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From: ~misfit~ on 14 Dec 2009 18:45
Somewhere on teh intarwebs Jon Danniken wrote:
> ~misfit~ wrote:
>>>
>> I play a couple games too but they're older ones that don't / can't
>> use widescreen. It just deforms the characters / maps.
>
> And it'll give you a headache, too!
>
> My monitor has the feature which, by pressing a few butons on the
> monitor body, provides a 4:3 ratio screen (vertical letterbox on
> either side). Some other monitors I have seen will automatically
> detect a 4:3 input and adjust themselves automatically.
>
> I wouldn't have purchased this monitor if it didn't have that feature
> (I still play an older game that likes to be 4:3).
>
> There are also ways to trick some older/non-widescreen games into get
> along with wide screens through custom resolutions and such; here is
> a site I had bookmarked with that information:
>
> http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php/Essential_Games_List

Thanks for that Jon. However, I'll be sticking with 4:3 ratio monitors for
as long as I possibly can. :-)
--
Shaun.

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.


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