Any reported problem with the official component cable?

Beer Belly · Post by **Beer Belly** » 22 Apr 2007 07:56 pm

Been fooling around with setting up the component switch box and upgrading cables etc this whole day. While doing so this arvo I noticed the presence of ghosting in the xbox360 menu despite the fact that the cables are directly connected from the console to the TV. Has that ever been reported before?

Beer Belly · Post by **Beer Belly** » 23 Apr 2007 05:52 pm

Bought the VGA cable today.

VGA >>>>>>> Component.

jizzlobber · Post by **jizzlobber** » 23 Apr 2007 06:03 pm

not on my telly, vga is washed out.

Beer Belly · Post by **Beer Belly** » 23 Apr 2007 07:28 pm

Yeah that will happen for some tellys. Luckily mine allows me to adjust a few things in VGA mode.

I'll return the component cable and get a new one and see if it works or not.

General Chaos · Post by **General Chaos** » 24 Apr 2007 11:02 am

I have slight ghosting with VGA but it is a $13 Play-Asia jobbie so to be expected. I can only notice it in menus with light text against a dark background.

One day I will borrow an Official lead and see if it makes a $45ish improvement.

Beer Belly · Post by **Beer Belly** » 24 Apr 2007 11:28 am

Off-topic: TRU selling official component leads for $15!!

DjBigK · Post by **DjBigK** » 24 Apr 2007 01:50 pm

No problems with component here, sounds like you either have a bodgy cable, or a bodgy TV. If it was the TV you would most likely have noticed the issue with DVD players etc, so chances are the fault is with the cables.

Beer Belly · Post by **Beer Belly** » 24 Apr 2007 03:16 pm

I hope you're right about the faulty cables. I returned my component cables today and got a new set - will test it out at home.

lestat · Post by **lestat** » 24 Apr 2007 03:36 pm

I've had ghosting with non official vga cables, official vga cable is rock solid. The official component cable is rock solid for me. Although I prefer VGA, if you can tweak brightness settings on your panel its way better than component, crystal clear for me.

Also for those who get washed out picture on vga, the next dash update will allow you to select 0IRE a colour mode which is standard pc colour range. Picture should be much better in the next dash.

pilonv1 · Post by **pilonv1** » 24 Apr 2007 03:40 pm

I use a non official VGA cable (same as Chaos) and get no ghosting.

Beer Belly · Post by **Beer Belly** » 24 Apr 2007 03:46 pm

lestat wrote:Also for those who get washed out picture on vga, the next dash update will allow you to select 0IRE a colour mode which is standard pc colour range. Picture should be much better in the next dash.

Can't imagine anything better than what I'm already seeing through the official VGA cable but I'm not complaining.

Beer Belly · Post by **Beer Belly** » 26 Apr 2007 01:40 pm

Tried the new component cable and it's still fucked.

Oh well VGA is the best option for me anyway.

DjBigK · Post by **DjBigK** » 26 Apr 2007 02:23 pm

That's odd, could be an issue with your 360? Component on my telly looks gorgeous, but then it's a top of the line HD CRT, so the quality on the component inputs is top notch. I can understand on most flat panels, that they would be more interested in bettering the image from the digital inputs (DVI & HDMI), though I guess they also were interested in good quality through VGA for those who want to easily connect their PCs to their sets.

There's no reason why DVI/HDMI should look any better than component for 480i/480p/576i/576p/720i/720p/1080i, the same is true for VGA.

Here's an interesting read: DVI vs. HDMI vs Component, though it doesn't cover VGA.

Beer Belly · Post by **Beer Belly** » 26 Apr 2007 02:51 pm

Might be worth getting the techies to check out the console I suppose. Sigh....

lestat · Post by **lestat** » 26 Apr 2007 02:55 pm

Do you have another tv/panel to test it on bb? Sounds like it could be your telly.

Beer Belly · Post by **Beer Belly** » 26 Apr 2007 03:02 pm

Oh yeah I could test it out on my flatmate's telly.

What could be wrong with my telley though? Other component inputs are fine.

lestat · Post by **lestat** » 26 Apr 2007 03:12 pm

I know some tellys have poor shielding on the input boards which can introduce noise/ghosting. It's probably that. But sounds like vga works great on your tv and personally I'd stick with that, it's a better quality/cleaner signal imo.

DjBigK · Post by **DjBigK** » 26 Apr 2007 03:20 pm

Beer Belly wrote:Might be worth getting the techies to check out the console I suppose. Sigh....

Before you do that, as Lestat suggested try it on another TV first. If there was a problem with the console chances are it would affect all outputs. It may also be that the ghosting from the DVD player isn't as evident because of the lower resolution, and the content itself.

Component shouldn't be any worse than VGA, or HDMI or DVI in a perfect world. Though you have to take into account the quality of the image that the system puts out over that input, and the quality of the component inputs themselves on the display. Like I said it would be highly likely that the component inputs on most flat panel displays would display a picture lower in quality than when connected through VGA or DVI/HDMI. This is the quality of the set itself, and not of component as a standard. You're happy with the quality over VGA so enjoy that (after testing on a different set over component, to ensure nothing is faulty).