Can I use the 360 on an older 15" TFT?

0gami · 9 Feb 2006 at 21:39

It was close to £700 after delivery.

GordyR · 9 Feb 2006 at 21:50

gord said:
Someone works for LG and is infiltrating the forum...

LOL it does sound like it aye.

Davey_Pitch · 9 Feb 2006 at 22:00

lordrobs said:
If your planning on having it set up on your desk can you not use your pc monitor?

My main monitor is a crappy 17" CRT which really needs replacing :/

gord said:
Do you use your msn?

Sometimes. I keep forgetting to log into it. You can always reach me by email (in sig) if I'm not online

lordrobs · 9 Feb 2006 at 22:22

Davey_Pitch said:
My main monitor is a crappy 17" CRT which really needs replacing :/

Ah ok, unless its really crappy though i'd pick the 17" crt over an old 15" TFT (that is assuming old = slow refresh rate) Either way both are a cheap way of getting high resolution lovelyness

PiKe · 9 Feb 2006 at 22:25

0gami said:
It was close to £700 after delivery.

You can get them for £655 from the highstreet :confused:

0gami · 10 Feb 2006 at 10:18

PiKe said:
You can get them for £655 from the highstreet

Well if you can, you couldn't when I got mine, be interested to know where? email in trust.

Davey_Pitch · 10 Feb 2006 at 11:53

lordrobs said:
Ah ok, unless its really crappy though i'd pick the 17" crt over an old 15" TFT (that is assuming old = slow refresh rate) Either way both are a cheap way of getting high resolution lovelyness

This may sound dumb, but I thought you had to use a TFT to get the full benefit of HD?

PiKe · 10 Feb 2006 at 11:56

What about HDTV's

5:4 screens are crap because HD resolutions are widescreen and should be displayed that way.

Davey_Pitch · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:01

PiKe said:
What about HDTV's

5:4 screens are crap because HD resolutions are widescreen and should be displayed that way.

Hmmm, well my monitor certainly needs replacing, might get a 19" CRT (they're only just over £100 now) and then pick up a VGA cable should I see one floating around. Cheers mate

R0B75 · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:22

Davey_Pitch said:
Hmmm, well my monitor certainly needs replacing, might get a 19" CRT (they're only just over £100 now) and then pick up a VGA cable should I see one floating around. Cheers mate

For a little more you can pick up a decent (response time etc) el cheapo 19" TFT, i would go for that over a CRT. I had one made by Digimate before I bought my 26" LCD, i honestly couldn't fault it for the money.

Edit: mine had both VGA and DVI so i could use it for both PC and 360 if I wanted.

dirtydog · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:30

RoB- said:
For a little more you can pick up a decent (response time etc) el cheapo 19" TFT, i would go for that over a CRT.

I wouldn't, especially not for games.

R0B75 · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:38

dirtydog said:
I wouldn't, especially not for games.

Well i'm a gamer and the monitor was superb for it. 16ms is good for games IMO, never saw any ghosting. My 26" LCD is also 16ms and never see any ghosting on it.

dirtydog · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:44

RoB- said:
Well i'm a gamer and the monitor was superb for it. 16ms is good for games IMO, never saw any ghosting. My 26" LCD is also 16ms and never see any ghosting on it.

Congrats but the 17" 16ms TFT I used to have ghosted like hell in fast moving games. All TFTs ghost to some extent, even the most expensive, compared to CRTs.

R0B75 · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:56

Sure, some TFTs will be bad and suffer heavily from ghosting but you can't say that all LCD/TFTs are crap for games, just because they are 'prone' to ghosting. The Digimate 19" LCD i had was such a bargain, it can be had for £145 inc vat with both VGA and DVI and was superb for everything I threw at it.

PiKe · 10 Feb 2006 at 13:02

Just to reiterate, the 360 output's a widescreen signal, why are you looking at square aspect screens? You'll only use 2 thirds of the screen if you get a square one.

dirtydog · 10 Feb 2006 at 13:09

Does the 360 not have a mode where it will output a 4:3 picture? Albeit 640x480.

0gami · 10 Feb 2006 at 13:12

dirtydog said:
Does the 360 not have a mode where it will output a 4:3 picture? Albeit 640x480.

You'll get boarders top and bottom though.

R0B75 · 10 Feb 2006 at 13:13

dirtydog said:
Does the 360 not have a mode where it will output a 4:3 picture? Albeit 640x480.

Via the 360 VGA cable you can select most resolutions such 1024x768 and 1280x1024 as well as the widescreen resolutions.

R0B75 · 10 Feb 2006 at 13:37

This isnt my picture but its taken from the 360 setup thread (nokkonwud's setup). I think this looks superb and it just goes to show how good the 360 can look on a 19" TFT. The borders wouldn't be an issue for me.

PiKe · 10 Feb 2006 at 13:42

RoB- said:
Via the 360 VGA cable you can select most resolutions such 1024x768 and 1280x1024 as well as the widescreen resolutions.

1280x1024 causes PGR3's aspect to be completely wrong, dial's are no longer round, everythings tall and thin, other games just letterbox regardless.