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Excuse the double post, but... Your videocard SHOULD be able to do wide-screen resolutions. Hell, I'm running a GeForce 2 MX and it can do 'em. Somewhere Windows has an option to "hide video modes this monitor can't display." Find it and kill it. That will likely triple the number of resolutions you have available to choose from. And talking to a videophile... says your DLP is probably 1280*720 native resolution. So shoot for 1280*720 once you get your resolutions unlocked.

That's writables, though. Totally diffrent issue than read-onlys. Bah. They need to quit with the pre-rendered crap and get with the program. Real-time cutscenes for the win. XBox also does 720p, for the record.

I was under the impression that most widescreen TVs had an inverse-letterbox mode for the proper display of 4:3 images. There a reason you can't do that instead? It works pretty good. So would a ratty pile of 20-year-old speaker wire. We're dealign with DIGITAL signals here. Line quality is MEANINGLESS. Your signal is perfect or non-existant. There IS NO in-between. EVEN if that mattered, what store the cable came from is not important, merely the brand. You are indeed wrong. It doesn't take much RAM at all to get the GUI past 640*480*8. Not even a meg. Again you're wrong. My 2k and 98 boxes BOTH have the option of non-4:3 ratios. Hell, even before it was an OS Windows supported non-4:3 resolutions. 1280*1024 springs to mind as one that virtually everything supports. It's got very little to do with the OS, and a whole lot to do with video chipset and drivers. Wrong AGAIN. DVI and HDMI carry EXACTLY the same digital video signals. They are ELECTRICALLY IDENTICAL for this task. FURTHERMORE, HDMI accepts any signal of the appropriate encoding format, not just HDTV signals. 480i, while not HD in the least, is accepted through HDMI. You can even get signals GREATER THAN HD through an HDMI connector, though the odds that your specific TV is capable of dealing with them are somewhat low(possible, but not probable). ANY video card capable of going past 1024*768 has HD output. HD just means the image has 720 or 1080 lines of resolution. Nothing special there at all. If you have a TV with RGBHV inputs, you can buy a VGA->BNC cable and use that on ANY video card with an analog VGA connector. OR a VGA->BNC and DMI->VGA. But most TVs don't have RGBHV. They usually have component, DVI, and/or HDMI. If you go overseas they have RGBHV, but not through the 5BNC setup I was talking about. So it's fortunate we're dealing with DVI and HDMI here. As far as the 15-pin video port, that's a standard VGA connector. BUT DVI ALSO carries analog VGA signals on it. So AGAIN it's a matter of a small adapter. And how in the hell would changing OSes from Windows to Linux fix the absurd hardware limitations you claim exist(which, fortunately for enthusiasts everywhere, do not)? That is all.

At least the PS's D pad doesn't grind up my thumb the way the Dreamcast's did. I wouldn't have a problem with it if it was like the SNES's pad. 327291[/snapback] And I would say that at least the DC's doesn't tear my thumb up like the PS' did. I've always hated Sony's pads.

That's why you always buy the second controller. Every console I've ever owned has two controllers. It's well worth it. Eventually, one controller will fail and you'll always have that second controller, which should probably last longer than the console itself 327246[/snapback] I have 2 controllers. Just not of the same TYPE. I can't play Mars Matrix with a gamepad. My performance goes straight down the crapper. And my joystick was an HK knockoff, and has degraded to the point that the stick interferes with my reactions. Resistance varies with direction, and what should be fine motions aren't because I can't tap the stick with just the right amount of force. I have to slam it. That and the feel of the stick is throwing me off. And WHOO! We're leading the PS1 by almost 3 to 1 in posts!

Yes. Or Psybuster. Or Cybaster. No one's really sure, but you've got the right mech.

The omnithread. Kill everything at once.

Hey now, that's a chemical imbalance and I'm on medication for it now... sometimes... my pills are at home. 327207[/snapback] HyperADD powers ACTIVATE!

I think Win95 launched in late '94. *looks it up* Nope. Came out August 24, 1995. And if you count in base 3, 6th anniversary is MORE signifigant than 10th.

SEGA was seriously wounded. But the soul still burns.

If my joystick wasn't shot, I'd be playing Mars Matrix right now. Happy birthday, Dreamcast.

So yeah... Dreamcast... 6 years old in the US. Great system, awesome games, totally under-rated, and lacking the dev-name of Katana. Discuss.

Mmmmmm.... Got manuals? I was going to say, a thread about the PSX and not the Dreamcast? That's kind of like having a white history month. 327183[/snapback] Good point... *wanders off to hit new thread*

And September 9, 1999 marks the US launch of the Dreamcast. It's thinking.

Which is a massive improvement over where the thread was before. IIRC, the word "partisan" I'd always believed came from the Partisans, pro-Communist resistance fighters in Yugoslavia during World War Two, although they probably did pick up the name from the weapon... That would make sense too.

We never DID get a Phantom Striker. Tried like 3 times. ... Why did the badguys get the best vehicles? The Phantom Striker kicked the PowerJet's ass. And the Interlocker was fully functional, whereas the Energizer wasn't even capable of doing anything but play target practice. 327062[/snapback] and easily qualified as making the most annoying sound EVER.... 327067[/snapback] Oh yeah.... I'd forgotten that, but you're right. All the way up there with baby Mario.

Personally, they get old fairly fast. Every now and then is okay, but weekly... no thanks. Too true. I blame party politics. People pick a side and then just sit there booing the other guy, without even looking at what they're booing or why. It's easier than actually considering facts. Seconded. Reminds me... I did a research paper on medieval weapons back in high school. Was kind of surprised to see partisan pop up as a weapon name. 'S a nasty variant of spear. The design had an axeblade mated to the spearhead originally, though it evolved into sharp pointy prongs instead of an axe. Either way, it was probably a nasty thing to be on the recieving end of, and I think we can all guess at why it was adopted for a political term.

I meant to head out on opening day of War of the Worlds. Not to watch it, just shout "THE ALIENS CATCH COLD AND DIE!" at everyone waiting in line to buy tickets.

We never DID get a Phantom Striker. Tried like 3 times. ... Why did the badguys get the best vehicles? The Phantom Striker kicked the PowerJet's ass. And the Interlocker was fully functional, whereas the Energizer wasn't even capable of doing anything but play target practice.

Look at the bright side: It's probably the only Monster in UNSpacey history to fire on an enemy and NOT get blown up.

What? 326956[/snapback] I dunno, but isn't WS a WonderSwan?

I love that show.

*takes quiz* I'm Agent ONE.

The second is the link I found earlier. And it DOES look a lot like the same guy.

When messing with quote tags, always use preview. Trust me, I know. As wierd as it gets at times, I do like this attribute of the license. It's a big universe, and anything is possible. Whales in space, flying statues, weapons derived from the human spirit, pop stars saving humanity, and yes, even jolly green giants and 50-foot women.