Xbox360 forced to upcaling dvd with the vga cable ?

[kyleb]

Seriously Iknowall, I'm not pulling your leg here.

http://www.sunflower.com/~kyleb/720x480s.jpg

 

[iknowall]

Seriously Iknowall, I'm not pulling your leg here.

http://www.sunflower.com/~kyleb/720x480s.jpg

Ok thanks fpr the proof so you have the option to choise this Tv resolution and your display support it.

Maybe it is because Tv screens support additional Tv resolutions like this over vga.

Well if this is the case and the xbox360 can give a 720 x 480 or 720 x 576 over vga without problems, it will be all right.

I worry because the manual of the samsung lcd saiy that standard resolution supported over vga are the ones i listed and the manual say that if you use another resolution it may not display it correctly.

But thanks for the proof that you can use this resolution over vga.

Can you say me if you can also choise the 720 x 576 resolution ?

 

[kyleb]

Yes 720x576 over VGA works as well, and that goes form my plasma and both my CRT monitors. I can't say I have ever payed much attention to support for those resloutions, but I have never heard of either being a problem over VGA at all.

 

[Colourless]

This is what resolutions CCC says I can use. There is no reason that the X360 shouldn't be able to do the same, unless MS has for whatever reason decided not to. XBox 360 should be using DCC you'd hope so it should be able to query the device to see what is supported.

 

[iknowall]

This is what resolutions CCC says I can use. There is no reason that the X360 shouldn't be able to do the same, unless MS has for whatever reason decided not to. XBox 360 should be using DCC you'd hope so it should be able to query the device to see what is supported.

I update this tread just to say that now that the xbox360 is out and i found out that my dubd about the dvd downscaling to the vga resolution was legit.


Thanks to an user of the teamxbox forum that posted a pic of the dvd playback resolution over vga

640 x 480 , i just hope it is only because of the monitor. I am whaiting to see what is the result on a lcd or a plasma tv.

 

[oddfellow]

That sucks if it's true.

I'm picking up my 360 on friday. I have a 45inch HDTV television and I was hoping to use the vga cable as oppsed to the component conection.
However, if dvd playback is going to be 640x480, there ain't no way I'm gonna do it.
The native resolution on my tv is 720p (1280x960), 640x480 looks like a postage stamp on my screen.

Can anyone confirm this when using a 16x9 hdtv plasma/lcd as opposed to a pc monitor

 

[Sis]

That sucks if it's true.

I'm picking up my 360 on friday. I have a 45inch HDTV television and I was hoping to use the vga cable as oppsed to the component conection.
However, if dvd playback is going to be 640x480, there ain't no way I'm gonna do it.
The native resolution on my tv is 720p (1280x960), 640x480 looks like a postage stamp on my screen.

Can anyone confirm this when using a 16x9 hdtv plasma/lcd as opposed to a pc monitor

Note that DVD playback is also limited to 480p over component.

.Sis

 

[oddfellow]

Yes, but over component, my tv scales to full screen.
Using the vga port it displays the actual resolution and does not upscale to full screen.

 

[iknowall]

Note that DVD playback is also limited to 480p over component.

.Sis

Over component you get 720 x 480p not 640 x 480p like you get with the vga.

 

[iknowall]

That sucks if it's true.

I'm picking up my 360 on friday. I have a 45inch HDTV television and I was hoping to use the vga cable as oppsed to the component conection.
However, if dvd playback is going to be 640x480, there ain't no way I'm gonna do it.
The native resolution on my tv is 720p (1280x960), 640x480 looks like a postage stamp on my screen.

Can anyone confirm this when using a 16x9 hdtv plasma/lcd as opposed to a pc monitor

Sadly i have a confirmation that with the samsung Tv hdtv you get 640 x 480 over vga, and this is not a monitor this is a tv that support the 720 x 480 resolution.

From the teamxbox forum :

"Originally Posted by AJ Riley
Im watching The Lord of the Rings--Return of the King on my Samsung; and it says 640x480 60Hz (Yes, im using the VGA Cable).

It looks just a bit better than my reg DVD player. I never expected it to be upscaled since MS cleared this point a while ago. Regardless of what cable you use you'll still get 480P.

*Hope it helps. "

 

[Sis]

Over component you get 720 x 480p not 640 x 480p like you get with the vga.

I was responding to the statement about oddfellow's native resolution being 720p and that should the VGA out not upscale, oddfellow would just use component.

.Sis

 

[oddfellow]

Sadly i have a confirmation that with the samsung Tv hdtv you get 640 x 480 over vga, and this is not a monitor this is a tv that support the 720 x 480 resolution.

From the teamxbox forum :

"Originally Posted by AJ Riley
Im watching The Lord of the Rings--Return of the King on my Samsung; and it says 640x480 60Hz (Yes, im using the VGA Cable).

It looks just a bit better than my reg DVD player. I never expected it to be upscaled since MS cleared this point a while ago. Regardless of what cable you use you'll still get 480P.

*Hope it helps. "

Arse, looks like I'll stick to the component cable then.