360 + Monitor = Blurry?!

NeoReloaded · 18 Sep 2011 at 15:25

Hey guys don't know if it's just me sat too close to my monitor or what, but I set my 360 up this morning to my monitor (1680x1050 resolution) and I swear the picture is slightly blurry and looks a little washed out! The dashboard is nice and sharp, but I put Black Ops on and it looks aweful! Saying that I haven't touched my console in 8 months as I upgraded to another gaming rig (pc) earlier in the year so might be used to the higher resolutions or it could be the fact instead of being sat accross the room like usual when playing a console I'm about 2-3 feet away from the monitor?!

Any one else experience this when on a monitor instead of a tv?

JaFFa · 18 Sep 2011 at 16:38

It's because the games run at 1280 x 720 so they have to be upscaled, hence the blurry-ness.

Not much you can do, sorry!

Riddell · 18 Sep 2011 at 17:00

You might need to change the reference levels setting to Expanded. That should make the image seem more vibrant and less washed-out.

dunker · 18 Sep 2011 at 17:01

theres a colour setting in the dash that should get rid of the washy-outness, think its either full, limited or enhanced, something like that.
ahhh beaten, yeah thats it.

ic1male · 18 Sep 2011 at 17:30

Well CoD is not a good game in terms of resolution - it's one of the lowest at 1040x608.

Are you connecting via HDMI or component?

NeoReloaded · 18 Sep 2011 at 17:32

ic1male said:
Well CoD is not a good game in terms of resolution - it's one of the lowest at 1040x608.

Are you connecting via HDMI or component?

VGA. Official Microsoft 360 one.

ic1male · 18 Sep 2011 at 17:41

NeoReloaded said:
VGA. Official Microsoft 360 one.

LOL, totally forgot about that. I have nothing new to offer in that case.

NeoReloaded · 18 Sep 2011 at 21:40

Well im looking for a new monitor anyway so what's the best one that will support the 360's native res?

ic1male · 18 Sep 2011 at 21:43

NeoReloaded said:
Well im looking for a new monitor anyway so what's the best one that will support the 360's native res?

Well the best one would be one that is either the same as the 360's native res (1280x720) or double (2560x1440) so one at 2560x1600?

NeoReloaded · 18 Sep 2011 at 22:03

What about any monitor that is 1080?

JaFFa · 18 Sep 2011 at 22:53

NeoReloaded said:
What about any monitor that is 1080?

If you want the best image quality you need to get a TV. Preferably a non full HD one.

However remember the next gen is coming! Wii U will do 1080p.

runing.man · 18 Sep 2011 at 23:13

My 360 has been blurry on every monitor i have had

Just keep it on the tv now.

Drake5 · 19 Sep 2011 at 00:09

On my previous AOC 24" Full HD monitor I never noticed any blur at all tbh. Currently using a 19" LG Monitor via VGA and not noticing any blur.

Will be picking up a 24" Asus one tomorrow from OcUK, read reviews with people who said they've had it working on their 360 with no issues either.

Alpherah · 19 Sep 2011 at 09:57

Some of the advice in here is ..

Well, needless to say my 360 isn't blurred on my old 22" or 24" screens, neither is it blurry on my 32" 1080p LG, downstairs 50" LG 3d TV or our old 42" Samsung 720p set.

Connected with VGA or HDMI.
So there's probably an issue elsewhere.

Can you change your screens aspect ratio to "just scan" ?

mame · 19 Sep 2011 at 10:11

It's because it's a 16:9 image on a 16:10 screen

Alpherah · 19 Sep 2011 at 10:16

mame said:
It's because it's a 16:9 image on a 16:10 screen

Hence why if you have a just scan option, you can play with borders and remove the problem

Drake5 · 19 Sep 2011 at 11:11

What do you actually mean by blurry? Maybe I'm missing it myself?

I haven't messed with aspect ratio or anything on my 24" Asus and the picture seems fine to me, connected via VGA. So should I see if I can change the aspect ration to 'just scan' for a better image?

Cheers

Alpherah · 19 Sep 2011 at 11:18

All it does is stops pixels stretching. Some screens will stretch any image to fill all available space, leaving it looking .. odd.

Just Scan will give 1:1 pixels and black borders.

Drake5 · 19 Sep 2011 at 11:19

Hmm but from what I can see on my monitor it looks fine and don't really notice a stretch without messing with the aspect ratio.

Alpherah · 19 Sep 2011 at 11:20

Tom_D said:
Hmm but from what I can see on my monitor it looks fine and don't really notice a stretch without messing with the aspect ratio.

Then its probably fine