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Sarlacc
December 21, 2006, @ 12:21 AM
Am I right in saying the Xbox 360 is supposed to act as an upscaling DVD for SD?

I'm sure its supposed to, but I could be wrong.
Simmster
December 21, 2006, @ 01:12 AM
720p?
Simmster
December 21, 2006, @ 01:15 AM
Might help:
www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=748740
Sarlacc
December 21, 2006, @ 01:26 AM
ahhhh, I would need the vga cable.
Sarlacc
December 21, 2006, @ 01:27 AM
And thanks for the link!
Simmster
December 21, 2006, @ 01:28 AM
:thumbsup:

Those guys are great.
Sarlacc
December 21, 2006, @ 01:32 AM
Whats funny is some jackass said VGA couldnt handle 1080p...and i dont know why I even bought into it...doesnt make sense...unless he is right and something in the software fakes something.
Xenogen, M.D.
December 21, 2006, @ 02:29 AM
I still can't get over how you guys use the xbox as your dvd player...Maybe I'm too anal about video quality.
Simmster
December 21, 2006, @ 02:36 AM
I still can't get over how you guys use the xbox as your dvd player...Maybe I'm too anal about video quality.

I've got one in my bedroom, and both kid's. In the living room, I have an old Pioneer progressive that I use.
Xenogen, M.D.
December 21, 2006, @ 02:45 AM
I've got one in my bedroom, and both kid's. In the living room, I have an old Pioneer progressive that I use.

Whoa...that would be awesome for system link play.
Sarlacc
December 21, 2006, @ 02:53 AM
I use the xbox for a dvd player in my bedroom...course now i have in the living room, and if the upscaling in it is that good itll stay there.

I was just A/Bing the xbox360 with my dvd player...no difference. I didnt need the test to tell me that...but the xbox actually makes a really good dvd player.

Course I dont have a super expensive dvd player with a farjouda chip, et all either :D
Xenogen, M.D.
December 21, 2006, @ 02:55 AM
Course I dont have a super expensive dvd player with a farjouda chip, et all either :D

I gotta $200 oppo. :dunno:

If my wife is smart I might have an HD-DVD player too :wired:
Sarlacc
December 21, 2006, @ 07:13 PM
I picked up the VGA cables...they suck.

The upressing through VGA kills the blacks, the whites, and any semblance of good color. It made everything milky and crappy. And yes, I went over the settings and tried different things. The components just look better, even though they can't support the higher res for movies and such.

XBOX NEEDS HDMI!
Xenogen, M.D.
December 21, 2006, @ 10:13 PM
:haha:

I picked up the VGA cables...they suck.

The upressing through VGA kills the blacks, the whites, and any semblance of good color. It made everything milky and crappy. And yes, I went over the settings and tried different things. The components just look better, even though they can't support the higher res for movies and such.

XBOX NEEDS HDMI!
Sarlacc
December 24, 2006, @ 02:06 AM
PIcked up the hd-dvd drive...just need to get the optical cable for audio now :whistle:
Simmster
December 24, 2006, @ 03:09 AM
Doesn't everyone have an optical cable laying around?
Sarlacc
December 24, 2006, @ 03:30 AM
Doesn't everyone have an optical cable laying around?

Naw. I've run digital rca for my 5.1. All my research said it was 6 of 1, half dozen of the other when it came to using optical or digital rca.
Throtex
December 24, 2006, @ 02:52 PM
I picked up the VGA cables...they suck.

The upressing through VGA kills the blacks, the whites, and any semblance of good color. It made everything milky and crappy. And yes, I went over the settings and tried different things. The components just look better, even though they can't support the higher res for movies and such.

XBOX NEEDS HDMI!

XBox through VGA doesn't use 0-255 PC levels ... it uses some subset of that (16-235) ... so if the TV is expecting PC levels, you'll get that.

But I'm sure you know that better than I do.
Sarlacc
January 06, 2007, @ 04:16 PM
XBox through VGA doesn't use 0-255 PC levels ... it uses some subset of that (16-235) ... so if the TV is expecting PC levels, you'll get that.

But I'm sure you know that better than I do.

I'm coming back to this one real quick...Are you saying (assuming there is a setting in the TV menu) that I can change a setting to make everything look right? Or it doesnt matter. Id just be stuck with the same shitty image the VGA provides?

If I can change it to make it look proper...I'd most likely buy the VGA cable again.
Throtex
January 07, 2007, @ 01:22 AM
I'm coming back to this one real quick...Are you saying (assuming there is a setting in the TV menu) that I can change a setting to make everything look right? Or it doesnt matter. Id just be stuck with the same shitty image the VGA provides?

If I can change it to make it look proper...I'd most likely buy the VGA cable again.

I'm pretty sure most HDTVs that have VGA inputs were designed so that a PC could be hooked up through them. XBox through VGA doesn't send PC color levels. I don't think there's any setting you can change on the XBox, but maybe your TV has something.