Widescreen gaming, worth it? I got a doubt. :/

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 26 Aug 2006, 23:43

I've never actually seen the anime - just read the manga. Call me a manga purist. ;)

I won't go into the reasons I put that in my sig, though; I think they're better left alone. But I do rotate the odd quote in and out of my sig from time to time... I had one from 8-bit Theatre for a while. :D

Post by **skipclarke** » 27 Aug 2006, 13:15

RE: "I won't go into the reasons I put that in my sig, though; I think they're better left alone."

I accuse you, squire, of serving up a Mystery Sandwich.... :wink:

FramerateUK · Post by **FramerateUK** » 27 Aug 2006, 21:11

On the game compatibility issue, a lot of games that have been released lately have widescreen support, and with MS pushing widescreen for vista, its only going to get better. ;)

I think WOW correctly supports widescreen res and FOV now by the way, im pretty sure there was a thread on here with some details about it a few months ago.

Gabbo · Post by **Gabbo** » 28 Aug 2006, 02:00

WOW looks great in WS. I am almost certain that it actually his HOR+ too. I know that the Master list says Vert-. but I don't believe it. I swear that you can move the camera angle forwards and backwards with the mouse wheel right? (I am not actively playing right now so I can't check). If so, that pretty much negates any FOV issues.

Trust me when I say that WOW looks far better in WS.

SergiLlop · Post by **SergiLlop** » 28 Aug 2006, 13:59

WOW looks great in WS. I am almost certain that it actually his HOR+ too. I know that the Master list says Vert-. but I don't believe it. I swear that you can move the camera angle forwards and backwards with the mouse wheel right? (I am not actively playing right now so I can't check). If so, that pretty much negates any FOV issues.

Trust me when I say that WOW looks far better in WS.

You lose A LOT of vertical FOV and it's very annoying. And you gain some horizontal, not much really. Very difficult to orient in dungeons with the TH2G.

But still... I'm not going back to one 4:3 monitor.

rosoboy · Post by **rosoboy** » 01 Sep 2006, 02:59

Don't get a widescreen. They are just the biggest pieces of junk and a total waste of mo...KIDDING! I doubt you would have had many recommendations for a 5:4 screen in this forum. :D

Congrats on the new monitor, especially the healthy pixel part.

Widescreens rock. I don't regret mine a bit. The best part? My wife loves it too.

CodE-E · Post by **CodE-E** » 02 Sep 2006, 03:02

Checked around the forums a bit and I just realised that so many games work like crap with widescreen.

For example, one of my previous favorite games is World of Warcraft. I don't play it anymore but I will start seriously again when Burning Crusade is released. But apparently you lose alot of view, and that just sucks.

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What do you think? Do you regret buying a WS screen? :/

I'm a WoW junkie, and I bought my widescreen monitor for specifically for WoW over 1.5 years ago, and I've not been dissapointed at all. The fact that you see a bit more vertically in 4:3 in WoW is a non-issue because you can move the camera back a bit. Trust me, you'll not find it a problem. I am usually picky with these kinda of things, but it really doesn't bother me in WoW.

Widescreen resolutions are nice in WoW because you've got extra room on the sides for user-interface mods. If you've got many and only 4:3, they might block your main view, whereas with widescreen you can put them on the sides and still see enough. So yeah, I do recommend you getting one!

joemama · Post by **joemama** » 02 Sep 2006, 06:01

I was also second guessing getting a widescreen after I looked at the master games list...and then I made a point of going back through the list and picking out the games that I play/want to play and there was only one (NFSMW) that didn't support widescreen natively or through a patch....but then I found a simple res changer program that lets you start the game at your chosen res.

Basically I don't regret going widescreen and all my fears (dead pixels, ghosting, game support etc..) turned out to be just fear..and nothing more than that.

Post by **skipclarke** » 14 Sep 2006, 04:32

I'd say around 60-80% of the games currently in my playlist require some sort of .ini hack or just don't support widescreen resolutions period.

It's all good though, I hardly even notice it anymore. I've been using a widecreen display since 2001, and if the game supports it, great! If not, its still just as much fun with ratio'ed with black bars because you are still essentially seeing the same thing that your 4:3 counterparts are. Viva Widescreen! :)

YouTube · Post by **ViciousXUSMC** » 20 Sep 2006, 04:33

Odd I think WoW is one of the games that does really well with wide screen, lets you see alot more of the enviroment and you can have a increased FOV, the verticle loss may exsist but it must be very small, but the horz gain is pretty big.

Post by **The_cranky_hermit** » 20 Sep 2006, 05:47

WoW is vert-. Take a look at the screenshots at the bottom of this thread:
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5092

YouTube · Post by **ViciousXUSMC** » 20 Sep 2006, 08:48

Hmm wonder how they pull things like this off:

REally Cool long link

JockeII · Post by **JockeII** » 20 Sep 2006, 11:58

Couldn't be more happy with WoW in widescreen, looks so great! :)
I dont even notice that I may lose some height, and it it really the side vision that matters anyways imo.

WoW+Widescreen= <3

:D

neoWidescreen · Post by **neoWidescreen** » 20 Sep 2006, 15:10

Wonderful to see another WS skeptic overcome their concerns to join the family.... :P

BlueMak · Post by **BlueMak** » 20 Sep 2006, 17:04

Good move I think.

I almost joined the WS gaming yesterday, but the shop on the phone would not take my order and wanted me to go to the shop to order it (30 min from here), so I said ok I will go tomorrow, and by today I decided I couldn't really afford easily 940 euros for a WS monitor. Getting a 20" sounds not very wise since I have a great 19" s monitor,so I will have to wait for a while before I join you :(

Post by **skipclarke** » 20 Sep 2006, 17:29

Good move I think.

I almost joined the WS gaming yesterday, but the shop on the phone would not take my order and wanted me to go to the shop to order it (30 min from here), so I said ok I will go tomorrow, and by today I decided I couldn't really afford easily 940 euros for a WS monitor. Getting a 20" sounds not very wise since I have a great 19" s monitor,so I will have to wait for a while before I join you :(

It's no problem. The longer you wait the more games will come out with WS support. :)

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 20 Sep 2006, 17:53

Holy table-breaking links, Viscious! :shock: I fixed it, but edit your post to see how I did. Links that long are annoying. ;)

YouTube · Post by **ViciousXUSMC** » 21 Sep 2006, 08:45

LOL sorry was in a hurry, I know how to hyper link. HTML is more of my native than ubb.

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 21 Sep 2006, 09:50

OK. Cool. :)

Considering that 'wider is better' I became even more intollerant of webpages where I have to scroll sideways when I moved to widescreen. ;)

Phroste · Post by **Phroste** » 16 Oct 2006, 14:11

WOW looks great in WS. I am almost certain that it actually his HOR+ too. I know that the Master list says Vert-. but I don't believe it. I swear that you can move the camera angle forwards and backwards with the mouse wheel right? (I am not actively playing right now so I can't check). If so, that pretty much negates any FOV issues.

Trust me when I say that WOW looks far better in WS.

Hey Gabbo :) What server do you play in? :) And yes WOW looks great on WS... :o More over......i've just read the reviews on the 30" Dell on here...and i'm tempted to pick that one up as an upgrade. LOL

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