Linconan wrote:

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-et-49-en-70-2apg.html

Hey Trance or anybody in the know, is this the connection i'm talking about (in above posts) as i can't tell by the angle of the picture.

But wouldn't the lower part of device on the pic plug into a standard 360 and the HDMI cord (as pictured next to it) plug into the top part while the other end of the HDMI cord plugs into the HDMI part on the TV??

Thus giving 1080p with HDMI with standard 360s without a HDMI port on the console.

 

*phew.... say that 3 times realy fast.

To much stuffing round, i think i better trade in me oldie and get an updated one.

That item comes with the ELITE, How it works is:

The HDMI cord has the HDMI connection on both ends.

The other connection isnt a HDMI connection, its an audio connection only and for use with the HDMI connection for people that wish to connect the SOUND into an Surround Sound system that dont have a HDMI.

Both cords fit snug together into the back of the 360.

Trust me on this. You not going to be able to use that unless you have the other device (which i think is a rip, as it doesnt OUTPUT at 1080p - which renders this HDMI cable useless for a 1080p connection on the original box)

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Thanks Drift.

:(

I wasn't gunna worry about it but then thought, ***, why not. But then everything is just leading to dead ends. Oh, well. Looks like the only means is trade in's and "that" can wait...........

 

*starts singing*

"what about me.....it isn't fair"

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 Linconan wrote:

Thanks Drift.

:(

I wasn't gunna worry about it but then thought, ***, why not. But then everything is just leading to dead ends. Oh, well. Looks like the only means is trade in's and "that" can wait...........

 

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"what about me.....it isn't fair"

Sorry to burst you bubble Linc. At least you didnt waste money to find out. If you really want the hdmi connection, getting an hdmi box will be the best thing to do.

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I have a few questions about my new TV I bought.

http://www.samsung.com/au/products/tv/lcdtv/la26r71bd.asp

It says it is High-Def but games like Halo 3 and Madden 08 look kinda bad on it. I am using component and running it at 720p.

Any help to make the picture look better?

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Have you switched the little switch on the component cable to "HDTV"?

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 tranceVib wrote:

Have you switched the little switch on the component cable to "HDTV"?

Yeah I have, but I messed around with the settings last night and got it look pretty darn nice, so don't worry about it.

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Hey guys,

I have the Samsung LA32R71BDX lcd which has been great for the 360.

Occassionaly, faint horizontal lines will 'buzz' onto the screen for a few seconds. It doesnt matter which game I am playing and it doesnt happen while watching DVD's through the box. I have changed component cables, ports, taken 'game mode; on and off, even tried a different xbox but the problem still remains. I am running at 720p, 60hz through component. This problem only happens when playing games. The lines are visible for a bit and then disapepar. This repeats randomly and constantly.

This problem seems to happen at totally random times.

I have been looking everywhere on the interwebs for an answer but have found nothing. Can anyone help? Has this happened to anyone else? I know alot of people here have the R series Sammy LCD's and might be able to give me some advice.

Cheers

DOC

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Hi guys - since the fall upate, I can no longer stream/play back video content I've ripped from my DVD collection over my VGA cable connection. If I switch back to Component, it works just fine. The problem seem to be with the Xbox 360 freaking out my TV just before the content is about to start. It appears its changing screen resolutions, but it may also be trying to change refresh rates. As I said, works fine over component. ANyone else getting this?

 Hatguy wrote:

Hi guys - since the fall upate, I can no longer stream/play back video content I've ripped from my DVD collection over my VGA cable connection. If I switch back to Component, it works just fine. The problem seem to be with the Xbox 360 freaking out my TV just before the content is about to start. It appears its changing screen resolutions, but it may also be trying to change refresh rates. As I said, works fine over component. ANyone else getting this?

Check out this link, then right down the bottom look at question 40.

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With the HD Sony BRAVIA Just one question though, can someone please explain how the BRAVIA Theatre Sync works? Does the Theatre Sync do anything to improve the picture quality? Eg: does the “BRAVIA Theatre Sync” setup the TV & DVD player to their optimal settings or is the “BRAVIA Theatre Sync” just Sony BS does anyone know Thanks.  

 

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 Linconan wrote:

LG 42" (107cm) LCD HDTV

http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1000503bu6.jpg

 

Ok, for future ref for anybody looking at this Tv.

Mines stuffed after 2 months. I started checking around the net and a few user comments start out nice but then turn a diff tune. After a month or two the Tv dies.

People have been saying that there might be a fault in the Tv itself (dunno how accurate but mines done the same thing, so hey...) Still looking for more info on what to do as i don't wanna send it to some dude who just has a licence to work on the product, (if there is a major fault) it sits in his workshop for ages for him to scratch his head thinking of what the prob could be. And, can't even ring LG support as the "options" just send me in a loop back and forth on the phone and doesn't lead anywhere wtf?!?!

2000 bucks for a HdTV that craps itself in 2 months, Over 2000 bucks for a 360 that i have nothing but probs now.

......NOT HAPPY JAN! Oh, the frustration!!!!!!!!!!Money, time, been stuffed around.

Why can't things just work! is it so much to ask these days................hey Mr Micro!, hey Mr LG!... what's next. The toilet backing up?!....oh wait, it has. *sigh.....

 

Sorry,

e.n.d. r.a.n.t

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Just a heads up to TranceVib - this was recently posted (with his approval of course) on XboxOZ360 blog. Today it dropped onto N4G. Just thought I'd let you know.

XboxOZ360 Link

N4G.com Link

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Hey everybody... If anyone can shed some light on this I'd be very appreciated... I've gone through this post, and also through the Audio Visual part of these forums and I still can not find my answer...

Ok, so I bought a Samsung 40" LCD, that has 1080P. I've hooked up my 360 through component, obviously switching the cable to HDTV instead of TV, and also changing my settings from what ever it was to 1080P in the dashboard.

Now yes, the games look *** of alot better, but, for some reason in games like COD2 (which only supports 720p, and Halo3 (which apparently supports most of the higher resolutions, including 1080P, I still seem to get some bad Jagged Edges coming through... But, if I throw Fight Night 3 in, which is also a 720p game, it is perfectly smooth around the edges on the characters.

I also know that component won't produce 1080P... Just saying to clear that up, hoping to get an Elite or Arade console to solve that problem...

Now I haven't tried out the other resolutions yet, but is that the problem, or, is there another explanation? I've been told by some friends on my list, that I can adjust a few settings on the TV itself and I may fix this problem...

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i currently play my 360 on my PC monitor, but have recently got an XBR bravia, so i am putting my S series in the PC room so i can hook up my 360 into this, but my HDMI port on my S series has audio jacks in it, so how do i get audio into the TV using HDMI?

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 III BIGWORM III wrote:

Hey everybody... If anyone can shed some light on this I'd be very appreciated... I've gone through this post, and also through the Audio Visual part of these forums and I still can not find my answer...

Ok, so I bought a Samsung 40" LCD, that has 1080P. I've hooked up my 360 through component, obviously switching the cable to HDTV instead of TV, and also changing my settings from what ever it was to 1080P in the dashboard.

Now yes, the games look *** of alot better, but, for some reason in games like COD2 (which only supports 720p, and Halo3 (which apparently supports most of the higher resolutions, including 1080P, I still seem to get some bad Jagged Edges coming through... But, if I throw Fight Night 3 in, which is also a 720p game, it is perfectly smooth around the edges on the characters.

I also know that component won't produce 1080P... Just saying to clear that up, hoping to get an Elite or Arade console to solve that problem...

Now I haven't tried out the other resolutions yet, but is that the problem, or, is there another explanation? I've been told by some friends on my list, that I can adjust a few settings on the TV itself and I may fix this problem...

welcome to HD,  your lose the small blurry picture and replaced by a large picture with a lot of sharpness. If you want to avoid some you need to turn your Sharpness down on your TV. also Halo 3 is known for jaggies, as is COD2 i think.

Trust me mate nothing is wrong in that department.


Component does do 1080p. It does it fine.  It just doesn't upscale DVD's. Thats it.
Or perhaps you have a Samsung M81, and just think that because of all the issue's those TV's have with 1080p?

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Seriously awesome guide Trance. Thankyou very much.

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 TWODOGSz wrote:

Seriously awesome guide Trance. Thankyou very much.

Thanks, but it is quite out of date now. Once my wedding is over and done with I'll be trying to get together a fresh one. Amazing how it can take over your life for so long.

Hopefully in about 3 weeks a new one will be up, as well as me spending more time here. I've missed being on this forum

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 tranceVib wrote:

 TWODOGSz wrote:

Seriously awesome guide Trance. Thankyou very much.

Thanks, but it is quite out of date now. Once my wedding is over and done with I'll be trying to get together a fresh one. Amazing how it can take over your life for so long.

Hopefully in about 3 weeks a new one will be up, as well as me spending more time here. I've missed being on this forum

Sweet, i look forward to it....

Congratz on the marriage trance Wondered why i hadnt seen you around.

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 tranceVib wrote:

 TWODOGSz wrote:

Seriously awesome guide Trance. Thankyou very much.

Thanks, but it is quite out of date now. Once my wedding is over and done with I'll be trying to get together a fresh one. Amazing how it can take over your life for so long.

Hopefully in about 3 weeks a new one will be up, as well as me spending more time here. I've missed being on this forum

Yeah congratulations mate. And best of luck on the weekend. When you come back from the honeymoon maybe you can give us some feedback on this article by tech radar.

Top 10 TVs for playing GTA IV on

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Good to see my Pioneer is listed with this wonderful quote:

That said, this TV is the king of them all. The best TV on the market, bar none.

At over £3,000 it's very pricey, but you'll not find a better TV anywhere in the world. Great for games. Great for TV. Great for watching movies. If you don't care how much your GTA TV costs, this is the one to get. Read our full review

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 x3n05 wrote:

Good to see my Pioneer is listed with this wonderful quote:

That said, this TV is the king of them all. The best TV on the market, bar none.

At over £3,000 it's very pricey, but you'll not find a better TV anywhere in the world. Great for games. Great for TV. Great for watching movies. If you don't care how much your GTA TV costs, this is the one to get. Read our full review

You lucky bugger, that is my favourite TV

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 TWODOGSz wrote:

 tranceVib wrote:

 TWODOGSz wrote:

Seriously awesome guide Trance. Thankyou very much.

Thanks, but it is quite out of date now. Once my wedding is over and done with I'll be trying to get together a fresh one. Amazing how it can take over your life for so long.

Hopefully in about 3 weeks a new one will be up, as well as me spending more time here. I've missed being on this forum

Yeah congratulations mate. And best of luck on the weekend. When you come back from the honeymoon maybe you can give us some feedback on this article by tech radar.

Top 10 TVs for playing GTA IV on

I wouldn't be able to comment on that article as I haven't used the TV's mentioned.

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@Trance

Cheers for the reply mate. How was the honeymoon? Is a new FAQ coming any time soon?

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It's going to take longer than I had hoped it would as I have a lot of work built up over the whole wedding period that needs to be done first.

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Hi, is it true that using VGA cable to connect XBOX 360 to a monitor produces poor quality picture unless a X2VGA or VDIGI VD-Z3 is used in conjunction? if so is it possible to obtain one of these in australia without shipping from over seas??? please give me some advice

My girlfriend connects her 360 to a monitor with a VGA cable and the picture quality is fine. You do have to make sure it's on the 720p resolution though. We didn't need a X2VGA or VDIGI VD-Z3. I don't even know where to get those.

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Firstly, My VGA AV output cable from 360 and monitor VGA cables are both male, will a male to male coupler result in a loss of quality?

Also, given the new XCM hdmi 1080p output cable for standard xbox 360, will i be able to use a hdmi to dvi-d adaptor to play on my ws apple cinema screen ? previously whenever ive tried to adapt anything to it it hasnt worked.

Great article, thanks trance!

 

Yesterday I was lucky enough to pick up an arcade 360 pack from Big W for $278.  This includes a hdmi port and a build date of 12/06/2008 (yay!).

 

Once I plugged it in to my semi-HD tv I was disappointed.  After setting the HD settings to 720p, the dashboard looked great, but I could tell there was some information missing from both sides of the picture.

 

Then I loaded GTA4 and was really annoyed.  In addition to confirming the missing picture (eg the weapon choice in the top-right of the screen was half-missing), the picure is very dark and grainy.

 

I didn't have any of these problems when plugged in using either component or vga, so I'm very annoyed that hdmi appears to be worse.

 

My tv is an LG 32LC3R with a native res of 1366x768.

 

The HD TV resolution options I get on the dashboard are: 480p, 720p and 1080i (1080p is greyed out, naturally).

 

I can't get a picture that compares to component or vga on any of these settings using hdmi.

 

Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Read your TV's manual to see if there are any settings you've missed in your TV's setup menu to fix any overscan. You might want to try playing with your TV's "Zoom" or "aspect" button on the remote too as it might be set to something funny. You'll want to make sure it's set to full screen.

Failing that give LG's customer support a call, the number will be in your manual that came with the TV.

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Thanks for the reply, tranceVib.

 

I'm pretty certain that it isn't an issue with zoom settings, as I can plug my HD cam directly into the hdmi input on the television and I don't have any similar problems.  I can confirm that there are only two AR options (16:9 and 4:3), of which I naturally have selected 16:9.

 

When I change the resolution down to 480p using HDTV settings in the dashboard, the picture framing is correct (no apparent missing information or 'zooming') but as soon as I change it to 720p or 1080i, the zooming occurs.

 

If there's anything else you could suggest I'd be very grateful, thanks.

 

P.S. do you know whether there's any official word on the availibility of the Optical Audio out dongle that comes with the Elite, so that people like myself who went out and bought a non-MS hdmi cable are able to enjoy hdmi-out AND Dolby Digital sound at the same time?