Using A Pc Monitor With A 360.


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hi, i was wondering if anyone could tell me how the 360 looks on a nice flat screen monitor? when i commented on how nice fight night looked on the hd samsung setup in gamestation the bloke reckoned it looked better through a pc monitor. i want hi def quality but i dont think i can justify paying £800 plus on a new tv when i dont really care for tv shows being displayed in hi-def, so is it worth getting a vga lead and a 19inch monitor and is there anything specific i need to know or will any monitor work? thanks for any help
 
well i eventually went for a packard bell 19" widescreen lcd monitor and the picture quality is amazing, i can also play 360 AND my other half can watch her programmes on tv, but im a bit confused with the dsplay options, i get to choose from:
640 x 480, 848x480, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 720, 1280 x 768, 1280 x 1024, and 1360 x 768,

every resolution works, but i think sometimes the 1280 x 720 looks the best, but if my monitor displays at 1360 x 768 should i just leave it on that? i think sometimes even different games look better on different settings, could this be the case? ive searched loads on this but i never really get much info, so any help would be great, thanks
 
I've heard that not all the games present at HD resolutions, don't know the specifics though or how true it is but I figured I'd just toss that out there to see if it makes any sense.
 
CUPC4KES posted on Apr 2 2006 at 01:17 PM said:
well i eventually went for a packard bell 19" widescreen lcd monitor and the picture quality is amazing, i can also play 360 AND my other half can watch her programmes on tv, but im a bit confused with the dsplay options, i get to choose from:
640 x 480, 848x480, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 720, 1280 x 768, 1280 x 1024, and 1360 x 768,

every resolution works, but i think sometimes the 1280 x 720 looks the best, but if my monitor displays at 1360 x 768 should i just leave it on that? i think sometimes even different games look better on different settings, could this be the case? ive searched loads on this but i never really get much info, so any help would be great, thanks


The Xbox 360 outputs native at 1280 x 720. You can set the Xbox to other resolutions but when you do it invokes the Xbox's scaler. When you do that you get a fuzzy image.

The best way for sharpness is to set the 360 on 720P (1280 x 720) and display it on the monitor at 1:1 with no stretching. You will get a small border but it looks much sharper at 1:1
 
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