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Subject: Halo 2 widescreen?
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Ok, I am new, as you call can see and I originally posted this question on The Septagon, which was apparently the wrong board for the subject. So now that I have been informed that I am, in fact retarded for not knowing where to post and since there is not search feature, I have gone back the past 15 pages to make sure I am not posting something that has already been asked (and I have read the faq’s on here as well). If I am, please forgive the mistake. And the only reason I am asking this question is because I bought a new TV for the specific purpose of playing Halo and ultimately Halo 2. The TV is widescreen, which I thought was a nice feature, and it supports 480p, 720p, and 1080i, so I had compared a lot of TV’s and I figured it was a good purchase. The problem that I have is that I can only get 480p to run in 16:9 and not 4:3. If I turn off 480p in Xbox’s dashboard, games will run in 4:3, but as is the case with Halo, the colors are not as vivid and the picture not as clear and what’s the sense of even having the TV if I can’t use the features it offers? And I have contacted Microsoft and Sony and neither are able to help me, so I have to live with things the way they are. Sorry that was so long…but it brings me to the question/topic I originally posted:

I read an interview on ign with Pete Parsons where he stated that Halo 2 would run in widescreen. I am posting this topic because I asked several people from Bungie, at fanfest, if in fact Halo 2 would run in widescreen and they were either unable to give a definitive answer, or they said no. So I am wondering if anyone can tell me whether or not it does run in 16:9? Thank you.

  • 05.22.2004 10:48 AM PDT
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Well, I was under the impression that they had confirmed it, but now i'm not so sure. Sorry I can't be of more help, but they haven't said all that much about widescreen support. I hope Halo 2 will support widescreen though, it'd look sooo much better on my tv :)

  • 05.22.2004 10:52 AM PDT
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They did confirm it, and they confirmed that it could run on hd something or other.

  • 05.22.2004 10:55 AM PDT
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That’s exactly how I feel. I play halo in widescreen right now, but believe it or not, it is taxing on your eyes when the image is stretched. Its more of an aesthetic thing than anything else; I won’t complain if its not, it would just be a nice feature in the long run.

  • 05.22.2004 10:56 AM PDT
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It's awful to play halo on widescreen, you can't see a thing!

  • 05.22.2004 10:58 AM PDT