Strange Vertical letterbox ?!

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deejayhypno

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When I'm play on any software, the screen is reduced with a sort of vertical letterbox type effect, ive looked into the options on the software but there is no option for screen, and it is acros the board i.e, all software (games) looks the same, the mac os screen is fine, as are all the applications (mail etc) can anyone answer ??

thankyou in advance :)

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Since you're using a widescreen display, the game itself must support widescreen resolutions. If the game itself does not support widescreen resolutions, then you'll get the standard 4:3 aspect ratio, meaning there will be black bars on the left and right sides of the screen.

Change the resolution in the game options to a widescreen resolution if available. If not available, check with the authors of the game to see about widescreen compatibility.
 
i should've mentioned (sorry) that it used to be ok, i would play Doom 3 or Diablo II and it would be fine but now they all seem to have these black stripes either side, is there somehting i have changed in OS ??
 
- hi mate, took a long while to get back to this :) - erm, well i play Diablo II - which recently had an update for widescreen support. However, there is no change - and there are no visible display options after the game has booted - ive played around with the display options in Doom3 to no avail either - movies too are also restricted..hmmmm
 
In those games (especially Quake), you should be able to select a specific screen resolution (like 1024,768, 800x600, etc.). Which resolution is selected in the game options?
 
hi m8 thanks really for gettin back to me :)

- right, so i took a look in doom3 - and no matter what resolution i set it to - i apply the changes - restart and its reverted back to 640 x 480 - so the letterbox is there (?!) - Warcraft III - works fine - 1440x960x32 - Diablo II v 1.11 - (with Widescreen update) - the same as before (restricted - I cant find any video options,there are no in game opitions i can see) - and all films are restricted too (vertical letterbox)... wierd...
 
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