It has come to my attention that many Xbox 360 games when played on a normal CRT tv displays a wide screen view, ie much space is lost on the upper n lower part of the screen. Is there a way to play full screen on a 4:3 aspect ratio for games that does not provide such options in-game?

Thanks.

Yes, but the image will be stretched, making it unplayable

xbox360 games are created in widescreen view, to solve your problem thats to get a widescreen LCD. with NXE update applied so you could get the correct resolution.

like gundamalpha said: can, set ur display as widescreen in the display menu

ok, jokes aside... whether u get fullscreen on 4:3 screen or not totally depends on developer... but as u hv experienced, most games will give u letterboxed widescreen. if i remember correctly DOA4 can support fullscreen on 4:3 displays.

yeah..some games displays full screen on crt tv.

yes some of the games like FIFA... they display 4:3 ratio...
just set your xbox to the resolution....

i don't think the 360 can play on a CRT TV..

i mean, it can view, but i'd doubt it's playable.. even though the picture is superb (not as superb as it is on an HDTV, but u get the point, ya?), the font is unrecognizable...

You can say it's not as enjoyable, but can't play on a CRT is an overstatement.

yeah, but i think that depends on the game, right?

I've tried Devil May Cry 4 on a CRT, no problem in both playing and reading the in-game menus.. but playing Silent Hill or Fable 2, not that's something which gave us quite a headache, ya?

In other words, heavy text-based games (mostly RPG) is a no-go for the CRT. Boleh rabun maaa..

i play with my 29' crt tv & it worked fine. just set xbox 360 to 4:3 & put 'tv' at the component cable.
until now, no game is unplayable.

but the image quality is not good. font is too small & give pain in the eyes.
luckily my tv got component input becoz composite cable is worst than component.
i think i need 2 buy hdtv later 2 enjoy full gaming xperience

oh, component cable also not good?

i've tried the console on a composite cable, u know...

and trust me, it gives me such a pain to even know whether the system is saving my game or not..

i mean component cable using 29' crt tv...
if use hdtv of course good la

All you rich rich people can la afford those HDTVs....huhu

i know...

i used the good-ol' composite cable on my 21' crt TV...

huhu...
conclusion is i need 2 buy hdtv if wanna njoy my gaming xperience
when play GOW, i tend to missed out ammo etc because i can't see it from the crt screen

btw, last weekend i saw at best denki lg full hd 32' only rm1999! superbly cheap!
unluckily i'm in a tight budget now... huhu

If it's purely for gaming you are better off with LCD monitor instead of HDTV

CRT??? y cannot...
i tought CRT ok...
CRT TV ka??? no wonder...

no need full HD... even 720i/p enough...
LG for 1 PCD Full HD and double panel protection only RM2200 of not mistaken..

is only the wordings that hard to see in CRT TV... not Monitor...
CRT monitor serve me wel a the begining of my xbox courier...

This post has been edited by michael9413: Mar 4 2009, 02:47 PM

say WOT?

you sure it's a full HD?

rasanya Full HDTV starts @ 40"

yup exactly full hd 1080p
LG got 2 model for 32' full hd rm2799 & rm2299
but last weekend they give rm300 price cut for rm2299 model so it became rm1999
different between those 2 models only the sound system & usb port
if i got money, sure angkat satu!

This post has been edited by mancy: Mar 4 2009, 03:12 PM

playing on crt tv just the text hard to read.. but games is super as in hdtv.. graphic wise is the same. if u cant afford a hdtv.. just enjoy it on ur crt tv. i've been enjoying on crt tv with no problem until now.. furthermore, i dont really like RPG games.. so texts hard to read is not a problem for me.
it's just text hard to read.. it's not like not unreadable at all...

yup.. that is why I can finish my Prince of Persia on a CRT TV...

for me the graphics is still not good enough & the font is super small...
but i have to use crt for the time being & save the best for later

i've been there, bro... hang in there...

trust me, once you've got for yourself a nice HDTV, you would be wanting to replay all of those games again..

hehe... need 2 kumpul duit ASAP

good luck there.. don't over-do it until you are too frail to play the games once you got HDTV

i play GOW on my 21 inch crt panasonic tv,using composite the small font is hard to seen.but when i play it to my 15 inch samsung crt monitor,the picture look sharp(i use VGA hd cable,set resolution to 1028 x 768,expanded)..if we are using lcd 32 ich,can we spot the differences between 720p and 1080p??coz i read some article in internet that said you can only spot the differences if you are using lcd 40 inch or higher.plus using full hd res only give u a problem on some games like the new star ocean.