Re: Wasn't expecting this for Skyrim.

I can't it playing on my TV.

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For some reason Skyrim cuts off the entire Compass/enemy health, and my own Health,Stamina, and Magic.

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Wish all games would put that screen adjustment option in the settings.

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Now Skyrim is just sitting on the floor already collecting dust......

Oh no.

Most TVs have a setting where you can adjust the size of the image. Check your remote. You may be on a stretch mode or a weird format.

Sounds like you need to adjust your resolution on your TV

Went and looked after your guys suggested that.

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No such options or settings on my tv. I use regular 32 Samsung tv so its not HD and I guess that is the problem.

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kinda hate that no other game I have played has had this problem....only the game I have been waiting for all year.

Do you have it plugged into HDMI, Component, or Composite?

My TV does the same thing, it's quite annoying really. Fortunately, it's not the only TV in the house, so I just have to steal my sister's whenever I want to play Skyrim. There may be no way around it...

Honestly If I knew what those where I would tell you.

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Its just a SD tv so whatever those red, white, yellow, cable are.

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Went to the Bethesda Forums and the problem is that the game is made for only HD tv's. So the game will never work on my TV.

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Really I know SD tvs are outdated..... and  HD tv are down in price, but honestly they really couldn't just put a screen adjuster in the options.

Best Buy has a 42" HD 1080P LCD TV for $199 on Black Friday, lol.

Look for a button on your remote control that looks like a square with arrows points into or out of it. If not go into your picture display and see if you can change your tv resolution this way. I bought myself a 32" HDTV for £198 a few days back, never been happier to be honest, well worth the upgrade, i had one of those flintstone TVs too :P

Yeah they really are coming down in price.

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But seeing as I traded in 3 games into gamestop to get MW3 and Skyrim [paid $20 outta pocket]. And other obligations spending "a lot" of money on myself is not really possible right now.

Yeah, you're gonna need a 1080p TV. If you get LCD, make sure it was 240Hz! plasma has 600hz by default though... and you'll need an HDMI cable. but if u have an old white xbox, you'll need component.

Yea looks like a tv is my next purchase.

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Although if I set the Xbox to wide screen ( even though my tv isn't) I can see part o the compass and my health now too. It just it looks a little different now but I am happy to play it. By different I mean like everything looks mashed closer together a little bit.

YES!.

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I am one happy gamer.

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Bored and wanting to play Skyrim went to my brothers house as he had another SD tv that was not too old [ 2006 me thinks]. BUT anyways... for some reason Skyrim is not cut off at the tops/bottoms. I can see my compass and health and everything.

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Really don't know why.... and frankly as long as I can play Skyrim... don't care how it works.

I have similar problems, its because I have an old SD TV... I need a new one bad.... the text is sooo small.

I'm having problems with the text being too small & blurry because of not having an hd tv. I've been sitting so close to the tv, which is extremely uncomfortable and straining on my eyes.  It's really making Skyrim an "eh, it's alright" game for me. I can't even believe I'm saying those words! I don't have the extra money to go out and buy an hd tv, so... it is what it is, I guess. :(

Skyrim is such a beautiful game, it really does need to be played on a HD tv to really do it justice. I accept it must be hard still owning an SD tv, but you can get HD monitors even for soooo cheap, there is little excuse!

In Bethesda's defence, it would be really hard trying to cater for both displays so they've naturally focused on the HD tv's.

CRT TVs (AKA old school tvs) are awesome. New tvs have a very short life span while I will still be able to use mine for decades. I don't have problems with Skyrim being cut of around the edges, and the text is too small anyway.

"New tvs" are great if you buy one of quality. We just upgraded to a 46" Samsung LED from a 32" Samsung LCD. The 32 was almost 5 years old and was showing no signs of wear. In fact my brother-in-law bought it from us and it's still running like a champ. BTW the new 46" looks AMAZING! :)

Crusher X303:

YES!.

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I am one happy gamer.

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Bored and wanting to play Skyrim went to my brothers house as he had another SD tv that was not too old [ 2006 me thinks]. BUT anyways... for some reason Skyrim is not cut off at the tops/bottoms. I can see my compass and health and everything.

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Really don't know why.... and frankly as long as I can play Skyrim... don't care how it works.

Did you take your Xbox  to your Brothers or did you play on his? If it was his then compare all his display settings to yours. There really is no reason for Skyrim to be cutting off the Gauges, unless your Xbox's display settings are incorrect for your TV. If anything should be getting cut off it should be the sides of the screen.

Simple solution: Get yourself a XBOX VGA cable so you can hoop up your XBOX to your PC monitor, maybe even a laptop, this should allow you to play in at the very least 720p, but I don't know any monitors that don't allow you at least a 1080i resolution unless your monitor is from the 80's.   You could also use an HDMI to DVI-D cable to give you a slightly better picture quality.

Some folks are suggesting that an HDTV will solve the problem.  I have a Samsung HDTV (720p) - I play all sorts of games on this.  My xbox is connected via composite - which may be a part of the problem.  My xbox 360 is one of the earlier generations before they came standard with HDMI outputs.  So someone is going to tell me to buy a new xbox 360 or a conversion kit or something like that.  That would be lunacy.  There is no reason Bethesda couldn't include some means of adjusting the graphics.  I rented the game via Red Box last night.  I can see I'm going to love the game.  However - I'm sad to say that I'll probably have to buy this game for my PS3 (which does have an HDMI output).  Why sad, when I have both systems?  Because, in the past, PS3 didn't get any of the cool ad-ons for Oblivion, for example - while the Xbox Market did.  I love the ad-ons.  I also enjoy the xbox 360 community.  I don't think I can really blame Microsoft for this - but it seems I'll be using their system less over the next few months.  Yes - I tried adjusting the TV settings - and yes - my xbox 360 is set up for 720p.  I also tried 1080i, which functions - but still cuts off the bottom of my screen (at least).  For example - I can't tell how much gold I have - I see the top half of the numbers only.  I haven't tried setting the xbox to 420p yet... but should I have to?  No.  I shouldn't have to misconfigure my xbox to play a game.

H4K0R:

My xbox is connected via composite - which may be a part of the problem.  

Maybe? That is the problem!  And HDMI cable isn't the only solution you know? Albeit, an HDMI is the BEST solution, but if your TV has a VGA input you could use that, if it has a YPbPr (the blue, red and green inputs) you could use that as well. 

Also how on earth are you using a 720p resolution with a composite cable? That's blasphemy! Either way, assuming you're getting a true 720p resolution, your tv should handle it fine, if the screen is cut off I'm sure your TV has an option to adjust the image.  I mean it's your money at the end of the day but between paying $60 for a PS3 version and $20 bucks for a cable that might fix your problem.... well you do the math.