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Quick Question: How to Play "God of War" on a 16x9 TV

post #1 of 7
7/9/06 at 7:17pm
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Sorry, when it comes to the PS2 and the 16X9 set up, I am afraid I am doing this wrong.

I went to the set up options under my PS2, and have my settings set as 16:9 - as my tv is -

I went to the options Menu for the game, "God of War" and set the progressive scan to On, which my Tv then shows as 480p, which is good. But, when I switch my setting to Widescreen in the game, my Tv wants to leave it in the 4:3 size - now, on the Xbox, the tv will be able to tell if the game was designed with 4:3 or 16:9 each time, but it plays dumb with the PS2 - I assume just due to the PS2 being old.....

long question short: For those that have played this on the your 16:9 Tv, did you have to manually adjust your tv to make it widescreen, or did the PS2 do it for you?

Thanks!

Matt
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post #2 of 7
7/9/06 at 9:13pm
Is your problem only with this movie? I seem to remember Lionsgate recalled the original run of this DVD because the aspect ratio was incorrect...
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post #3 of 7
7/9/06 at 10:00pm
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Thanks for the reply. I have been online trying to see what is up with the PS2.

This is a game that offers both a progressive and a widescreen mode. The more I am playing with the game, the more I think that the widescreen mode is not a 'real' one.

When I play a game on my XBox that is 480p and designed for widescreen, my 46" DLP Toshiba HD TV will play it in the correct ratio (16:9).

When I do switch the game option from Normal to Widescreen, the image does change, but I have to then go to my Tv and manually stretch the image out to a 16:9 one - it looks pretty decent that way.

Is the PS2 capable of a true Widescreen 16:9 mode? I have all of the PS2 options set to that mode - on the options screen, on the DVD menu, and on the game option - it does not seem to tuly offer a real 16:9 format.

The game is pretty cool and all - just wish that the PS2 did not give me a hard time with the formatting. Just makes me love my XBOX all the more.

This is not a bash, but the PS2 is older and a more fickle machine in comparison.
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post #4 of 7
7/10/06 at 9:05am
Ooops, for some reason I read your post as "Lord of War" (the Nick Cage arms dealer flick). Can't help, I'm afraid.
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post #5 of 7
7/10/06 at 3:32pm
Do you have the PS2 connected with Component inputs to your TV? 16x9 won't work with S-Video or Composite video.
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post #6 of 7
7/10/06 at 7:29pm
As far as I know, the PS2 is only capable of 480i or 480p. I haven't messed around with widescreen mode on God of War too much (I've got my PS2 connected with a component cable, by the way), but from what I can see and what I've read, it's cropped, not true widescreen. You're better off leaving it in 4:3 mode.
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post #7 of 7
7/10/06 at 8:58pm
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Thanks alot everyone for the responses. Yes, I have my PS2 hooked up to component cables and I even kept the PS2 manual, which I re-read.

Under the options, I have the setting as 16:9
I then switched the game over to the Widescreen mode....normally, when my Tv is switched over to its 'natural' mode, it'll automatically covert the image to either 4:3 or 16:9 depending on the game etc, but not so for God of War.

I then went online and it seemed to me that it is a 'cropped' widescreen and not true 16:9, so I decided to just leave it in the 4:3 mode, which is a damn shame. As much fun as I am having, God of War just screams for a true 16:9 presentation.

Thanks again, all.
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