VGA or Component?
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Because if you use component you'll be stuck at 720p which your monitor would then "upscale" to it's native resolution (which usually makes the picture quality much worse.)
Thanks. I guess I'll be picking up a VGA cable then.
Here's the thing, pick em up at bestbuy or something. Try them out and see what looks best to you? It may turn out that there's no noticable difference at all and you can just take the VGA cables back
Here's the thing, pick em up at bestbuy or something. Try them out and see what looks best to you? It may turn out that there's no noticable difference at all and you can just take the VGA cables back
Just curious: how does that work?
If you don't kill yourself on opening that box, it is at least in a state where they can't put it on sale again...
It really shouldnt matter which one you get, VGA or Component, they both are of similar quality, and if I were knitpicking, and I mean really really knitpicking I would say I prefer VGA ever so slightly over Component, but you'd be hard pressed to tell teh different in my opinion.
Isn't the signal the same anyway wheter you use a VGA or component cable.
It's just the conecto at the end that's different.
It depends more on your TV set which, if either, will give you the better picture.
It's just the conecto at the end that's different.
It depends more on your TV set which, if either, will give you the better picture.
The difference is that you can set PC monitor resolutions with the VGA adapter i.e. make use of the Xbox 360's scaler instead of the television's.
That's because your TV is native 720p and doesn't do any scaling. Also Component is known to show colors a bit better than VGA. With VGA you'll have slightly duller colors but on certain TV sets (like the one in the original post) where the resolution isn't native 720p the VGA cables will give a "sharper" pictuer.
Doesn't matter what state the packaging is in really. As long as they can see the barcode and all the contents of the package are there you can bring it back within 30 days. If it's in resaleable condition Bestbuy usually puts it out on the floor as an "open box item" which gives you like 20% off or something.
Hm.....so what's stopping my friend and I from ah... well.. him just buying something, getting a refund, and me just getting it essentially new for cheaper
Does VGA really upscale?!?! I thought it displayed DVDs at 480p.
That might be the deciding factor.
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VGA will upscale DVD playback to whatever res you have the 360 set to. (before the update it drpped resolution to 640X480) Component drops res to 480p during dvd playback (why? who knows).
On my 37" 1080p lcd VGA looks alot better than component. I've seen friends TV that have no difference. I guess my TV has cheap component circuitry or something.
On my 37" 1080p lcd VGA looks alot better than component. I've seen friends TV that have no difference. I guess my TV has cheap component circuitry or something.
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