Glossary:Widescreen resolution

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Resolutions

Video settings

Hardware

Widescreen resolutions are resolutions that are of a 16:9 (more common) or 16:10 (slightly less common) aspect ratio. The majority of computer monitors and TV's produced today are widescreen, and thus feature a native widescreen resolution. Widescreen resolutions can cause problems with older games that were built for a 4:3 screen, resulting in either a stretched screen or black bars of unused screen space. Most games today will feature built in support for widescreen resolutions, while some games may require tweaking to force such a resolution.

Widescreen behavior

Hor+: the game view expands on each side as the aspect ratio widens without losing any from the top or bottom.
Anamorphic: the game has a fixed aspect ratio (usually 16:with letterboxing (black bars top and bottom) for other aspect ratios.
Pillarbox: the game runs at a fixed width (usually 4:3) with any extra width filled by vertical black bars.
Pixel-based: visible area depends on the resolution rather than the aspect ratio, with higher resolutions showing more at once.
Stretch: the game stretches to fit the widescreen aspect ratio (usually from 4:3), resulting in fat characters and other visual problems.
Vert-: the game view is cropped at the top and bottom (so widescreen resolutions show less overall than 4:3 resolutions).

Common resolutions

Common 16:9 resolutions include:

2560x1440
2048x1152
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1600×900
1366×768
1280×720

Common 16:10 resolutions include:

2560×1600
1920×1200
1680×1050
1440×900
1280×800

A further 21:9 aspect ratio exists. For more information on this, see ultra-widescreen.