You know what? I think you should read your TV manual. Maybe your TV just handles high-definition signals differently than standard defininition. Your TV allows you to manipulate the aspect for standard def signals, but not for high def. Maybe for high def it restricts viewing solely at full screen 16x9 mode. Just a hunch! I've seen it before.

thinicer

Hmm. Really now? I own 3 HDTVs and it does the same thing on all of the hooked up with component cables. I've selected 480p and widescreen in the settings and I can still change the aspect on all of them as if I was watching a SD tv channel.

i still think it's an issue with vitz's tv since it seems like it only happens to him.Ontain

The only one?

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19756922-wii-Setting-up-widescreen480P

just because you have all the consoles doesnt make you a very credible source specially considering some of your past posts, the Wii has an option to change the aspect ratio

stika

If you've read my previous posts then you would know that I don't believe that simply owning every machine exempts someone from being a fanboy. I'm a Sony guy. I freely admit it.

HD makes no difference what so ever. I see no difference at all between SD and 1080pkrunkfu2

Boy you best be joking.

You're not the most reliable source. And Wii does true Widescreen.Taz-Bone

Sorry but I can't accept that. If it were truly widescreen then when I select 16:9 in the system settings it should fill my screen. It doesn't do that. It stays in 4:3 mode until I press aspect on the remote.

My PC, 360, PS3 etc. Don't do this.

One thing I have noticed when I play my Wii is the fact that I can make my TV change aspects. When displaying my PC, 360, PS2, Xbox, PS3 etc. in widescreen mode my screen won't allow me to change aspects since it's already displaying the minimum aspect in widescreen. I hit the button but the aspect won't change.

It's not the case with the Wii. It seems that the Wii can only do a 4:3 type resolution. To make the picture seem widescreen it squishes more FOV into the picture.

These examples are just samples of what I see. The widescreen image is squished to fit a 4:3 resolution, making things on screen appear thinner. When I hit the aspect button on my TV remote it stretches the image out and fills the screen making everything appear proper. However in doing so I don't gain any extra pixels at all, if anything the pixels are stretched horizontally, making the image appear fuzzy compared to 4:3.

This is a picture in true widescreen. No pixels are distored, every pixel is represented by every pixel in the image data.

Next let's look at what the Wii does with a 16:9 image. It displays the correct FOV except in a 4:3 pixel frame.

Now once I hit the aspect button on my remote it looks like this.

Compare the above to the original picture.

A discerning eye can spot the difference. The picture appears fuzzy because some pixel information bleeds into the next pixel over due to the stretching. Not only that, but it can make the colours and contrast lose their definition as well.

All the Wii does is increase the Field of View, but display it using the same amount of pixels. Not HD. Hell it's not even the 480p they claim.

Try it out the next time you're playing your consoles. Check to see if your TV will allow you to squish your 360 or PS3 and do the same with your Wii.

[QUOTE="vitz3"]

Remember. Sony doesn't skew numbers like Micro****. They report numbers SOLD. When they report Shipped, they point it out.

Why deal with M$ if they can't even tell you something like that without lying?

BreakingPoint8

Haven't bought a 360 game in months and I cancelled my gold membership. Also 360#5 has freezing issues.

theyll probably just up the limit like they did for SOTN,either way ill be playin itshaggyaz

:lol:

Then why have the stupid limit?