How does a 360 look on a regular TV?

The graphic quality coming from the 360 is the same on either kind of TV. For example, the amount of polygons, smooth animations, screen rate, draw distance, amount of things on screen at once, the quality of particle effects, bloom lighting, HDR lighting, the AI, advanced physics, etc. etc., are the same on both. The major differences are the resolution and quality of colors. The colors on a quality HDTV are much richer and 'pop out' at you a lot more. The black is also 'more black'. Also, the resolution is much higher on HDTVs, hence the name high definition. What this means is that the picture is more distinct and clear. You can make out the finer details better and text is easier to read. Textures also look more crisp, so for example, a brick wall with high level textures looks more like a brick wall on an HDTV set, since you can better make out the fine grain details of the brick. Once you go HD, you'll never go back, but it doesn't mean that the 360, or PS3 for that matter, looks 'bad' on an SDTV. You are just not getting all you can get out of your new system.

The graphic quality coming from the 360 is the same on either kind of TV. For example, the amount of polygons, smooth animations, screen rate, draw distance, amount of things on screen at once, the quality of particle effects, bloom lighting, HDR lighting, the AI, advanced physics, etc. etc., are the same on both. The major differences are the resolution and quality of colors. The colors on a quality HDTV are much richer and 'pop out' at you a lot more. The black is also 'more black'. Also, the resolution is much higher on HDTVs, hence the name high definition. What this means is that the picture is more distinct and clear. You can make out the finer details better and text is easier to read. Textures also look more crisp, so for example, a brick wall with high level textures looks more like a brick wall on an HDTV set, since you can better make out the fine grain details of the brick. Once you go HD, you'll never go back, but it doesn't mean that the 360, or PS3 for that matter, looks 'bad' on an SDTV. You are just not getting all you can get out of your new system.

Grende1

I used my 360 on an sd tv for over a yea. The tv I had had component cable inputs so it was slightly clearer than rca inputs but it didnt bother me. The hard thing is going to HD and then switching back to sd its like trying to learn the games all over again.

That's not HD, LCD or anything like that, just a standard definition TV? Thanks.:)Simpsonsfan2

I really just dont see that much of a difference between HD and SD. It looks great to me still