Use GPU scaling to override monitor behaviour. Some may stretch the image, while others may instead pillarbox. If a full-screen game is rendered at the wrong aspect ratio, the effects vary based on the monitor. A Remastered edition of the original, 2009 Movie Duels 2 mod for Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, with updated maps, models, sounds and various other improvements, to bring the mod into the modern age. Most games today will feature built in support for widescreen resolutions, while some games may require tweaking to force such a resolution.

Widescreen resolutions can cause problems with older games that were built for a 4:3 (1.33:1) screen, resulting in either a stretched screen or black bars of unused screen space. The majority of computer monitors and TV's produced today are widescreen, and thus feature a native widescreen resolution. Widescreen resolutions are resolutions that are of a 16:9 (1.78:1 more common) or 16:10 (1.60:1 slightly less common) aspect ratio.

For a list of games, see games with widescreen resolution support.

Jedi academy in 1920x1080