Do I have my 360 setup correctly?

Richeh · 22 Aug 2006 at 17:33

Hey all,
Most of my questions have been covered before but none specific to my new HDTV.

I have just got a Hyundai Vvuvon Q261 (Manual http://www.avforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26136&d=1141321040 ).

I have bought a VGA cable and plugged it in, I have set the resolution on the 360 to the highest one 1360x768.

Have I set the correct (best) resolution for my TV and do I need to do anything else to get it looking better?

And secondly I am using it for my main DVD player as I have it read that over VGA it upscales DVD's. Do I need to set anything for this or does it do it automatically?

Thankyou.

Memphis · 22 Aug 2006 at 17:53

Sounds to me like you're good to go.

NokkonWud · 22 Aug 2006 at 19:50

Are you using the offical VGA Cable, Nismo here says it's much better with the official cable over the joytech one (and the Blaze one is supposed to be a joke).

Kreeeee · 22 Aug 2006 at 19:55

NokkonWud said:
Are you using the offical VGA Cable, Nismo here says it's much better with the official cable over the joytech one (and the Blaze one is supposed to be a joke).

There is a very large difference.

pany · 23 Aug 2006 at 17:24

NokkonWud said:
Are you using the offical VGA Cable, Nismo here says it's much better with the official cable over the joytech one (and the Blaze one is supposed to be a joke).

agreed official is by far the best

Mud · 23 Aug 2006 at 17:52

I'd agree that the official is the best, but has anyone tried using a 3rd party cable since that update that boosted the colour over VGA? The margins may have narrowed. Academic really, since the official is still the way to go.

lordrobs · 23 Aug 2006 at 18:21

I don't find the Blaze cable too bad, the Mad Catz one it replaced was an absolute joke though.

Nismo · 23 Aug 2006 at 18:39

Mud said:
I'd agree that the official is the best, but has anyone tried using a 3rd party cable since that update that boosted the colour over VGA? The margins may have narrowed. Academic really, since the official is still the way to go.

I noticed no difference whatsoever after the update when I had the Joytech cable, it was still the same as before - washed out and dull.

Official cable is in a different league, better IQ plus it centers the image properly on my LCD TV, whereas the Joytech lead was off to the right at optimal resolutions even after manually adjusting the screen.

geordie10 · 23 Aug 2006 at 21:51

lordrobs said:
I don't find the Blaze cable too bad, the Mad Catz one it replaced was an absolute joke though.

i have a madcatz cable.
is the official cable a lot better.
before i spend another £20 .
cheers ian.

Mud · 23 Aug 2006 at 22:23

Nismo said:
I noticed no difference whatsoever after the update when I had the Joytech cable, it was still the same as before - washed out and dull.

Thanks.

ian flowers said:
i have a madcatz cable.
is the official cable a lot better.
before i spend another £20 .
cheers ian.

The difference you see will depend on your screen (size and quality), but yes, worthwhile seems to be the experience of everyone here (myself incl.).

lordrobs · 24 Aug 2006 at 00:45

I got terrible ghosting with my MadCatz so for me it was well worth changing it.

Richeh · 24 Aug 2006 at 08:46

Hmm, this thread has kind of gone off without me

Yes I do have the official cable.

lordrobs · 24 Aug 2006 at 09:15

Richeh said:
Hmm, this thread has kind of gone off without me

Yes I do have the official cable.

Thats because it was all summed up in the first reply

You've got the best settings for your TV and the dvd upscaling is automatic, just stick in a DVD and watch

Datamonkey · 24 Aug 2006 at 09:51

so is it best to use the rgb component on my samsung 26" lcd tv or the vga cable??

Confused now.

i run at 720p, tv can do 1080i but most games are 720p anyways

Nismo · 24 Aug 2006 at 10:11

Datamonkey said:
so is it best to use the rgb component on my samsung 26" lcd tv or the vga cable??

Confused now.

i run at 720p, tv can do 1080i but most games are 720p anyways

VGA (using the official lead) should look better than component, it was for me anyway on a Sammy 23" LCD TV previously running at 720p.

Datamonkey · 24 Aug 2006 at 12:06

does the vga lead have an optical out on it?

cheers

Mud · 24 Aug 2006 at 12:10

Datamonkey said:
does the vga lead have an optical out on it?

cheers

Yes.

geordie10 · 25 Aug 2006 at 17:10

Mud said:
Thanks.

The difference you see will depend on your screen (size and quality), but yes, worthwhile seems to be the experience of everyone here (myself incl.).

got the microsoft vga cable today and tried it against the madcatz one.
and your right the colours are better.
very noticeable with black and red they seem to be much deeper and thats with my samsung lcd set up the same for both cables.
thanks very much.
£19.99 was not wasted.
cheers ian.

geordie10 · 25 Aug 2006 at 17:13

lordrobs said:
I got terrible ghosting with my MadCatz so for me it was well worth changing it.

thanks very much for info.
yes the cable is much better than the madcatz one.
i would not have thought a cable would make much difference but it does.
cheers ian.