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Things on my tv are getting cut off on the sides

by slimwealthy1 Nov 28, 2005 6:04AM PST

Im playing my new xbox 360 in high-def on my 30 inch, black, philips widescreen tv. I was playing perfect dark and I noticed that the stuff on the right hand side isn't all showing up. Some of the stuff is getting cut off. Why is it doing that? I have my xbox 360 set to widescreen settings and it is cutting things off that are on the right. Usually there is a blue box where it shows the ammo but now all I can see is three sides of the blue box and the 4th side (right) is getting cut off. When i put it into normal tv mode nothing gets cut off, but it looks a lot worse. Is there anyway I can have it in widescreen mode and not have things getting cut off? THanks a lot. Jon

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That is an unusual question
by mrobzo Nov 28, 2005 6:58AM PST

It could be malfunctioning software due to DRM gone awry. It could be a hardware problem. I don't think you will find the answer here though. Too many variables.

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Screen cutoff
by master_wu Nov 28, 2005 8:56AM PST

Does your TV have picture modes? like full, stretch, zoom, ect... it may be in zoom or somthing thats probably the easyest solution.

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Yes I have different modes
by slimwealthy1 Nov 28, 2005 9:25AM PST

It has 16:9, zoom, panorama, 4:3, 4:3 ZOOM. I have it on the default setting, 16:9, and it still does it. It did this as well on my first philips which was just a 27 inch flat screen. It's not affecting my play, i'm just a perfectionist and it's frustrating to look at.

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Take that thing back
by master_wu Nov 29, 2005 8:28AM PST

If your display was messed up on 2 differnt TVs, take that 360 back man Silly

You know they arnt that cool anyway right? Happy at least not yet

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I know of this problem
by juergemj Nov 30, 2005 1:52PM PST

I have learned that many Philips flat panel displays acutally have a horizontal adjustment. It sounds weird but I believe that if you use the left and right arrows on your remote it will actually align the screen. I don't think you have to go through the menu to do this either. I have heard of this from an installer who informed me of the feature. Maybe this will help.

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fixed
by Terrae May 4, 2008 9:53PM PDT

Thanks for this post! While the game I was playing was great at first, it suddenly shifted dramatically to the left leaving a black gap on the right side and cutting off important elements on the left. It was driving me absolutely batty. The left/right buttons on my remote (Magnavox TV) resolved the issue. My son must have been toying with the remote and off centered things. Again, thanks for the tip!

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Overscan?
by sMoRTy71 Nov 30, 2005 9:42PM PST

How much of the screen is cut off?

The reason I ask is that most TVs employ a small amount of overscan (displaying a little bit less of the picture so as not to display the picture edges). It could be that you need to adjust your TV's amount of overscan (which are usually located in the TV's service menu).

It also could be something screwy with the 360.

Do you have another game console (with a game that uses the edges of the screen) that you can hook up to the TV? This would allow you to determine if it is the XBOX 360 that is at fault or if it is the TV.

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Response to questions.
by slimwealthy1 Dec 1, 2005 4:42AM PST

I know that it's not the 360 cuz my regular Xbox did the same thing. I tried to use the arrows but that didn't do anything. Also there is no overscan feature, or even a feature to move the screen to the left a little bit. About 1-1.5 cm is cut off of the screen. Thanks for all the help.

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by slimwealthy1 Dec 1, 2005 4:50AM PST

I just played NFS most wanted on my 360 and it cuts off about 3/4 cm on each side. I think it might be this thing you call overscan. And the arrows aren't doing anything. I think it might just be the way the tv is in widescreen.

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Try component cables
by ilikenascar Dec 1, 2005 6:46AM PST

I don't have the new xbox, nor have I played the old one, but I just hooked up my PS2 to my new Phillips 32" widescreen LCD and noticed the same thing happenening. It's almost as if the screen position is just shifted slightly to the left. Even changing the screen mode to 4:3, you can still see if shifted slightly. So now, I purchased some component cables because I was on the stock ones before, and the screen position is now centered (looks better too, go figure). Oddly enough, it doesn't fill up the whole screen, leaves just a little black on each side, but it's centered perfectly and the black space is equal on each side. Again, not much, but it's there. I know the xbox 360 has HD component cables (I think)....maybe you'll want to try those (circuit city for $40?) and see if that works.

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I am using component
by slimwealthy1 Dec 1, 2005 10:30AM PST

I am using component cables. I am playing in high-def. When i put the tv back into normal tv mode it is then fine. Something is up with the widescreen.

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