Topic: Tv ..interface (Read 69 times)

MajestacaL · « **on:** January 27, 2006, 10:19:00 PM »

Either get a HD Ready or HD Intergrated television LCD, DLP I have a 32 LCD HD Ready tv and a 62" DLP Mitsubishi and the xbox 360 looks great in HD now if you want top of the line get the new sets that do HD 1080P which the Ps3 will support when it comes out. Almost all the HD tv's out right now have all the hookups you need for any system or dvd player so dont worry about that.

craig888 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2006, 01:39:00 AM »

thx for ur reply mate, but still a little confused cause the tv i have now is like only 3 months and can not provide me with "high definition" this is the one :

http://www.comet.co....455_274500.html

im rather annoyed, cause that tv was reviewed in an xbox360 magazine and said for the money it was an exellent choice for the 360 .....

well i went out and brought it ....ready for when i took deleivery of my xbox.

also purchased a lead for £20.00 ...XBOX 360 VGA HD AV Cable ..then relised i also needed a dvi to vga adaptor ...but still cant get high definition on that tv.

so basically i have now given up on that tv set, just want to ensure i get it right next time ...

thanks ...

craig888 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2006, 02:34:00 AM »

done a bit more reading of these forums, would i be right in thinking the tv i purchase must have a
component video input ? to get the best from the xbox ..

kdx80boy · « **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2006, 10:23:00 AM »

Your tv is a hidef tv. And in the specs it says it has component video. Your tv is perfect for the 360, just go buy the component cables and your ready to go. Also, make sure you have the switch set to hdtv on the back of the xbox cable.

I didn't see if your tv had vga or not, but if it does I believe you can go through that as well.

if it still doesn't work, contact MS because something is wrong with the 360 itself.

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #4 on:** January 29, 2006, 12:58:00 PM »

Here's what I'd recommend you look for:

Component Video input (sometimes called "Colorstream") This looks like 3 RCA cables Red, Green, and Blue in color.

Also You'll want a display with a natural resolution of 1280x720 or higher, and a native aspect ratio of 16:9. Natural resolution is very different from maximum resolution. Natural resolution is the actual resolution you see on the screen. Maximum is the highest the electronics can accecpt (resolutions higher then the native are downscaled to the native).

For the best quality audio you'll want something that can handle Optical SPDif, it's very rare that a TV will have inputs for that, but if your surround sound system does that's fine.

The higher the contrast ratio the better, I would recommend 1500:1 or higher

If you want to stay future proof and compatible with other things, then make sure it has an HDMI or DVI port with HDCP... That's the important part, HDCP. Most new HD devices wont work in Hd without an HDCP capable device.

Also make sure the display supports ALL of the following 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i. Lots of TVs will support crap like 540p instead of 480p, don't be fooled 540p isn't a real resolution, Also TVs that only support either 720p or 1080i wont be as compatible as those that support both.

good luck

goodl · « **Reply #5 on:** February 01, 2006, 11:10:00 AM »

Computer and Video games actually recommend this TV for Xbox 360 hi def so it may be possible your just doing something wrong

http://www.computera...y.php?id=130328

griffin XXI · « **Reply #6 on:** February 01, 2006, 11:49:00 AM »

your tv states clearly its not HD. check out the 'full details' tab under HD ready, it says no.

goodl · « **Reply #7 on:** February 01, 2006, 11:50:00 AM »

upon further investigation the TV also supports analog VGA through the DVI port as well as digital, I cant see any technical reason why this should not work. Do you have an official MS cable? where did you buy the vga->analog dvi converter

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