HDTV: The Facts

[Jacksmith28]

Well, I finally got the chance to play a lot of 360 on a lot of TV. My family rented a house for holiday about a week ago and it had a 51" Mistubishi Projection HDTV. I hooked up my Xbox 360 and IT was great quality!!! And yet, I was unsatisfied. The quality really wasnt that much better than standard, not $1,000 better anyway. The HDTV was big and clear, You could actually see the battery gauge. But when I got home and played standard def, there wasnt that much diffrence at all. And plus, standard def tv on the HD had horrible quality, I mean horrible. If you havent gotten an HDTV yet, I suggest waiting until the technology is improved. The lack of quality on standard TV may have been because it was projection. But, I still think HDTVs are light years ahead of current technology.

[Shotty]

Did you use your component cables and set it to 720p or 1080i and remember to switch it to HDTV

[Jacksmith28]

Did you use your component cables and set it to 720p or 1080i and remember to switch it to HDTV

Yeah, I switched it to HD and tried 720p and 1080i

Basically what I'm saying is that the quality isnt bad, but it's not worth the money.

[Scotracer]

It must have been a poor HDTV then. My one made a massive difference. The VGA cable on top of that is another leap in visual quality.

[Jacksmith28]

Well, like I said it was a projection so it may have been poor.

[DMB14]

I thought it was a huge leap above SDTV. I have a 50" LCD with surround sound at my lake house and a 27" SDTV at home. Games really are less fun on the SDTV.

[Ladysman]

Well ofcourse the TV itself is a factor to consider when comparing TVs for quality, but you also have to consider the video output that is going into the TV; because If you have a better wire, then you can have more data going through, thus a better image.