Post by: RiPpN-N-TrIppN on April 07, 2007, 08:20:00 PM
it all depends on what your going to do with the 360
the 360 can display upto 1080i using component
you only need VGA to get 1080p atm
but if u plan on watching dvds on your 360 using the component cables the best your going to get is 720
to get 1080i you will need the vga cable
ive yet to use vga on my tv coz when i plug it in it says my tv cant display the resolution
must be coz its still on the rez i left it on when using it on my projector
but i find component to look amazing even at 720 for dvds
still looks amazing
Rip
Post by: RBJTech on April 08, 2007, 04:00:00 PM
QUOTE(jarablue @ Apr 8 2007, 03:20 AM) 
Hey I just bought a new 37 inch 1080i LCD TV. Its HD. Should I use the component connection or use the VGA cable? I have both and don't know what one to use. What offers the best picture? What would you guys use?
Being a 1080i screen it's probably a 720 native panel that can accept a 1080i signal - therefore the best native signal you can give it is 720p via component. Considering 99.9% of all 360 games are native 720p, then this is the best atm anyway.
When (if?) things start to go 1080 - then a 1080i output (still via component) may be the way to go - your TV cannot accept 1080p (games CAN output 1080p via component) so keep it at 1080i...
VGA is meant for VGA native resolutions (1280x1024 etc + widescreen varients) which your TV will need to scale to fit - so best to stick with component for a native display.
Post by: twistedsymphony on April 08, 2007, 07:12:00 PM
There is a BIG (as in HUGE) difference between what your TV accepts and what your TV ACTUALLY displays.
For all intents and purposes just throw out whatever you know about what your TV accepts... really it's quite useless.
Look at that "native" resolution of your TV... THAT is the resolution you actually SEE when you look at your TV, no matter what type of signal you putting into it.
if your TV's native resolution is 1280x720 then it doesn't matter if you're feeding it 1080i or 1080p or 480i or 480p.. you're always seeing 720p on the screen NO MATTER WHAT.
For the best possible picture quality you'll want to feed your TV a resolution that is as close as possible to it's native resolution... so if your display's native resolution is 720p then feed it 720p, giving it 1080i or 1080p will actually look WORSE.
VGA will give you slightly better control over your resolution while component is limited to standard denominations like 720p...
The biggest question when selecting component or VGA is what color-space does your TV accept over VGA? that will determine if the picture will actually look good on your TV or if it will look washed out.
VGA with the Xbox 360 is really hit or miss, it all depends on the native resolution of your display and the colorspace it accecpts over VGA... Component will always look "fantastic". VGA will either look "amazing" or "total crap" depending on how your TV handles the signal.
Post by: jeffek on April 09, 2007, 04:53:00 AM
The VGA video signal IS RGBHV. The major difference isn't in the signal characteristics but in the extra pins available on the VGA connector. It provides data send and return via line voltages to transmit and receive control channel data about the display so the two can handshake a relatively sane video mode.
The only true benefit to running RGBHV cabling is the shielding. The signal degrades slower with proper shielding and it's expensive to make 15 pin shielded VGA cables.
Post by: Hyper_Eye on April 09, 2007, 09:29:00 PM
Post by: hakaveli on April 10, 2007, 02:28:00 AM
QUOTE(Hyper_Eye @ Apr 9 2007, 08:36 PM)
The 360 will display games in 1080p for displays that will accept a 1080p signal over component. There is one huge benefit for VGA. The FCC regulates that standard DVD movies can not be upscaled over component and MS follows this rule by switching the display to 480p when a DVD is inserted. When using VGA the 360 will upscale your DVD's. While your television is probably scaling those DVD's when they are displayed in 480p the 360 has a fantastic scaler. DVD movies look much much better on my display when scaled by the 360. They don't look as good as HD-DVD does but they look damn good.
hey this qestion is kinda off topic but i was wondering why the FCC would demand that DVD movies could not be upscaled over component?? does this mean that we are capable of doing so but are not allowed to??