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Old 11-16-2004, 03:50 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Split Screen Gaming?

Hi,

Anyone know why all console games that have a split-screen mode use a horizontal split rather than a vertical one?

I have a Toshiba 42" widescreen rear projection TV, you'd think it would be great for gaming, it's not all its cracked up to be, with a horizontal split you get the feeling that you're squashed, surely a vertical option would be easy enough to implement, I'd much rather have a tall and narrow view than a short and wide one.

Anyone agree?

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Old 11-16-2004, 09:40 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I have played Halo 2 on a few different TVs.....on some screens it was vertical few horizontal....I cant figure out why
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Old 11-16-2004, 09:46 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I just read that Halo 2 give the option of splitting the screen horizontally or vertically... it's in the set up somewhere.

If I was at home I could check our copy of Halo 2 for this feature...
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Old 11-16-2004, 09:55 AM   #4 (permalink)
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You change that setting for Halo2 by accessing your XBox setup while it has no disk in the drive. Change your screen format to Widescreen to have two vertical screens, and non-Widescreen to have the old horizontal format. I'm not sure about other games or systems.
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Old 11-16-2004, 10:43 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Alot of games are giving the option to be vertical or horizontal because of widescreen tvs. Some games I prefer vertical, other games horizontal is better. Alot of developers are giving the options to use either one and it's a step in the right direction.
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Old 11-16-2004, 11:39 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Horizontal is much better for most games, you normally only worry about things on ground level rather than all around. It's your fault for having a good TV, my TV is pretty small, but you can still play coop fine on it.
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Old 11-19-2004, 05:18 AM   #7 (permalink)
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DOH! I'll take my foot out of my mouth. Yay for Halo2, that's the game I want to play so I just need to tweak my TV settings.

Thanks a lot.

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