12th June 2005, 6:34 PM
with wide screen you're litteraly showing more on screen at once, so for video games it's not just a question of frame rates and resolution. The engine has to actually support it from the ground up.
I like RE4's letter boxed style. You just use the Zoom function on your 16X9 TV and it's fine. But it's not true wide screen so it gets slightly faded.
When I play PD I always put the resolution on low and 'cinema wide' mode. Then I zoom it up and it runs at a beautiful frame rate. Put it in 16X9 and you see a visible drop in frames. I'd like to see a day where all video games are in 16X9 but who knows when that will happen.
I like RE4's letter boxed style. You just use the Zoom function on your 16X9 TV and it's fine. But it's not true wide screen so it gets slightly faded.
When I play PD I always put the resolution on low and 'cinema wide' mode. Then I zoom it up and it runs at a beautiful frame rate. Put it in 16X9 and you see a visible drop in frames. I'd like to see a day where all video games are in 16X9 but who knows when that will happen.