I want 1680x1050 in my option please Bill

WatchTower · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:29

I love my new 360 just one down side is in display setting the 360 does not support 1680x1050 which is the native res for most LCD screens around 20 to 22" in size. I see the there's an option for 1920x1080 so if the 360 can handle that 1680x1050 should be do able and that res would make a huge difference to the picture sharpness.

I just wondered if there's been any rumors or anything that Microsoft will add this res anytime in the future? As I think it's a must.

NokkonWud · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:33

What's the nearest one to you?

ic1male · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:33

No word yet but it's about time for another dashboard update, isn't it? I think it's usually around April/May time we get one?

james.miller · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:34

i assume the xbox will only support 'hd' resolutions? by that i mean 720p and 1080i/p?

WatchTower · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:36

My monitors native res is 1680x1050 has you will have guessed but currently I have my Xbox set at 780p.

NokkonWud · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:48

ic1male said:
No word yet but it's about time for another dashboard update, isn't it? I think it's usually around April/May time we get one?

The last one, the FALL update was in December though and they're supposed to be every 6 months.

NokkonWud · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:49

james.miller said:
i assume the xbox will only support 'hd' resolutions? by that i mean 720p and 1080i/p?

When connected to VGA there are a list of many different resolutions, both 4:3 and 16:9.

Nymins · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:52

This is the main reason why i moved from a PC monitor to a cheap LCD TV. The squashed picture annoyed me a lot. I really surprised they haven't fixed this by now with the amount of people using monitors for the 360.

yaboy · 20 Mar 2008 at 18:03

can't wait till they finally add it into the 360.. would rock..

Matmulder · 20 Mar 2008 at 18:07

Ditto what you lot said.

Post on XBox forums that people are keeping bumped...
http://forums.xbox.com/7917477/ShowPost.aspx

Kreeeee · 20 Mar 2008 at 19:34

NokkonWud said:
What's the nearest one to you?

You don't want the nearest one. You want 1280*720 if you don't have an exact match as you son't want the scaling to happen twice. Once from the 360, once by your monitor.

Margaret · 20 Mar 2008 at 20:22

Kreeeee said:
scaling

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I just realized why I thought my 360 looked crap on my TV, I had at 16:9 not 1:1 Pixel.

I forgot all 360 games run at 1080P (scaling) so I forgot to set 1:1 Pixel, otherwise it defaults (well usually) at 16:9 mode. (which zooms the image in considerably)

No wonder 720P native games looked like crap.

Kreeeee · 20 Mar 2008 at 20:59

Jihad said:
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I just realized why I thought my 360 looked crap on my TV, I had at 16:9 not 1:1 Pixel.

I forgot all 360 games run at 1080P (scaling) so I forgot to set 1:1 Pixel, otherwise it defaults (well usually) at 16:9 mode. (which zooms the image in considerably)

No wonder 720P native games looked like crap.

<3

It makes a massive difference. On my TV if I have either the 360 do all the scaling (1360*768) OR the TV do it all (1280*720) and it looks fantastic. If I have both do scaling it looks a bit messy, same result on my PC monitors too.

Frapple · 20 Mar 2008 at 21:05

Even if it supported 1680x1050, surely that would just be 720p upscaled? If it works like that..

Mine looks fab set to somethingX720 via VGA, I can set it to whateverX1080 but I miss 30px off the bottom on the screen, sometimes misses healthbars and such.

rubberduck · 20 Mar 2008 at 23:35

Frapple said:
Even if it supported 1680x1050, surely that would just be 720p upscaled? If it works like that..

Mine looks fab set to somethingX720 via VGA, I can set it to whateverX1080 but I miss 30px off the bottom on the screen, sometimes misses healthbars and such.

Completely agree. Just set it to 720 and get on with it!

Probably would make zero difference if the xbox was doing the upscaling over the monitor. Unless I'm missing something?

theo · 21 Mar 2008 at 00:01

I personally just set it to 1360x768, i can not really tell the difference weather it's set at 720p or that. But any 16:10 resolution would be appreciated just to it isn't warped, even 1280x800 would suite me fine... even with borders. I suppose the borders would be the only way to do it though as the games in mind are programmed to support 4:3 and 16:9 only.

Mr Latte · 21 Mar 2008 at 00:20

Most TFTs that are widescreen are 16:10 not 16:9 ratio and should support 720p or 1080p

.1680 x 1050
.1920 x 1080

= 360 x 30 This is very minor scaling

1080p should look good, it certainly does on my 215TW model