Xbox360: 720 or 1080?

Scythe · 29 Dec 2006 at 15:24

Hi i just read that most 360 games are made for 720p, then upscaled or downscaled. If I change down to 720p, will it look better?

sanofi · 29 Dec 2006 at 15:36

Try it and see.

DaveyD · 29 Dec 2006 at 15:57

sanofi said:
Try it and see.

Only way to find out really, it varies from TV to TV, I've seen a lot of people preferring 1080i to 720p, however, there's still people that like 720p.

Andy298 · 29 Dec 2006 at 16:11

I can't really tell the difference between the two. Some people say that 1080i is best when playing slow moving games and 720p for fast moving games. i.e PGR, Burnout etc...

FordPrefect · 29 Dec 2006 at 16:20

I havent tried 1080i personally but most TVs that advertise 1080i downscale it back to 720p anyways. Why upscale something to downscale it back on the TV? Surely the original image will be better without being upscaled and then downscaled again?

Mana · 29 Dec 2006 at 16:32

/me hugs his dell 2405fpw. 1080p all the way baby!

spoonz · 29 Dec 2006 at 17:13

i have to run in 1080i and let my TV scale.

If i play Fifa in 720p it suffers from ghosting.

All other games cant tell diff between so leave in 1080i all the time.

Beepcake · 29 Dec 2006 at 17:15

On my telly 1080i looks a lot crisper than 720, but it's completely TV specific.. just switch between them until you find one you prefer

Margaret · 29 Dec 2006 at 21:40

Beepcake said:
On my telly 1080i looks a lot crisper than 720, but it's completely TV specific.. just switch between them until you find one you prefer

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On the TV's I've seen on 720p and 1080i there's been no difference at all on fast paced games, on most the TV's 1080i was sharper however.