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Carlo210

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Xbox360 Hdtv Questions.
« on: October 23, 2005, 09:38:00 AM »
You obviously haven't read all the facts.
First of all, no you don't need a tuner. I don't see how you wouldn't know this after reading one video faq.

Second, don't worry about burn in.
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redwolf

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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2005, 01:34:00 PM »
QUOTE(Callsign_Vega @ Oct 23 2005, 01:58 PM)
I have read all of the Video FAQ's but still have these simple questions:
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twistedsymphony

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« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2005, 02:43:00 PM »
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it gets confusing because HDTV means several different things if you think of it how I outlined above it's a lot easier to understand.

Burn in only effects certain Display technologies like CRT and Plasma. It doesn't effect stuff like LCD or DLP.

Even still CRT tech has come a long way and unless you totally abuse your display you wont have to worry about burn in. That means have your brightness/contrast properly tuned (not cranked way up like it comes out of the box) and avoid playing for long periods of time with static elements on the screen. Most modern games are much better than older games. Games with solid powerbars and bright text that never moves are much more likely to cause burn in than transparent huds that come and go.

As for 1080i support most displays will "support" 720p and 1080i and simply convert one or the other to it's native resolution. The Best displays will support both without conversion (much like your CRT PC monitor supports multiple resolutions). But as Redwolf said the 360 can output in either format so whatever your display supports will be just fine  beerchug.gif

I hope that cleard some things up
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