I just bought a Wii and I have a 50" HDTV. What I was wondering was how do you go fullscreen on an HDTV? I picked 16:9 widescreen in the settings but there are still black bars on the side. Is it because I need the component cables? Do the component cables let you get fullscreen on a 16:9 TV because right now it doesnt look that great especially after playing the PS3 and 360 in 1080i.
"Fullscreen" is 4:3 with black bars on the side. Widescreen is 16:9, and to get this you need to go into the Wii options and change the display settings.
Also, the Wii doesnt go to widscreen automatically. You need to set your TV to a Full, Stretch, Fill, or Widescreen mode.
Until very recently most Wii games had underscan built into the games themselves for some idiotic reason. That is why your getting black bars. SMG,Geometry wars, and links crossbow training have no underscan and fill up the entire screen. I have these games and can confirm this. Hopefully this will continue.
"Fullscreen" is 4:3 with black bars on the side. Widescreen is 16:9, and to get this you need to go into the Wii options and change the display settings.
Also, the Wii doesnt go to widscreen automatically. You need to set your TV to a Full, Stretch, Fill, or Widescreen mode.EmilioDigsIt
So only certain games fill up the screen? Do the component cables improve the visuals a noticable amount?anti_hero
Ok if you selected 16:9 in the wii menu then games that are 16:9 compatible will be widescreen automatically. If the game is 4:3 it will be stretched and the picture will be slightly distorted. Most early wii games were developed on Gamecube dev. kits so more than likely that is the reason for the bars on the sides of your screen. The reason for this is old analogtube tvs had overscan of about 5 to 8%so gamecubes had underscan of about 5% to compensate for this.As for component cable video quality... without question they will clean things up a bit; but just dont expect a huge improvement.
Almost all the Wii games are 16:9, you must be doing something wrong with your setting or you are playing the few games that arent 16:9.
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No, pettman1970 is correct. If the settings on the TV and Wii are set correctly (i.e. Just Scan or 16:9 on the TV, 16:9 on the Wii) and there is still pillarboxing or a black border around the entire picture, this is underscan, built directly into the game. It's pretty stupid. PS2/PS1 on the PS3 is the same way. Hopefully Sony and Nintendo will update their systems with a universal stretch feature.
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