Weird Xbox 360 Display issues

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#1 FireFlyMaster
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Hi,

I have just had to get a new xbox 360 for christmas as my old one broke. The problem is when I turn it on there are two black bars running across the screen (one at bottom and one at top) and when I try to watch dvds instead of being widscreen there are two giant black bars left and right of the film. I don't know how to fix this as my other xbox didnt have these issues. My old xbox was using a hd compnent cable but my new xbox is using a HDMI cable. I have tried changing the display settings to optimum result but it comes up with "your display indicates that this resolution is not supported at 50hz". Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help would be much aprreciated.

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#2 FireFlyMaster
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P.S My monitor is a wide screen Samsung t200hd with an aspect ration of 16:9.
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#3 kazater
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-set it to 60 hz- widescreen... mine did it too... could be the movie doesnt support widescreen, happened to me once... read the back of the dvd case, does it say widescreen anywhere?
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#4 kazater
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-set it to 60 hz- widescreen... mine did it too... could be the movie doesnt support widescreen, happened to me once... read the back of the dvd case, does it say widescreen anywhere?
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#5 FireFlyMaster
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yes it does say widescreen. How do I set it to 60hz?
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#6 ZeppelinMk2
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Highlight My Xbox on the dashboard. Scroll to the right until your at System Settings. Click that and then go into Display Settings. You can change screen resolution there and whether you're using a HDTV or not.
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#7 FireFlyMaster
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I tried going into the display settings and tried changing them to 1080p but it makes all the graphics look abit streched. Is this meant to happen?
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#8 ZeppelinMk2
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Try using 720p. I don't have a HDTV but people say there's barely any visual difference between 720 and 1080 unless you have a huge TV (around the 50" mark).
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#9 FireFlyMaster
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this does fix the resolution issues but everytime i want to watch a dvd I have to set the dvd to play in letterbox mode. Is there a way to fix this?