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"16:9 Halo 2 / Pro Evo 4 problem?"

Hey folks,

Probably an easy one for someone to answer, this!

Having been lucky enough to receive an Xbox for Christmas, I was looking forward to many hours of widescreen Halo 2 enjoyment.

However - my Halo 2 only seems to play in 4:3?

I've managed to play NFSU2, Star Wars Battlefront and Madden 2005 in 16:9 without a problem, but both Halo 2 and Pro Evo revert to 4:3 as soon as the game loads.

Any ideas? Is this just the way it is, are these two games not playable in 16:9?

Obviously I could switch the TV from 4:3 to 16:9, but this would lead to distortion and I don't want that . . .

Then please tell me where I find the option, because it ain't on my menus.

(I mean that sincerely.)

I've got Pro Evo 4 at the moment. Didn't have 2 or 3, but my mate could never find the option on those either... and I never found it on the original game.

Pro Evo 4 supports 50Hz or 60Hz, but I can find no option for widescreen.

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Pro Evo 4 on the PS2 doesn't support 16:9 either. No Pro Evo game
> ever has.

I beg to differ - I've got Pro Evo 2 and 3 on PS 2 and both support 16:9 . . . .

Pro Evo 4 on the PS2 doesn't support 16:9 either. No Pro Evo game ever has.

For Pro Evo 4, use the wide camera and set your TV to widescreen mode.

The game itself isn't 16:9, but this camera makes it look as close as it gets.

16:9 yeah. Panorama wouldn't though.

Taking a 4:3 screen of Pro Evo and stretching it to 16:9 would end up making the players look fatter than Diego Maradona, surely . . . .

Yeah I know, I was just pointing out you can still adjust it. Panorama stretches the image so you see more on screen however sometimes it leaves the characters looking really thin and the environment stretches around them.

We're sortof getting away from the point here - switching the TV from 4:3 to 16:9 manually distorts the picture.

The joy of having a game like Pro Evo running on 16:9 is that there is more of the pitch visible, as is the case with the same game on the PS 2 - makes it much nicer to play as you can see where your players are earlier and also can see more of the pitch.

Switching the TV amnually won't increase how much is shown, it will just "stretch" what is already available.

That's not what I'm looking for - I'm looking to get the game running in 16:9 without any distortion.

If the game is only coded to play 4:3, so be it. But it is annoying when it is coded in 16:9 on the PS 2.

Thatw as the point I was trying to get across.

Might be on other TV's, for mine it is Panorama.

Isn't it panoramic or something, rather than Panorama?