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360 lacks 1080p support
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:30 pm
by BreakmanX
Thought I would add this since I found this out on the phone with Microsoft this morning. The 1080P setting that they added with the last update doesn't actually do anything.. the console still outputs in 1080i. It may SAY 1080p, but that is it. The only way to get it to output in 1080p is to get a VGA adapter... or a ps3. This is straight from the horses mouth my friends. Now, I know most people don't care, but I certainly found it interesting that they added an update that doesn't do anything.
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:30 pm
by Cable
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:56 pm
by jayt11
i'll survive without
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:05 pm
by loosecannon
yeah, component cant do 1080p
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:33 pm
by Atticus
Yeah, it doesnt matter to me either since my tv is a 720p HD set. I love it enough as it is. I didn't think twice about it when they added the 1080p support for that reason, so its all good.
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:02 pm
by BreakmanX
loosecannon wrote:yeah, component cant do 1080p
Yeah it can. Component does 1080p on ps3, but HDMI looks better. HDMI is purely digital so it looks better, while componant is still old school analog.
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:06 pm
by Atticus
I use HDMI on my up convert HD DVD player. It looks better than regular DVDs, but nothing even remotely close to what blu-ray or HD DVD look like. I don't have 1080p available to me yet, but I have 720p and I love it. w00t to HD.
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:58 pm
by RurouniQ
You know what I can't wait for?
For the goddamn ceiling to be hit. For there to come a point where it wouldn't matter how much higher the resolution got because we wouldn't be able to tell even with a trained eye, and for that to be the goddamn standard so we can all stop worrying about this and that.
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:29 pm
by Verence
My 720p set has HDMI. Will that look better that component 720p?
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:30 pm
by Atticus
Yes, it will.
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 12:10 am
by BreakmanX
RurouniQ wrote:You know what I can't wait for?
For the goddamn ceiling to be hit. For there to come a point where it wouldn't matter how much higher the resolution got because we wouldn't be able to tell even with a trained eye, and for that to be the goddamn standard so we can all stop worrying about this and that.
1080p is pretty damn amazing. I don't know if you could notice any difference at a higher rez.
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 12:14 am
by Verence
Cool. I can't wait for some games that really flex the PS3's graphical muscles.
What I REALLY want is Fumtio Ueda's PS3 game. Aw yeah...
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:30 am
by Atticus
I can wait V. I can wait until I actually have a ps3 to play them on. It's just torture otherwise.
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:22 am
by loosecannon
i thought that component would have to do a conversion. it wouldnt be true 1080p.
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:12 pm
by Vamp [Bot]
Component can indeed to 1080p:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video
Component video is capable of producing signals such as 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p
As an aside, the resolution ceiling is relatively transfinite, as display screens can always increase in size and make it matter more. As long as screens keep getting bigger, so will resolution get higher.