KingOfHyrule Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 I have a beautiful 42" rear projection TV and while most of my games play perfectly on them, be it in 50Hz, 60Hz or Progressive Scan, a handful of my games are displayed with small black bars along the left and right hand sides of the screen, worse on the left, as if the image doesn't stretch the full way. Why does this happen? Has anyone any idea?? For example, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and The Wind Waker play flawlessly, no black bars at all, yet Mario Power Tennis, Resident Evil 4 and Smash Bros play with those bars. It's so frustrating because RPTVs have the risk of burn-in if some of the screen gets more action than the rest (ie, the black bars stay stationary). Why only some games and not others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining_again Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 yeah i know what you mean, dont games do that all the time, ive never seen a solution to that. had to laugh at the title though. i never stop saying that! edit: have you had a wee look through the display settings on your tv or the display settings on the problematic games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Offerman Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 I think its something to do with the aspect ratio, but its commonplace with most TV's past 15". Sadly I really don't think theres much you can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfHyrule Posted November 12, 2005 Author Share Posted November 12, 2005 Yeah I never stop fiddling with the TV's display settings, I've tried different ratios, display scanning, zooms...no luck. I wish developers would just standardise the ratio they use and stick with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtle Squad Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 You're not supposed to use videogames on projection TVs at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfHyrule Posted November 12, 2005 Author Share Posted November 12, 2005 You're not supposed to use videogames on projection TVs at all That's only a precaution from videogame companies in case you banjax your TV. In other words, it's their way of saying "Don't say we didn't warn you." If you're careful with your TV nothing will go wrong. I've had this TV a year and constantly game on it, no problems at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtle Squad Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Hmmm...But maybe it wasn't just to cover their back ey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfHyrule Posted November 12, 2005 Author Share Posted November 12, 2005 Lol yeah but this problem applies to any big TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Offerman Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 No the problem with any TV is screen-burn. Which is where still images burn itself into the TV. We have all heard of that, this is amplified with a rear-projection. So if you paused it and naffed orf on holiday for a week and returned with it still on pause, then you'd have a problem. But theres no reason why you can't game safely with a Rear-Projection TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfHyrule Posted November 12, 2005 Author Share Posted November 12, 2005 Speaking of burn-in, the PCs in school are so badly burned-in you can clearly see the ghost of the logon screen all the time, and that's after weeks of staying on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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