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Title: Sog Monitors
Post by: Foe-hammer on August 15, 2005, 01:15:00 AM
blink.gif  Plus, the over all picture quality (colors, contrast) is not as good (vibrant) as 720p.
Title: Sog Monitors
Post by: dr_oldschool on August 15, 2005, 05:00:00 AM
QUOTE(Foe-hammer @ Aug 15 2005, 10:26 AM)
Your pretty safe with any crt monitor supporting 720p; most all do.  I have not found one that does not.  Lcd, on the other hand, have some problems with 720p; roughly only 60% support it.
Just out of curiosity. Is there a list of LCD monitors supporting 1280x720@60Hz mode? Is that mentioned in the specs of monitor or is it a "it just works" thing?
I think widescreen LCD might do that but is there any 4x3 LCD model out there doing that?
Title: Sog Monitors
Post by: leeloo5 on August 15, 2005, 09:33:00 AM
my one 15" monitor supported 720p wonderfully, but my 19" MAG monitor messes with the top inch of the 720p picture (it smears it accross the screen).  its playable, but not worth it.  

I think your best bet might be to ask bestbuy or someone if you can try your xbox on their display units to test if they work well (although they might not like the whole modded thing).


oh, one other thing, is that if you plug in a monitor then turn the xbox on, it might not work, but if you turn the xbox on, then plug in the monitor it might.  just a thing to try if you think your monitor isn't working.  this got many lcd models to work for me.
Title: Sog Monitors
Post by: Carlo210 on August 15, 2005, 03:55:00 PM
Your monitor has to be able to do 1280x1024 to display 1280x720 (720p). Most lcds only go up to 1024x768, along with many 17" crt monitors.
Title: Sog Monitors
Post by: dr_oldschool on August 16, 2005, 01:47:00 AM
Same here. Native res 1280x1024 and no support for 1280x720@60Hz. Samsung SyncMaster 191T.
I wonder if any LCD with native res of 1280x1024 supports 720p at all.
Title: Sog Monitors
Post by: leeloo5 on August 16, 2005, 09:22:00 AM
mine doesnt, 19" Aopen F90JS
Title: Sog Monitors
Post by: cougrocks on August 17, 2005, 05:33:00 PM
I'm not worried about SOG monitors, just any monitors that are known to support 720P, and 1080i.  Everyone has different theories about what enables this, khz, native resolution, and other ideas.  Just seeing if anyone knows what monitors actually do this.
Title: Sog Monitors
Post by: Carlo210 on August 17, 2005, 07:16:00 PM
Check out some Ibm's.
This is what I meant when I said that you guys must be relieved that an official, flawless vga adapter will be released for Xbox360.