Cant Get 1920x1080 With 360 On My TV

ZXSpectrum · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:08

I have a 46" Sharp LCD and it works mint via HDMI at 1080p with my PS3 and DVD Player but i have connected the 360 up via the VGA cable (Official) And i just get "Out of range" when i set it to 1920x1080...

Any ideas?

wedgie · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:18

Sounds like the tv doesn't support 1080p over VGA.

Streeteh · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:19

Indeed, my limited knowledge leads me to believe that HDTVs supporting 1080p over VGA are in the minority.

ZXSpectrum · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:24

oh dear.. Great....

ZXSpectrum · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:27

Grrr just found this in the manual...

• Refer to page 29 for AV signals (480i/480p/576i/576p/
720p/1080i/1080p). The analogue D-sub terminal (EXT7) is
not compatible with 480i/576i/1080p signals.

Need a component then...

benji182 · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:29

have you not got a 3rd HDMI port ?

Metalface Mark · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:32

I wouldnt worry, makes next to no difference at 1080p anyway. My panny is the same. VGA looks better than hdmi on mine.

Nismo · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:40

benji182 said:
have you not got a 3rd HDMI port ?

If not, he could just get a splitter to turn 1 of the ports into 2 couldn't he?

Pug · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:51

might not be a hdmi 360

Streeteh · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:53

To be honest i imagine your TVs scaler chip will be equal if not better than the 360 one. Running the 360 at 720p then upscaling it on the TV will probably look exactly the same as the 360 upscaling it.

Nismo · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:53

Pug said:
might not be a hdmi 360

Good point

ZXSpectrum · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:59

Yeah its not HDMI.. I am not bothered about it especially to buy yet another cable... 720p will be fine for the couple of games i want to play...

JaFFa · 28 Jun 2008 at 13:49

Dont worry too much, hardly any games on PS3 or 360 are actually in 1080p. Its just what upscales your tv or the console. If your TV is good then it will either be better or very similar anyway.

Guru · 28 Jun 2008 at 23:28

I plug my laptop into my new tv and it works at 1920x1080 does that mean my tv supports 1080p over vga?

I only got the tv last week, but I love it so far

Just don't have ANY HD content LOL

weringo · 28 Jun 2008 at 23:31

1080p on the 360 is pointless, the scaler on your tv is likely to be just as good so upscaling is not really noticable. Very few games actually run in 1080p especially on the 360.

JaFFa · 28 Jun 2008 at 23:54

^ what an unusual opinion.

weringo · 28 Jun 2008 at 23:56

JaFFa said:
^ what an unusual opinion.

Why? What use does a 1080p output on the 360 serve to you?

wedgie · 28 Jun 2008 at 23:59

That's not what he's getting at.

weringo · 29 Jun 2008 at 00:00

Ok well I'm very tired and have no idea what's going on then

Edit: Oh I see, I wrote a comment very similar to what Jaffa said. I didn't actually read the thread before posting

. Time for bed I think