Xbox 360 HDTV help

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#1 CrackThaRipper
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I just got the 360 but Im only playing on 480p, but I have the outlets for the Hi Def cables (red blue & green), everytime I try it the screens all messed up. wth?
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#2 XboxUnderground
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what kind of TV do you have?
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#3 CrackThaRipper
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32" sony standard definition
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#4 Cloud_Strife89
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32" sony standard definitionCrackThaRipper
Well if it's an SDTV you obviously can't display a high-def picture.
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#5 pandaman37
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[QUOTE="CrackThaRipper"]32" sony standard definitionCloud_Strife89
Well if it's an SDTV you obviously can't display a high-def picture.



yes those cables on your SDTV only mean you can do 480p but not high def, you will ned a HD tv to do 720p or 1080
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#6 CrackThaRipper
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really? that sucks. so whats with the red green and blue inputs on the back of the tv? what are they there for?
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#7 Cloud_Strife89
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They're component inputs, they allow you to use progressive scan (480p).
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im doing 480p without using them, just the red yellow and white cables.
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#9 Cloud_Strife89
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im doing 480p without using them, just the red yellow and white cables.
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Um, are you positive? I'm pretty sure that 480p is not capable unless you're using a component cable or some kind of digital cable (VGA, DVI, HDMI). Anyway in the event that you have discovered a magic TV that accepts a progressive signal with composite cables then the component inputs are their just because they offer better picture quality than composite or S-Video. And who knows I might be wrong but i've never had or seen a TV (especially an SD tube TV) that accepts 480p through composite or S-Video.
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im doing 480p without using them, just the red yellow and white cables.
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no you aren't you're doing 480i composite and svideo are both limited to 480i
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[QUOTE="CrackThaRipper"]im doing 480p without using them, just the red yellow and white cables.
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no you aren't you're doing 480i composite and svideo are both limited to 480i

This is correct.

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I just got the 360 but Im only playing on 480p, but I have the outlets for the Hi Def cables (red blue & green), everytime I try it the screens all messed up. wth?CrackThaRipper
On the side of the cable, where it connects to the 360 you need to set the switch to TV. You have a 480i TV! It just can accept component cables.
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if an SDTV is capable of displaying 480p, then what is the criteria for a TV to be considered HD? I thought a non-HDTV capable of displaying 480p is an EDTV. But is there a SDTV capable of 480p? All SDTVs should only be 'i'.
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if an SDTV is capable of displaying 480p, then what is the criteria for a TV to be considered HD? I thought a non-HDTV capable of displaying 480p is an EDTV. But is there a SDTV capable of 480p? All SDTVs should only be 'i'.
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That's basically correct, but EDTV is a lesser known term relative to HDTV. Originally 480p sets were merely referred to as "progressive scan" tvs before all these subcategories came out, but the current term for a 480p set -is- EDTV.

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