VGA Cable - 1080p?

[Daddyman316]

Hello all,

I heard on a podcast (it competes with Planet 360's so I won't say whose.) that the vga cable would do 1080p after an update that came out in the fall of 2006. The interview was with a Microsoft employee and the host of the podcast verified it.

I have a 65" Mitsubishi 1080p and right now the best I can do is 1080i via the blue/red/green cable. I've tried 1080p with it and it won't work.

I bought the vga cable and my tv recognizes it upon plugin but my 360 won't display any video at all. What gives? Anybody else with this problem?

The one thing I can think of is that I need to use a vga to a PC-DMI adapter in order to connect it to the TV. Could that be screwing it up?

Thanks.

Also, what is the real difference in quality between 1080i and 1080p?

[joshcisn]

Does your TV accept a resolution lower than 1080p using the VGA cable? Some TVs can't do 1080i or 1080p over VGA.

[Scotracer]

Does your TV accept a resolution lower than 1080p using the VGA cable? Some TVs can't do 1080i or 1080p over VGA.

Yes, you are correct.

Some TV's only accept 1080p over HDMI, which is a real pain for the Xbox 360.

[Daddyman316]

The vga cable doesn't work with the TV at all. Right now my display setting on the 360 is 1080i so even if the vga cable showed a lower resolution it wouldn't be worth using since I already get 1080i from the blue/green/red cables.

The HDMI ports on the TV get 1080p.