VGA Cable resolution help

My TV supports up to 1366x768. The 1360x768 option for the VGA cable leaves a black bar on the right of the screen, which I can fix with the stretch option. However, the 1920x1080 option fits perfectly to the screen. My question: Which resolution would be the best out of the two? I've already tried HDMI on my TV and the VGA just destroys it in sharpness and picture quality, so that's not an option. BTW, my TV is a Vizio VX32L.

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Well, my TV is in RGB mode already, which is what I use for my PC VGA cable. I've tried Google many times to no avail. Thanks for your opinion though.

Hm. It is a tricky question. BTW I bought my mom a 42" Visio - great tv for the price!

I had similar problems with VGA. There are so many variables it is hard to say unless you find someone with the same tv. I had to go through the different resolutions and then try the different settings on the tv (never tried with the Visio because I gave it away.) I can only suggest to try the res setting close to the tv specs and then try the various stretch/zoom. I found the ones closer to 1080 worked the best. The idea being you want to get as close to fitting so that the stretch is only small.

I find it hard to beleive the HDMI does not give as good a picture. I just got a new xbox with hdmi so I have switched. I would not say it is better but definately not worse. There are alot of setting to fiddle with on HDMI, both on the tv and on the xbox. The diffent HDMI setting on the xbox make a big difference so you might want to play with those a bit. Then the whole VGA thing will not be a problem.

Yeah, I was baffled as well when the HDMI wasn't as good. I adjusted sharpness, color temps, color space, reference levels, etc but it never looked as good. The VGA setting looks like someone is painting everything on the screen and it's so sharp and clear. One issue with the HDMI is (it's hard to explain) that there are noticible "extra lines" around letters and such, like a smearing effect but not really. Setting the sharpness level higher fixes it for the most part, but the extra lines are replaced with a white border; obviously too high of a sharpness setting. So I should definately go with the resolution that doesn't require me to fix it with the autoadjust. Alright, thanks for the help!

Yeah, I was baffled as well when the HDMI wasn't as good. I adjusted sharpness, color temps, color space, reference levels, etc but it never looked as good. The VGA setting looks like someone is painting everything on the screen and it's so sharp and clear. One issue with the HDMI is (it's hard to explain) that there are noticible "extra lines" around letters and such, like a smearing effect but not really. Setting the sharpness level higher fixes it for the most part, but the extra lines are replaced with a white border; obviously too high of a sharpness setting. So I should definately go with the resolution that doesn't require me to fix it with the autoadjust. Alright, thanks for the help!

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My last xbox had that same kind of thing but with the VGA - all the words had a bit of a shadow like a double exposure. Just a bit but once you notice it it bugs you. Good luck. I wouldn't mind hearing about what settings you finally used in case I take my xbox to my mom's place sometime.

Well, I just gave the HDMI another go, on both ports. I used an HD-DVD calibration disc for brightness and such, as well as sharpness, but it still looks noticeably worse than VGA. I'm using 1920x1080 with the VGA cable and it looks AWESOME.

wow thats not a bad idea for full HD for a cheap price.

I had a question about the VGA cable as well. i was thinking about buying a monitor like this: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9183297&type=product&id=1218049005548 to play my Xbox on (obviously). I don't know much about the specs though, so I want help to know if it's worth it.RawShnizz

$299 Canadian. I love it. it is 1080p and has a mere 2ms response time. Also an Acer. 24inches so a bit bigger than the one you point out. I went for the 1080 so that it matches the xbox settings without bars at all. But since it is twice that one it might be out of your range (but it is a good price for a 24inch)

My TV supports up to 1366x768. The 1360x768 option for the VGA cable leaves a black bar on the right of the screen, which I can fix with the stretch option. However, the 1920x1080 option fits perfectly to the screen. My question: Which resolution would be the best out of the two? I've already tried HDMI on my TV and the VGA just destroys it in sharpness and picture quality, so that's not an option. BTW, my TV is a Vizio VX32L.

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[QUOTE="RawShnizz"]I had a question about the VGA cable as well. i was thinking about buying a monitor like this: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9183297&type=product&id=1218049005548 to play my Xbox on (obviously). I don't know much about the specs though, so I want help to know if it's worth it.BaconB1ts123

$299 Canadian. I love it. it is 1080p and has a mere 2ms response time. Also an Acer. 24inches so a bit bigger than the one you point out. I went for the 1080 so that it matches the xbox settings without bars at all. But since it is twice that one it might be out of your range (but it is a good price for a 24inch)

This is the monitor I'm playing with:

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/179-1979959-9374231?asin=B000F75YRM&afid=yahoossplp&CPNG=electronics=&lnm=B000F75YRM|"LG_Electronics_Flatron_17"_LCD_Display_Black"&ref=tgt_adv_XSMG1060

Sorry about not being able to link. I'm getting some weird glitches