1080P through compenent cables?

I switched the mode the other day on my 360 to 1080P and it seems to be working fine - can't see a massive difference from 720p (it is only a 32" TV so I didn't expect that much difference anyway!) but I'm glad it could select that mode fine.

I didn't think my TV could do 1080P - it's a Toshiba WLT68 32" - I changed the PS3 setting the other week to 1080P and it did that fine - so I thought I'd try the 360 option and it seems fine as well, plus it's through component cables and not a HDMI connection.

What I'm enquiring about is...I was certain my Tosh WLT68 32" could only go to 1080i at most - so now that I've got my 360 and PS3 settings to 1080P and they are working fine, does that mean I'm definitely getting a 1080P setting? Or is it saying that and it hasn't really changed and is still running at 720P/1080i?

I hope you understand the query...I've probably not put it well but it is hard enough to explain.

Thanks for any help!

If your Tv doesn't do 1080p then you either are not on that setting or you may encounter some slight glitches while running on that level.(possibly break tv) When I did that on a TV that only went to 1080i, it started glitching and got fuzzy.

Yeah, it just depends on if your tv does 1080p through component. The tv I bought does so I can do 1080p through the component inputs but the tv has to accept 1080p through the component inputs for you to be able to set it to 1080p on your 360 and have it show correctly.

I haven't had any problems with fuzziness or glitches - when I changed over to the 1080P settings for both consoles it comes up with the screen saying if I could see the message then it was fine - so I've kept it on that.

I hope it's not going to break my tv - that would be a disaster!

To be honest...I've had the PS3 settings on 1080P for ages and it's been fine...so I shouldn't encounter a problem...I hope!

If your set is 1080p then it will display 1080p, and will upscale 720 or 1080i to 1080p. If your set is not 1080p it will still accept a 1080p signal but will then scale it to the set's native resolution. The glitches you speak of have to do with the set's scaling ability. All tvs' can accept a 1080p signal, but whether you will actually see 1080p on your screen depends on the set itself. Your set I think is a 720p native resolution, so it accepts 1080p and scales it to 720p. That being said, a 1080p signal scaled down to 720 will always look better than 480p scaled up to 720. Hope this helps. Stroppy.

Cheers Stroppy - I think you may be right about that info - when I bought the TV I am sure it could only do 720P/1080i - so I was just wondering if the 1080P setting was right or if it was getting scaled down.

Hopfully I can just leave it on that setting - like I said I don't get any fuzziness or glitches - so it should be fine leaving it on that!

Cheers bud!

Glad I was able to help. Also, those xbox component cables will do 1080p just as well as HDMI cables.Dont ever let some sales rep tell you otherwise!:) That is one of the biggest scams of HDMI going these days. People paying ridiculous prices for Monster or Rocketfish cables when they could spend a fraction for the same quality.