quick pal 50/60 question

PuncH · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:45

got an approx 2 year old, cheap alba 25" tv which i use for my consoles (sorry, can't afford HDTV) and i'm wondering if i try and run my 360 in 60hz mode whether it'll mess it up?

or is it a case of suck it and see? if the tv supports it it'll work etc. if it doesn't though what'll happen? will it distort etc or will i not get a picture at all?

is it even worth running in pal 60?

Baine · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:49

as long as the tv can display 60hz (anything half decent made in the last 5 years will) then it will be fine you cant damage your tv trying this it will either work fine or not work at all

LoadsaMoney · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:50

If its got SCART then chances are that it will do 60hz, just got my 360 today, it does look better to me in 60hz.

If it won't do 60hz then it just won't do it, i think if it doesn't do 60hz then you may not be able to change it to 60hz, or it will just jump back to 50hz, either way it won't do any harm/damage etc... if you try it.

DaveyD · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:50

If it works, it'll work. Else, it'll just not let you display PAL60.

If the worst did come, then i'm sure you can reset the console settings somewhere.

PuncH · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:55

time to give it a while then. it's got scart, but it's only about 130 quids worth of tv, and a couple of years old so i wasn't sure if it would display in 60hz.

perhaps i'll wait until i've got my proper rgb scart lead before trying it. at the moment i'm using the composite - scart adaptor.

LoadsaMoney · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:57

PuncH said:
time to give it a while then. it's got scart, but it's only about 130 quids worth of tv, and a couple of years old so i wasn't sure if it would display in 60hz.

perhaps i'll wait until i've got my proper rgb scart lead before trying it. at the moment i'm using the composite - scart adaptor.

Using the composite - scart here, looks alright to me, certainly better than i thought it would, still going to get the advanced scart cable though when i can get me hands on one.

Baine · 17 Jan 2006 at 20:58

It will work fine if its only 2 years old

I have a TV that i used to use that was made by a really cheap company that was around 10 years old and worked no problem

JUMPURS · 17 Jan 2006 at 21:07

iirc it is like windows in that it asks are u sure u want to keep these settings, if u dont touch anything then it times out after 30 seconds and reverts

PuncH · 17 Jan 2006 at 22:10

i've tried it and it seems fine, except on PGR3 it squashes the car up a little in 60hz so it doesn't look so wide....thing is i don't really know what the correct proportions are now!