Best cable for 360 connecting to Samsung

Wej · 17 Dec 2007 at 00:41

Pretty sure it has all the connections, so what is best? I was going to go via VGA, but a few people I've spoken have said component is better. Anyone else using a Samsung - which do you use and what is the difference in image quality?

Inoshishi · 17 Dec 2007 at 00:55

It's a personal choice between VGA and Component I'd say, the only way is to try them both, I think the majority prefer Component, but I always preferred VGA on my 360.

Soulja · 17 Dec 2007 at 01:12

I have a 40'' Samsug and i'd go for VGA aswel, when i was using component i noticed a lot of jaggies but when i switched to VGA the edges was a lot smoother

Burned_Alive · 17 Dec 2007 at 01:15

Prefer VGA myself.

Jonny · 17 Dec 2007 at 03:50

Is HDMI an option? I have my 360 connected to my 32" Samsung via HDMI with the suggested settings from AVforums and I'm really happy with it.
Admittedly I haven't tried the other connections though.

NokkonWud · 17 Dec 2007 at 04:31

HDMI
VGA / Component
Composite

CSA · 17 Dec 2007 at 07:29

I use VGA on my 37" samsung, the PQ is great

hashcake · 17 Dec 2007 at 07:44

I use VGA on my Samsung 32", I can't fault it.

Minstadave · 17 Dec 2007 at 08:40

HDMI or HDMI-->DVI

Cables are dirt cheap and will give better quality than VGA or component.

Soulja · 17 Dec 2007 at 10:29

I found VGA better than HDMI on my samsung, the HDMI PQ was almost the same as componenet which had to many jaggies for my liking

Inoshishi · 17 Dec 2007 at 11:00

I wish the PS3 had a proper VGA connection, i'm wondering how that would affect the jaggies on a lot of the multiplatform games. Maybe it would have no affect at all, just with a lot of you saying you had jaggies on HDMI/Component compared to VGA.

peahead · 17 Dec 2007 at 11:23

I found vga to be much smoother and with less jaggies but the colours just cant match that of component so im sticking with component for now.

JaFFa · 17 Dec 2007 at 11:30

on my samsung the vga is way better.

Kmodo · 17 Dec 2007 at 11:37

NokkonWud said:
HDMI
VGA / Component
Composite

agreed. kinda

I liked the colours on component, then the I upgraded to VGA and it looked far crisper but slightly washed out still I preferred it.

Now I own the elite and IMO HDMI gives you the best of both

NokkonWud · 17 Dec 2007 at 11:51

I put the slash in there because it's at personal preference. I prefer Component on my Toshiba 32WLT66 but VGA on my Dell 2405.

Wej · 17 Dec 2007 at 12:24

I'm assuming it's the official Microsoft VGA cable I need?

da_mic_1530 · 17 Dec 2007 at 12:26

personal preference - I use component

rp2000 · 17 Dec 2007 at 12:31

Inoshishi said:
I wish the PS3 had a proper VGA connection, i'm wondering how that would affect the jaggies on a lot of the multiplatform games. Maybe it would have no affect at all, just with a lot of you saying you had jaggies on HDMI/Component compared to VGA.

It would make no difference. The connections are not actually what is making the difference, It is more to do with the fact that a lot of TVs VGA connections use 1:1 pixel mapping, whereas the HDMI and Component's can over/under scan which in effect can produce jaggies etc. Varies greatly on your TV. The only one consistent thing I seem to read is that Componet gives better colours (whcih is strange as both VGA and Component use the RBG colour set).

rp2000

NokkonWud · 17 Dec 2007 at 12:49

Wej said:
I'm assuming it's the official Microsoft VGA cable I need?

Any Xbox360 VGA cable will do, but the official one will give you the best image.

NokkonWud · 17 Dec 2007 at 12:50

rp2000 said:
It would make no difference. The connections are not actually what is making the difference, It is more to do with the fact that a lot of TVs VGA connections use 1:1 pixel mapping, whereas the HDMI and Component's can over/under scan which in effect can produce jaggies etc. Varies greatly on your TV. The only one consistent thing I seem to read is that Componet gives better colours (whcih is strange as both VGA and Component use the RBG colour set).

rp2000

I don't think the issue is with HDTVs with VGA ports, but more the ability to play it on a monitor. It would make things a lot easier for a lot of people who can't afford a HDTV yet.
You only have to look at the Xbox360 set ups thread to see how many people still use PC monitors.