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    LOL this is funny.

    It's a matter of perspective. Is widescreen cut down from 4:3 or is 4:3 cut down from widescreen? I don't see any good reason that one view of this is right and one is wrong. It is arbitrary.
    Aug 21, 2007 4:30pm PDT
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    LOL this is funny. It's a matter of perspective. Is widescreen cut down from 4:3 or is 4:3 cut down f... : FreonThis person is cool!

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    • They call widescreen displays "widescreen" not "shortscreen". Why is this concept so hard for people to ... : CRasterImage
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      It's not arbitrary. It has been demonstrated to be cut down from 4:3 : DapperDanThis person is cool!
      • It's still an arbitrary distinction to say to expand one or the other. : FreonThis person is cool!
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      It's not even about perspective. If anyone believes widescreen is supposed to be a cut down view of 4:3, ... : vynnThis person is cool!
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        Please explain why. Is it because 16:9 has bigger numbers in it? : FreonThis person is cool!
        • Because it's called widescreen. The whole idea of widescreen is to see more width-wise, not to see less h... : jonas54
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          The purpose of a widescreen view is to provide a wider aspect ratio (greater peripheral vision). : vynnThis person is cool!
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            Unless the 4:3 screen is the same width...then it'd provide a taller picture, correct? (Actually I thoug... : VorlonesqueThis person is cool!
            • I can't believe how many people think this... : vynnThis person is cool!
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      ^^^Doesn't understand aspect ratio's. : ( : Haku-JinThis person is cool!
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        Here's some pictures for you to look at. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14979537#itemanchor_1497953... : Haku-JinThis person is cool!
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          That's meaningless. It's just the bias you start with. I don't see any real reason to say 4:3 has to ... : FreonThis person is cool!
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            The FOV should be at least 100 in widescreen, period. : abrasionThis person is cool!
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              By all means if you don't like it fine, but some of these arguments are completely absurd. The video ... : FreonThis person is cool!
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                Yes I know it's the artists discression and I'd agree with you IF the FOV was 75 on 16:9 but only 60 on 4... : abrasionThis person is cool!
                • That's absurd. The game was designed to play like it does on the current widescreen implementation. In or... : tigeNThis person is cool!
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            No, there's no law saying 4:3 HAS to be narrower, but the entire point of widescreen is to provide a.. wi... : jonas54
            • WIdescreen isn't really about wider screens. It's about aspect ratio. For the same screen real estate it ... : tigeNThis person is cool!
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      The whole reason why widescreen is better is because we have a wider horizontal field of view than vertic... : zehh
      • Yeah, this is pretty much correct. If you could draw a line around what you see when you look straight ah... : jake2000This person is cool!
    • Oh man another one. I give up. You're welcome to think that people bought widescreen displays so that the... : S1ing B1adeThis person is cool!
    • It's not arbitrary. Widescreen is meant to provide more horizontal real estate. Cropping 4:3 is NOT wid... : deadhorse