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HD-DVD - Component or VGA?

Post by Shaneus »

Here's the deal... I want the best possible resolution coming from my HD movies, on a 1360x768 LCD. When running it at native VGA res, does it upscale a 720p resolution to that or downscale 1080p to fit? Otherwise, I'm thinking I might try running a 1080i signal via component to the TV and letting that downscale.

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Post by Nath »

I am happy to be corrected if I am wrong, but I believe all HD-DVD and Blu-Ray movies (well most anyway) are in native 1080p. If you run a display with a lower res than that it will be downscaled.

I reckon your best bet would be to run the 360 through VGA and set it to the native res of your TV. The 360 does support 1360x768...or something very similar via VGA.
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Post by mech »

What Nath said.
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Yeah, that's what I thought... I just wasn't sure if the 360 decoded it at, say, 720p then upscaled it to 768p (meaning I miss out on lines). I'm still stoked with how it looks, but if I can squeeze anything extra out of it, I will ;)
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Post by GreyWizzard »

I'm just running mine at 720p on my 768 tv via component. But I am wanting to upgrade to a full 1080p tv soon.

It still looks nice on 720p, you really notice the difference.
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