How much better does an HDMI cable make 360 games look?

How much better does an HDMI cable make 360 games look?

is it significantly better? or just little better? and does it also depend on the game, do some games look better with it than others?

If you are currently using composite cables, then yes, A LOT better. But the argument still stands on whether component or HDMI is better for 360. IMO it depends on the tv.

Numerous factors are involved. It depends on your TV set, and some games have a minimal visual enhancement when using the cables. Like if you're playing a game like Gears Of War 2 on an HDTV without the HDMI cables, you'll pretty much get the same performance. I've played MW2 on a regular TV with no HDMI, then I bought the game went home and played it on my HD with HDMI cords and it was significantly better.

It also enhances sound. 10 times out of 10 HDMI cable digital input will be better than a regular audio cable.

as the user before me said the HDMI lead would be much better ecpecialy over a composite cable you would get full 1080p support although i havent noticed a great difference from my VGA setup just a bit clearer i suppose

Numerous factors are involved. It depends on your TV set, and some games have a minimal visual enhancement when using the cables. Like if you're playing a game like Gears Of War 2 on an HDTV without the HDMI cables, you'll pretty much get the same performance. I've played MW2 on a regular TV with no HDMI, then I bought the game went home and played it on my HD with HDMI cords and it was significantly better.

DranzarTypeF

the HDMI vs the regular non HD cords that come with an arcade, there is a huge difference, but between the HDMI and the component HD cables there is barely any difference at all...the average eye prob wont notice the difference...if you have an xbox that doesnt support HDMI than its not worth buyin a new xbox...but if u have HDMI port on your xbox, i would just buy some HDMI cords off ebay or newegg for like 10 bucks

here are some cheap ones...no need to buy the microsoft 360 ones bc they are the same thing

http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Black-9.8-foot-HDMI-Cable-Set-of-2/2276129/product.html?AID=10654383&PID=3640385&SID=skim355X561

On my LCD TV. I set the HDTV settings to optimal. It set it to 1360x768 via HDMI. THen I set the color enhancement to enhanced and set the HDMI source to auto. Now it looks like im kind of playing on a VGA cable, ye the colors are brilliant and whites stand out more and i can see finer details. So for me its HDMI

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Numerous factors are involved. It depends on your TV set, and some games have a minimal visual enhancement when using the cables. Like if you're playing a game like Gears Of War 2 on an HDTV without the HDMI cables, you'll pretty much get the same performance. I've played MW2 on a regular TV with no HDMI, then I bought the game went home and played it on my HD with HDMI cords and it was significantly better.

PhoenixVenom

I really can not tell too much difference between component and and HDMI. I had my 360 hooked up with VGA before I switched to HDMI and I could really tell no difference at all. If you have a good tv it wont even matter much if you have the component cables and your 360 set to 1080i. My tv deinterlaces so well that you can not tell the difference.

The small difference I found between HDMI, VGA and Component was in how colors appear. With each one I had to set my tv seperatly. I am currently gaming on a Panasonic TCP46g10.

HDMI looks so much better than non-HDMI. I tested it to just see what it would look like not in 1080i and it was bad. I plugged my PS3 into the same TV w/o using HDMI and it looks not much better than an SD TV.

It really depends on the size of your tv too. On my 37", it definatley looks a lot better with HDMI because I could see little artifacts running vertically on the screen with component. But on my 32", I can't see any difference. With VGA, I couldn't tell the difference at all. I'd go with HDMI because you can find Monster Cable HDMI wires on eBay for as little as $15 with shipping. And your setup will be cleaner because HDMI also transmits digital sound. The only reason why I have the $40 VGA cable is because I used to have the older Xbox360 which didn't have the HDMI output.

HDMI>VGA>Component from what I used with them.

How much better does an HDMI cable make 360 games look?

is it significantly better? or just little better? and does it also depend on the game, do some games look better with it than others?

PhoenixVenom

I use Component, they do really make a difference compared to composite

On my LCD TV. I set the HDTV settings to optimal. It set it to 1360x768 via HDMI. THen I set the color enhancement to enhanced and set the HDMI source to auto. Now it looks like im kind of playing on a VGA cable, ye the colors are brilliant and whites stand out more and i can see finer details. So for me its HDMI

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