After playing around all night with the VD-Z3 and PC monitor, I didn't see any siginificant improvement in terms of HD quality. I was able to set to 480p in my MS dashboard, and used the triggers + controls to view the dash afterwards. Then i switched to the mod chip. So, when i play something like ESPN NHL 2K5 - which is HDTV capable - you can see more of the ice surface and the players appear smaller (as expected when you increase resolution), BUT I dont see any increase in detail as was claimed. The graphics look low-res; for example the players look kind of bitmappy - kind of like when i'm playing a PC game in 640x480. Normally PC graphics look good when you go up to 1024x768. Is 480p equivalent to 640x480?? If so, it doesn't look too great on a monitor, especially since i've played a lot of PC games before with better graphics.
Am i doing something wrong?? I must be.. I also played Halo 2 with the VD-Z3, and it didnt look like much improvement. I am using a 15" LCD monitor with 1.6 XBox.
I'm kind of new to this HDTV stuff, so please pardon my ignorance in any matters in this post :-)
Thanks