing what you described will allow the picture to fill the whole screen.

only problem with turning on widescreen is that it will chop off the sides, so you wont be seeing the whole game. I was having the same issues with my tv and GRAW. Went out and purchsed the vga cables and plugged the 360 into my monitor. Couldnt be happier.

[phatboy54]

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EXACT same thing for me. Changed my display to widescreen in the dashboard, even though it's a 4:3 display, and now it is correct on the screen. Seems like it's backwards.

Weird but whatever. It works! Glad somebody posted that.

[bubba4]

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So does this mean that people with an SDTV will not get full screen in MLB2K6 if they set their Xbox360 to 480p? If so that is a problem. I could understand it with 720p/1080i. If you play any game in those resolutions on anything other than an HDTV, you will get the bars.

[phantomfriar]

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So, the 360 can deal with the issue, however 2K Sports obviously didn't take advantage of this feature in development.

Yes that's entirely the point. The font size is so small it's nearly impossible to make out on a standard def TV -- and that's most certainly NOT the case with other 360 games I've played on my 4:3 TV.

In theory you ought to be able to play any 360 game on a standard def TV just fine but 2K botched the job here.