The Official Xbox 360 FAQ & Sticky thread

DaveyD · 6 Dec 2006 at 22:36

alexuslakes said:
well yes it has both but (this might sound stupid) is it for signal in and out or just one way? i know i can duplicate onto another screen but not sure if it accepts an incoming signal. it is a new laptop so its not like its shoddy.

Probably wont accept an input, probably just output.

DaveyD · 12 Dec 2006 at 22:27

weringo said:
I have a pretty old unbranded CRT tv (4:3). It has one SCART socket, will it work with the xbox 360 because I heard it needs an RGB SCART socket or something

It'll work fine. The standard SCART that comes with the 360 is only composite SCART anyway, RGB SCART just is the better quality option if you got out and find the cable and your TV supports it.

DaveyD · 17 Dec 2006 at 23:55

player said:
a quick question regarding my console.

my 360crashes on me now and again - this lead me to believe that perhaps its a duff unit and will die on me sooner or later. Of late its been okay, I bought GOW the other day and noticed that sometimes once the initial low res image has been drawn on the screen it takes upto a second or so for the high res texture to be 'placed on top'. Is this shortcomings of the hardware or a possible fault with my machine?

From what I have read on here, it sounds like it's more a fault with the game rather than that of the console.

DaveyD · 26 Dec 2006 at 21:50

I think it'll strech to the corners, but doubt it would be very noticable.

DaveyD · 27 Dec 2006 at 01:11

The 360 will only output in 60hz I believe.

As for resolutions, if you set a 4:3 res like 1280x960, it'll give you black bars top and botton, resulting in a widescreen picture with the correct ratio.

DaveyD · 17 Oct 2007 at 10:12

TheGreatGrrrr said:
I bought a 360 yesterday, I'm wondering, is there an easy way of getting music onto it from my PC or am I going to have to pop every cd I own in there and select which tracks to rip? I had a swift browse on google for an answer but they mainly seem concered with the original xbox.

If you have your PC connected to the network the 360 is, then you can stream the music from there. Else you can plug in MP3 players / portable HDDs and play from there. Easier in the long run.