Widescreen LCD or normal LCD

[elite_hunter_sh3]

ok ive decided to get a lcd monitor im tired of crt and its radiation :P ,

has anyone tried playing sh3 on a widescreen 5ms 19nch lcd?? i heard from a friend that the game is stretched and it looks really weird is their a fix for that?

shud i go widescreen or normal cuz this widescreen 5ms 200$ without tax CAD

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...Tab=2&NoMapp=0

[nightdagger]

I personally hate TigerDirect but that monitor looks good, albeit from a brand I've never heard of.

[elite_hunter_sh3]

does anyone here have a widescreen LCD monitor the brand is by hanns -g it was bought out by hanns g and now hanns g makes I-INC monitors , does the picture stretch?

[AVGWarhawk]

I have seen this stretching crap. The bag arse TV's that are longer than tall do the same thing. It is stupid. The prices you pay for this elongated TV and the picture looks elongated. Makes no sense to me. Go for the square monitor and be happy in my view!

[elite_hunter_sh3]

so the picture stretches. is there a fix for it? can someone modify the dll for screen res so its the widescreen res??

Yes, I run a widescreen on my laptop. Dell's 17 Ultra Wide. It's outstanding! I run at 1920x1200, both desktop and in game. The fix is using the direct display edit. You can find the link on the wiki community manual (here's the direct link)

http://www.communitymanuals.com/shii...lay_Resolution

Make sure you follow the instructions ALL the way through. The first time I was in a hurry and just did the first part, not bothering to read the whole thing (you need to do more if you are running XP) and of course it didn't work until I went back and re-read.

The start up screens and menus are still in their native resolution, but as soon as the game loads it will load in what ever resolution you define in the CFG file.

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I have seen this stretching crap. The bag arse TV's that are longer than tall do the same thing. It is stupid. The prices you pay for this elongated TV and the picture looks elongated. Makes no sense to me. Go for the square monitor and be happy in my view!

There is a lot more to it than just that. I happen to have a widescreen tv and also hate the stretched look. A good WS tv will allow you to set the modes. If my TV see's a widescreen mode, it will switch to that mode. How ever, if it see's a regular tv signal, it will square itself. Has the same effect as watching WS on regular with the black bars, except I end up with black bars on the sides instead of top and bottom Looks like a regular tv just with a MUCH better picture. Works quite well actually. Now, some TV's wont auto switch, but they'll at least have a manual switch.

Sorry, not trying to hijack the thread, just hate seeing something bashed when it's just not being understood. Not jumping out at you AVGWarhawk, only trying to clarify

Ciao

[fredbass]

I have a widescreen LCD and my pic looks fine to me. I've talked about this b4. I really think it depends on the monitor and what kind of adjustments you can make with it, because I don't notice any stretching after I've changed the monitors scale settings.

[elite_hunter_sh3]

lucky me i found a even better monitor for a better price
http://www.benq.ca/products/LCD/?product=594

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Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3

ok ive decided to get a lcd monitor im tired of crt and its radiation :P ,

Do the math, wide screen = fewer pixels for the money. I have two Sony CRTs sitting next to two NEC non widescreen LCDs. Don't buy cheap monitors if you intend to sit in front of them much. Don't forget the video card either. If you planing to use the vga output, now may not be the time to upgrade the monitor. I game on the CRTs and program on the LCDs. That may have more do to with the computers than the monitors but if you use two you'll never go back

If Microsoft Flight Sim can run on two (or more) monitors why not SH? Sub Command is supposed to run on two but I haven't tried it yet.

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