Show Us Your XBox 360 Setup!

Phil99 · 20 Aug 2006 at 15:24

moody said:
Here's my setup

Nice setup, but isn't the aspect ratio on the TV a little...off?

Looks like you've got black borders top and bottom where it should be full screen?

moody · 20 Aug 2006 at 15:44

Was when I took the photos since I'd only had the tv for a couple of days and it was in auto-wide mode.

Jet · 20 Aug 2006 at 16:08

Here's my setup. Not a great set-up for Xbox 360 per se but I can't afford a widescreen TV

Felix Da Housecat · 20 Aug 2006 at 16:23

Here is my little setup

Gerard · 20 Aug 2006 at 16:27

Gonna have probs getting out the door. :eek:

Im assuming that door opens outwards, if it opens inwards you could be out a few quid if it knocked something over.

Felix Da Housecat · 20 Aug 2006 at 16:42

Gerard said:
Gonna have probs getting out the door. Im assuming that door opens outwards, if it opens inwards you could be out a few quid if it knocked something over.

Lol, the door opens inwards but I have another door into my room that I use, so I'm ok.

PuncH · 24 Sep 2006 at 17:15

Now that I've jumped on the HDTV band wagon I thought I'd post a picture of my new setup.

The screen is a Samsung 940MW which I'm really chuffed with. It's not that big but as I only sit 3-4 feet away so it doesn't matter. It's got component, VGA, DVI (DHCP complient), S-vhs, scart and composite connections, so just about everything you need!

Spikey · 24 Sep 2006 at 18:20

Yucca · 24 Sep 2006 at 19:14

I see loads of you are using the popular samsung HDTV's for your xbox 360's. I am considering getting the 27" one to use as a tv/monitor for my pc.

I thought this would be a good place to ask as im sure most of you are using your samys as monitors to. How does it preform as a monitor? How does it look in pc games?

I am used to using a nice CRt and playing games at 1280*1024. Do pc games still look amazing with the weird and lower resolutions of this tv?

SiD the Turtle · 24 Sep 2006 at 20:21

Yucca said:
I see loads of you are using the popular samsung HDTV's for your xbox 360's. I am considering getting the 27" one to use as a tv/monitor for my pc.

I thought this would be a good place to ask as im sure most of you are using your samys as monitors to. How does it preform as a monitor? How does it look in pc games?

I am used to using a nice CRt and playing games at 1280*1024. Do pc games still look amazing with the weird and lower resolutions of this tv?

Its 26inch not 27

This TV is fantastic. For the 360 its great and its just as good as a PC monitor. The only two issues I see are it only comes with VGA though not being a CRT it doesn't suffer from geometry problems, and bright red text bleeds a tiny bit. I don't care but it might be worth seeing one in the shops and seeing if its annoying to you. To be honest you don't notice the 'drop' from *1024 to *768 as you gain so much horizontally.

It is great when PC games support widescreen, but be prepared to play a lot of games either stretched or in a box.

Yucca · 24 Sep 2006 at 20:47

It only comes with VGA? No DVI?

Does it support HD through the vga though? Ie if and when i get a HD drive for my pc, will i be able to get hd picture on the tv via the vga connection?

movingtables · 24 Sep 2006 at 22:08

Yucca said:
It only comes with VGA? No DVI?

Does it support HD through the vga though? Ie if and when i get a HD drive for my pc, will i be able to get hd picture on the tv via the vga connection?

has HDMI input so a DVI to HDMI cables would work from your graphics card i think.

steveo · 24 Sep 2006 at 22:47

movingtables said:

am loving these screens want model are they

SiD the Turtle · 24 Sep 2006 at 22:51

Yucca said:
It only comes with VGA? No DVI?

Does it support HD through the vga though? Ie if and when i get a HD drive for my pc, will i be able to get hd picture on the tv via the vga connection?

Sorry I should have been more specific. It has stanard tv leads, component, VGA and HDMI, though not being able to afford a HDMI - DVI lead I couln't tell you if it would work.

SiD the Turtle · 24 Sep 2006 at 22:52

steveo said:
am loving these screens want model are they

Samsung R74 series.

The high street sells R74 series, which are identical except it has a blue trim rather than a silver trim on the bottom.

norm · 25 Sep 2006 at 00:13

movingtables said:

For the love of all things sacred. Take off the promotional sticker at the side of the screen! : )

They have absolutely no place and totally spoil the aesthetics.

rp2000 · 25 Sep 2006 at 00:15

norm said:
For the love of all things sacred. Take off the promotional sticker at the side of the screen! : )

They have absolutely no place and totally spoil the aesthetics. Why do it?

I'm glad i'm not the only one thinking this!!!

rp2000

oweneades · 25 Sep 2006 at 13:39

PuncH said:
Now that I've jumped on the HDTV band wagon I thought I'd post a picture of my new setup.

The screen is a Samsung 940MW which I'm really chuffed with. It's not that big but as I only sit 3-4 feet away so it doesn't matter. It's got component, VGA, DVI, S-vhs, scart and composite connections, so just about everything you need!

ooooo Same screen as me!

Windle · 25 Sep 2006 at 14:33

PuncH, where's that TV Stand from? I'm digging it.

PuncH · 25 Sep 2006 at 17:52

oweneades said:
ooooo Same screen as me!

Yeah man, they are wicked screens

windle said:
PuncH, where's that TV Stand from? I'm digging it.

I think I can mention them because OcUK don't sell TV stands as far as I know?

If I can't mention them, they feature(d) richard e grant in their adverts
If I can, it's argos