: I was originally thinking about doing a much broader analysis, but I was
: worried both about whether I'd ever ship the article, and about how
: palatable it would be. LOD behavior was on the table, but I wasn't sure
: how I'd make it interesting. I'm contemplating doing a Reach article where
: LOD behavior would potentially be on the table once again and where Halo
: 3's approach could be briefly discussed, but who knows.

: As for that oddity with draw distance and display settings: I haven't been
: able to reproduce the claim. The draw distance is always where your
: article says it should be, regardless of my settings (including 480p,
: which red_breast said should make the draw distance larger).

: "The Graphics of Halo 3" felt like it was missing something, so I
: decided to do things the Halo 1 chapter title way and throw in a bizarre
: slogan.

: Due to its early-gen-ish overshooting and undershooting of visual
: expectations, I've sometimes said that Halo 3 is less of a seventh-gen
: game than a sixth-and-eighth-gen game. That's the first thing that came to
: mind.

: Apparently it's throwing people off, as MacGyver10 made the HBO front page
: post presenting it as the name of my blog. xD

: Thanks, fixed.

In terms of draw distance and pop in... I never noticed it on my CRT HDTV I had up until 2013, I noticed it more on a samsung TV in both H3 and H4.... but I don't think I've seen it happen on my current TV with MCC.