NEED ADVICE: Monitor for xbox360

Yea, I wasn't particular certan on that one. Most of the others I had looked up, but that one was more of a guess then anything. Do you know what khz 1080p runs at? Also, is their an interlaced version of it (like the others)?

 

16ms. Any more and you will have get noticeable blurring.

 

The maximum resolution of the Xbox 360 is 1080i. The original Xbox supports this resolution as well.

Side note: I've read reports that 1080i from X360 is not native but rather 720p upscaled. I'm not sure about this one though.

 

...720p upscaled to 1080i? Seeing as 720p is a higher resolution then 1080i that seems unlikly.

to quote myself:

 

ok, i think im going to go buy the monitor, but am worried about just one small thing.

The 360 DOES output the exact res that this monitor goes upto... so it should look perfect... but how will lower res stuff look?

 

So this is good then?

 

Thats 16ms. So not good, but not bad either.
Lower/higher res stuff won't look as good unless it is an exactly divisible - e.g. 800x600 on a 1600x1200 monitor will look ok, but 1024x768 won't, as 800x600 is exactly 1/4 of the number of pixels on a 1600x1200 monitor.

 

So if i set what ever console to widescreen mode, it should look ok, right?

 

Yea that is what you want. The total is the true latency timing. Most companies measure they're latency in half (either fall or rise) so it seems like the screen is faster. Latency timing is pretty complicated though and it's almost always higher than the reported specs are.

The best advice I could give you is to go to a store and check it out for yourself. Some people are more sensitive to motion blur than others.

 

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=24053YR&cs=19&c=us&l=en
that is a wonderful monitor/tv , i beleave paulo has a 20incher

http://g-prime.net/x360/ some screens of the 360 running on that monitor.

 

Fabrizo, your understanding of HD is a bit off.

Needless to say, 1080i *is* running in a higher resolution than 720p. You would have to upsample 720p content to display it in 1080i.

-hl718

 

Seems you are gonna have to have either a new flash HDTV TV, a monitor, [RGB] Scart, S-Vid or at least composite. There's no RF option for the 360. Not that anyone should be playing anything (well, maybe Famicom) via RF in this day and age.

First console with no RF option?

 

was there a 1st party RF cable for the xbox 1?
If there was a 3rd party one i dont consider that support, as its just an external device - an RF modulator, so I don't count it as support

 

I actually just had to Google this. The site I came up with had an Xbox RF cable, and said it was an official M$ product.

The age of legacy-free consoles...

 

Hmmm...your right, 1080i is a higher resolution the 720p, but seeing as 1080i only uses half the lines of resolution at any given time (flipping between the negative and positive lines once each to complete a frame), wouldn't it actualy only be using half its available pixels/lines of resolution (1920X1080=960x540 vs 1280x720)?

I understand that 720p would have to be upscaled to 1080i now, but the question of which is 'superior' still lingers.

 

I don't understand how 1080i is only 540 lines doubled up interlaced. I always thought that you were indeed getting 1080 lines drawn interlaced instead of actually upscaling a 540 signal.

For example, 480i isn't actually 240 lines doubled up. The image on a frame buffer will still contain 480 lines, regardless if it's being output in interlaced or progressive scan mode.

There have been many many debates about which is better: 720p or 1080i. Mostly it comes down to preference. 720p can give you a GREAT picture but personally, I prefer the higher resolution and brighter picture of 1080i, even though I have to put up with minor flicker problems.

 

Just check the screenshots on this link:

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1028548310&postcount=34

I'm already planning on getting a LCD TV or a good new monitor. The next generation definately needs it.