ToniLou Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Hi I'm building a new cabinet with BigBox a frontend and I'm deciding the monitor aspect ratio. I'm considering 16:10 (closer to 4:3) over 16:9, but I'd like to be sure which BigBox compromises I'd be adding to the build. For example, will the (vast majority) of custom 16:9 themes work on a 16:10 monitor, simply with balch bars on top and bottom? Will the themes look stretched and not so nice? My main goal would be for retroarch to vertically fill the bigger screen (and honor the games 4:3 aspect ratio, sure), but having a nice BigBox theme is also quite important. Basically, is it worth to go in 2021 for a 16:10 screen ratio? Cheers! Toni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriticalCid Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Most Big Box themes are designed for 16:9 but a lot also look quiet good on 16:10. If you have a theme were that isn’t the case than you can always force it to run in 16:9 which leads to black bars on the top and the bottom. Some themes force 16:9 per default if the theme designer noticed it himself that it doesn’t look right on 16:10, for example that’s the case for the Unified theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToniLou Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Thanks! I would not mind having vertical letterboxes on the frontend as far as the Retroarch fully uses the 16:10 monitor height to display the games, which I understand is the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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