360 DVD Playback

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  1. virtual alan

    virtual alan Officer at Arms

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    Well I got my nice new 26in LCD Samsung the other day

    Then got my HD leads so now in it`s full glory 1080 etc

    But for the first time last night I chucked in a DVD hoping for it to be a really good picture and it was dyer!

    I know on the box/instructions with the HD/Component cable it says play back in 480 or whatever

    Would I have to keep changing it to this everytime and would it give a better picture?

    I can`t see it happening but input appreciated.
     
  2. diddydonn

    diddydonn Familiar Face

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    try playing with vga cable as that upscales the dvd to 1080i/p

    failing that get a old modded xbox, compomnent cables and play that in 1080i, looks amazing!
     
  3. Barc0de

    Barc0de Mythical Member from Time Immemorial

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    I could have sworn i made an exactly similar-looking topic O_O haunting!

    The elite can do upscaling via HDMI too.
     
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  4. Serantes

    Serantes Peppy Member

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    x360 dvd video playback is pure crap as some reviews reported, its really really bad, so i dont think you are going to fix anything changing your setup :)
     
  5. virtual alan

    virtual alan Officer at Arms

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    Oh well....looks like just run it via my PC
     
  6. diddydonn

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    seriously, get a cheap xbox with xbmc and component cables, you'll never need anything else for playing movies, if your interested pm me and i can hook you up with a xbox for cheap
     
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    Barc0de Mythical Member from Time Immemorial

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    how cheap/how used diddydonn?;)
     
  8. diddydonn

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    ill pm you with some details as i can custom built it to your spec
     
  9. Tachikoma

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    The 360 won't upscale the DVD to 720p/1080i through component, thats probably why it looks crap, as said above, use a VGA lead and it will upscale the DVD properly.
     
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