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[Sho Nuff]

...Okay, I am totally baffled by my X360's output. I can't figure out why I'm seeing such a discrepency in games on my 4:3 LCD display through VGA (yes, I'd prefer using a 16:9 HDTV but I'm not rich):

DOA4: Full frame
Ridge Racer: Slightly Letterboxed
FFXI: Full frame
PDZ: Heavy letterbox
PGR3: Full frame (haven't played it more than once)
Marble Blast: Letterboxed

I'm curious as to WHY certain titles are letterboxed; TRC dictates that games must run natively in both 16:9 and 4:3 modes. When I ran titles on my old SDTV I'm pretty sure everything was full frame. My dashboard settings are set to standard 4:3 -- what's going on, and why the black bars? (Confused)

 

[Convergys]

games must only run at 16:9, 4:3 is not a native requirement I beleive.

 

[Jonnyram]

Ridge and Marble Blast are full frame on my SDTV.
I think the problem you have is that when you use progressive output, the console automatically thinks it's 16:9. You can't set it to 4:3 in HDTV mode... I think.

 

[Wunderchu]

games must only run at 16:9, 4:3 is not a native requirement I beleive.

ya AFAIK all Xbox 360 games must support 16x9 ... and some devs. may choose to include a 4x3 output mode, and some may choose not to (it's up to the developers, I think)

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

...Okay, I am totally baffled by my X360's output. I can't figure out why I'm seeing such a discrepency in games on my 4:3 LCD display through VGA (yes, I'd prefer using a 16:9 HDTV but I'm not rich):

DOA4: Full frame
Ridge Racer: Slightly Letterboxed
FFXI: Full frame
PDZ: Heavy letterbox
PGR3: Full frame (haven't played it more than once)
Marble Blast: Letterboxed

I'm curious as to WHY certain titles are letterboxed; TRC dictates that games must run natively in both 16:9 and 4:3 modes. When I ran titles on my old SDTV I'm pretty sure everything was full frame. My dashboard settings are set to standard 4:3 -- what's going on, and why the black bars? (Confused)

PGR3 isn't full frame. It gets stretch when you try and run it in 1280x1024. It renders at 1024x600.

DOA4 renders at 1920x1080, so it fits into a full 1280x1024 frame. I'd imagine the same for FFXI. PDZ is 1280x720. I'd imagine marble blast is the same. Perhaps RR renders at 1280x900 (4:3, 1280x1024 is 5:4).

I'm assuming your monitor is 1280x1024.