Xbox VGA Users

DarkMatter · 14 Jul 2008 at 21:10

im tempted to get a VGA cable to input to my monitor instead of using the component cables, is it worth it? or are component cables just fine with the limit of 720p?

Alrik · 14 Jul 2008 at 21:14

Skeeter said:
The 360 has no support for 16:10 (widescreen PC monitor) resolutions. Unless your monitore supports 1:1 pixel mapping (dont know if it does) then the image will be streched accross the whole of your screen. This means that not only will the 16:9 image be streched upwards slightly to fill the 16:10 monitor, but the resolution will be running at non native rez, meaning things that should be 1 pixel wide, are steched accross 1.something of a pixel. This greates a blury image, and can mess up fine details as there are no sharp edges.

It will do with the Fall update.

TheStig1 · 14 Jul 2008 at 21:16

finally

RobH · 15 Jul 2008 at 00:01

I was running my Xbox 360 at 1080p using the VGA cable on a 24" 1920x1200 resolution display and it looked fine. The picture was streteched at little but everything looked perfectly fine.

benji182 · 15 Jul 2008 at 01:12

in the E3 thread M$ just announced 16:10 support and new resolutions. take alook, don't know if it'll help your ghosting issues though.

my pics weren't of ghosting text but they're pretty jaggy not that the pictures show it too well.

Skeeter · 17 Jul 2008 at 00:10

kalanium said:
It will do with the Fall update.

Well i do appologise, my future predicting ability were a little lapse that day..

:rolleyes:

Alrik · 17 Jul 2008 at 00:17

God what the hell is your problem? No need to get arsey about it I pointed it out so others would know.

Skeeter · 17 Jul 2008 at 00:21

This and this may help you out.

Oh no wait, this is the console forum, everything has to be an argument or the 12 year old users here arent interested...

:rolleyes:

sirlemonhead · 17 Jul 2008 at 00:24

"m$" lulz

Phoenix211 · 17 Jul 2008 at 00:42

I think skeeter is interested...hmm what does that mean

Kreeeee · 17 Jul 2008 at 11:29

Wow... skeeter... chill out mate.

Fireblade2K4 · 10 Aug 2008 at 17:16

Does running the 360 via VGA provide a better quality picture than using component connections?

Thanks
Stu

Soulja · 10 Aug 2008 at 17:27

imo yes, the PQ is a lot smoother.

Fireblade2K4 · 10 Aug 2008 at 17:29

So it would be worth picking up a VGA cable then. Are there any limitations to using VGA as opposed to component?

Stu

cokecan · 10 Aug 2008 at 20:04

Skeeter said:
This and this may help you out.

Oh no wait, this is the console forum, everything has to be an argument or the 12 year old users here arent interested...

but sarcasm doesnt actually work on an internet forum and usually gets misinterpreted as basically having a dig at someone

Doug · 10 Aug 2008 at 22:14

Fothsn said:
Well got it connected to my monitor via HDMI now using a HDMI-DVI adapter and wow the difference is huge! So much clearer the edges are very smooth and everything looks crisp, the text looks excellent and pin sharp, safe to say I’m happy

I may have to give that a try. I've been using VGA since launch day, but now I've got an HDMI console it might be worth trying.