I finally bought my 360 !
I have a 32'' Philips TV which is HD ready. Along with my 360, I bought a VGA HD cable from Joytech and have connected my 360 with that. I am using a converter to connect the VGA cable on and then onto my TV's DVI input .. My TV plays my xbox in the PC mode and not the HD mode as it says it see's no signal from that. From my 360's dashboard I get a resolution that is 1360 x 768 widescreen,which is the highest I can get, and that's all it says. It doesn't mention anything like 480i, 720p etc ..But maybe it's not supposed to say anything like that in the dashboard, right ? So, should I assume I am running on HD and everything is correct/OK ?
If anyone understood and could give me an answer, I would appreciate it a lot.

Thanks in advance,

Daffy
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what I believe is that the monitors just run the resolutions. 1280 x 720 = 720p and 1360 x 768 = 1080i I think.. im not sure if monitors interlace or are progressive though

HD only refers to television resolutions... if you're using a computer monitor by definition you arn't running in HD.

That doesn't mean it's good or bad. computer monitors can run resolutions both better and worse then HD...

The reason you don't see HD ED and SD resolutions listed is because you're using a VGA adapter so the resolutions don't fall under television standards.

if you wanted to compare though 1360 x 768 most closely resembles 720p

I'm hearing that with the latest dashboard update, the "washed out" colors on the VGA cable have been corrected and that DVDs are being upconverted to your TV/Monitor's native resolution.
Can anyone confirm these two scenarios for me that games and DVDs look better?
I currently use component, but if its worth it I wouldn't mind picking up the VGA cable.
BTW, is the Joytech VGA cable good enough, or do I go with the MS VGA cable?
Thanks for any feedback.

P.S. - Sorry for being picky, its just if I know my 360 visual quality can be even slightly better, I'll go for it

DVDs still do not up-convert over component video.. they do however play at whatever resolution you have your VGA cable set to.

Colors are reportedly more vibrant but from what I've heard VGA is still washed out

As for the Joytech vs MS VGA cable... get the MS one because it comes with a couple of other small adapters you'll need, not to mention I've heard several reports of the Optical Audio port not working on the Joytech adapter.

Thanks!

Important note:

If your TV is a native resolution of 1366x768 like nearly all Australian 32"-40" LCD TV's are
DONT' BUY a VGA CABLE!!

The VGA cable will only support a resolution of 1360x768 via the xbox system setup (up to this point)
that extra 6 pixels, results is a blurry and washed out image, I have tested 2 different brands of VGA cable and tried it on a Samsung 40" and a Sony bravia 32" LCD TV's.

Also I hooked up my Pc rig to the TV via VGA with my 7950GX2, and played Oblivion on (PC version) it, it looked fantastic at 1366x768, Although the Xbox version of oblivion via standard HD component cable 720p was just as good (more vibrant colours than the 7950GX2).

Then I hooked up the xbox vga cable at 1360x768 and ran oblivion, It was spectacularly craptastic.

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s=&...t&p=3647953

Thread link to 720p Vs 1360x768 (on a 1366x768 TV) Screenshots.

There are a couple things that are "weird" with my 360 right now. When i play Halo 2 on my 360 sometimes in certain maps images burn into the screen and wont go away until i turn of the console. Someimes they wont go away for hours if i turn the console off. Any ideas on this?

Another thing is that my 360 doesnt have PAL settings in the video setup. Ive gone there and the PAL settings option is not available. How do i bring this up? Do i have to change my res or anything like that?

Ok. I've done a little digging and I can't come to a definitive answer. This is my TV;

http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?modelId=MOD...=125&page=2

I am using the component cables that came with the premium and I can take it to 1080i. (though I prefer 720p) I know that the cable will not support 1080p. At xbox.com they show their VGA cable and claim that it will only output up to 1080i. Here;

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360vgahdcable/

So, my question, is how can I utilize my TV's native 1080p resoluton? I haven't heard anything about an HDMI cable being produced. I was hoping that that would become an option once the HD-DVD add-on came out, but I haven't heard anything. Is there any suggestions?

Thank you in advance.

it's either a typo or they haven't updated the VGA cable page since the Fall update.

VGA is the only way to get 1080p out of an Xbox 360.

Thanks for the help and for not slamming me on double posting.

It's good to know that the m$ vga wll handle it. I know that some of the upcoming games will be supporting 1080p and I would be ashamed if I had the capability and didn't use it.

updated the top post to reflect accurate 1080p info.

I've also added a handy chart so people can see what the supported resolutions are for various cables and various content.

im surprised nobody has brought up hdmi

I was curious as to whether anyone has gotten their hands on the new audio-only cable that comes with the HDMI cable. I don't have 50 bucks to spare to buy the package, but I do have an old Mad Catz Universal RCA/S-Video cable that I've been trying to mod so that it only pulls audio (if you plug it in normally, the 360 detects it AND the HDMI cable... gets confused... and doesn't output video)

I've got it to the point that it doesn't kill the video, but for some reason, it doesn't output audio either. All the pinouts I've been able to find are all rgb to vga (google likes to ignore when I add "-rgb -vga" to the query) and nothing tells me how the 360 determines which output to use (like when switching from Composite to Component on the standard included cable) I know there's a switch, but I've already cracked one cable, and I don't want to crack my remaining cable.

This FAQ needs to be updated regarding HDMI, or people will have to create new threads like I'm going to do.

I just updated it with some basic HDMI info...

the only thing I didn't do was resolutions because I don't know what resolutions HDMI can output, nor can I find that info on the official Xbox website.

If there is something specific you think needs to be added let me know.

Helpful info.

Why dont i have audio/video and controller wont connect to the system?

Thanks for information.................

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