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Mr Ed

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« on: May 19, 2004, 11:39:00 AM »
Make sure you enabled widescreen on your XBOX and make sure your TV is set to "standard" or whatever disables any "stretch" modes.
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Mr Ed

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« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2004, 03:24:00 PM »
Interesting, I'm about to buy that TV (the KDF60XBR950) so maybe I better look into that first. eh?
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« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2004, 04:08:00 PM »
I bet he is talking about the difference that occurs when going from 480i to 480p.

That is that the normal TV interlacing adds a kind of anti-aliasing effect which most people take for granted until they move to HDTV.

His use of terminology is confusing. He is using "along the edges" not meaning the edge of the screen, but rather the edge of a line/region.

When he went to HDTV, he flipped the Xbox into progressive mode.

Now the jaggies, which were really there all along, look far worst.

The problem is that the games he is running do not all take advantage of the Xbox's one BIG feature, namely hardware anti-aliasing.

Games written specifically for the Xbox seem to do so, but others not.

Finally he is also not (yet) running any 720p game, else we would have heard how wonderful it looks.
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Mr Ed

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« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2004, 09:38:00 AM »
QUOTE (opjose @ May 19 2004, 05:08 PM)
His use of terminology is confusing. He is using "along the edges" not meaning the edge of the screen, but rather the edge of a line/region.

Oh, of course.  I thought he meant the edges of the screen.  rolleyes.gif
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opjose

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« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2004, 09:39:00 AM »
While it's never "true" black with a rear projector bulb LCD's, it should be dark enough that you cannot tell the difference.

Play with the controls and increase the contrast ratio, then adjust the brightness so that compared to a brighter object, blacks do indeed look black.
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« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2004, 07:50:00 AM »
I hate bringing up old posts but since I have the same issue, no difference than creating a new topic.  

So I have the Sony KDF-55XS955.  Love it.  Only issue is what is described here.  Madden actually looks worse running in 480p on my HD TV than in 480i otherwise.  Short of only getting games that are 720p or 1080i, is there something I can do to help alleviate this particular issue.  I'm hoping running through the Avia disc might help but seems like its just a function of the technology and the game maker.
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snake3k1

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« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2005, 09:33:00 PM »
i have this exact same problem. anyone know a fix other than just getting used to it?? in  the splinter cell 3 demo i upped the contrast and brightness in the game and it looked AMAZING. no blocks or anything. please post lil things like that if u know them.

btw i have the 42" Sony Grand Wega LCD rear projection. sony's rule
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