Why is my 360 dvd playback so bad? (vid inside)

JAMAL · 25 Mar 2006 at 18:40

Hi all,

I have played a few dvd's now and get these horrible verticle lines, games and videos downloaded from xbox live look perfect. Its really bugging me and i could do with finding out if the 360 is faulty so i can return it ASAP, My old xbox 1 never had any probs using the xbox dvd player or XBMC.

Please download/watch the video yourself and see what you think.

The 360 is connected to a Dell W2600 (HD ready) via the standard Microsoft HD cable.

HHHEEEEELLLLPPPP!!!!

Click here to watch 360dvdplayback

Cheers

JAMAL

Anders0n · 25 Mar 2006 at 18:47

Its hard to tell whether its the console or the tv. Could you possibly try it on another TV?

DaveyD · 25 Mar 2006 at 18:47

Do you mean horizontal lines? As I see no vertical lines.

It could be a monitor problem, the 360 is generally not brilliant at displaying DVDs, and the DVD playback uses 480p I believe.

JAMAL · 25 Mar 2006 at 18:49

DaveyD said:
Do you mean horizontal lines? As I see no vertical lines.

Doh yes

I could take it a mates to try on their tv i suppose, i'm wondering if anyone else has had similar probs

Anders0n · 25 Mar 2006 at 18:54

Well lots of people here have the W2600 so im sure someone will be able to help you out.

Is your mates tv HD?

Memphis · 25 Mar 2006 at 18:55

I have exactly the same screen and exactly the same problem as you describe. No idea what is causing it, but it only does it on the HD feed from the 360. I have an Official VGA cable that I'm gonna try to see if that makes any difference to the DVD playback.

JAMAL · 25 Mar 2006 at 18:59

Memphis said:
I have exactly the same screen and exactly the same problem as you describe. No idea what is causing it, but it only does it on the HD feed from the 360. I have an Official VGA cable that I'm gonna try to see if that makes any difference to the DVD playback.

Excellent, i'd be very gratefull if you could let me know the results

if you get chance email me in (in my trust) incase i miss you posting it.

Thanks

JAMAL

JAMAL · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:00

Xtorsion said:
Well lots of people here have the W2600 so im sure someone will be able to help you out.

Is your mates tv HD?

Yes all my mates seem to have big HD tv's, think they get paid too much!

Memphis · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:02

JAMAL said:
Excellent, i'd be very gratefull if you could let me know the results if you get chance email me in (in my trust) incase i miss you posting it.

Thanks

JAMAL

Yeah will do. Have had the cable a while, just haven't gotten around to trying it yet!

Boogle · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:21

Memphis said:
I have exactly the same screen and exactly the same problem as you describe. No idea what is causing it, but it only does it on the HD feed from the 360. I have an Official VGA cable that I'm gonna try to see if that makes any difference to the DVD playback.

VGA cables mean 640x480 DVD playback

Memphis · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:23

Boogle said:
VGA cables mean 640x480 DVD playback

Might still be better than the garbage picture we have right now!

Saying that, the odd thing is I watched Monsters Inc. on the 360 the other day... no issues what so ever. As soon as I watch a "real life" DVD, I get black banding. It even did it pretty badly on the Lee Evans DVD, and that has virtually no colour changing.

Doug · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:25

Word of warning: if you switch to a VGA cable you'll be stuck with 640x480 playback... which ain't pretty

DaveyD · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:26

Doug said:
Word of warning: if you switch to a VGA cable you'll be stuck with 640x480 playback... which ain't pretty

The HD Composite cable plays at 480p, which is the same. I believe anyway.

JAMAL · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:27

I just found a post on avfoums http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=288034&highlight=w2600

VGA cable is the way to go then

JAMAL

Anders0n · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:57

DaveyD said:
The HD Composite cable plays at 480p, which is the same. I believe anyway.

The Component cable plays dvds at 576p.

Sagalout · 25 Mar 2006 at 20:41

If you have a HDTV you should really be using an upscaling DVD player to be honest.....or xbox1 with XBMC which does the same thing.

JAMAL · 25 Mar 2006 at 21:10

Sagalout said:
If you have a HDTV you should really be using an upscaling DVD player to be honest.....or xbox1 with XBMC which does the same thing.

I'm just after half decent dvd playback for the little ones dvd's mate, i never watch dvd's/films myself

JAMAL

Memphis · 25 Mar 2006 at 21:51

Sagalout said:
If you have a HDTV you should really be using an upscaling DVD player to be honest.....or xbox1 with XBMC which does the same thing.

The first option would require more money, the second would required illegaly modifying an original Xbox and purchasing the component cable.

The 360 should be perfectly capable.

Sagalout · 25 Mar 2006 at 23:56

depends how good you want the picture to be.

If its occasional kids use then fair enough, but if it was your main viewing platform its well worth it, as the picture difference is quite considerable with movies - far more considerable than it is with games in fact - and neither option is expensive considering the outlay on the screen.

lmfy2k · 26 Mar 2006 at 11:37

from the all the FAQs i have seen on the 360, they all state that even though with the 360's immense power it has crap dvd play back, i would if i was you invest in a progressive scan dvd player, they are very cheap nowadays.