black lines above and below...

[Pelu]

sup all... I was wondering how to get rid of the black lines above and below the screen in some games like the last remnant and mirrors edge.. in 1680x1080 res... is like they add the lines because the screen is 16:10 and it want it 16:9 .. I am like what the hell.. is 16:10 more common.. then why the lines.. anyway... is there a way to get rid of them ..???

 

[SonicIce]

what res is your monitor? have u tried the native res?

 

[ctark]

You made that very painful to read.

 

[mb]

yes

 

[ultimahwhat]

From what I hear, a lot of the games coming out that are multi-platform conform to 16:9 aspect ratio resolutions for the sake of native res for the consoles. I guess it's just easier for the developers to leave it as is and put horizontal black bars for those of us who haven't moved to a 16:9 LCD monitor yet (or who game on TVs)?

It's either that or they would have to provide a "widescreen fix" like Bioshock and Far Cry 2 did eventually.

 

[Pelu]

hm... sounds like another side effect of the crappy console port...

any idea of how to fix it???

 

[cpacini]

Widescreen Gaming Forum

This site has widescreen solutions for just about every game.

 

[Pelu]

oh nice.. i check out if they add the game later on...

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: Pelu
oh nice.. i check out if they add the game later on...

Yeah.... I waited for a Mirror's Edge fix for months, it didn't came. I waited then for a FEAR 2 fix, it also didn't came. The bottom line is that, in this period of time, when console porting is a general trend, a 16:9 monitor is very useful. Didn't knew this when I've bought mine though...

 

[coldmeat]

I beat Mirror's edge several times, and I didn't know there were black bars.

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
I beat Mirror's edge several times, and I didn't know there were black bars.

My 20 incher had black bars, big ones .