Comments on: Xbox 360 VGA Issues [Update]

By: Jensen

Jensen — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:28:20 +0000

I guess I’ll give the VGA cables a try then, been having some issues in that area. Thanks for the info mate.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:55:46 +0000

I have HDMI out on my 360 and after trying both cables I’ve ended up using the VGA. My TV is a Samsung 40″ LCD and the picture is crystal clear with vibrant colours. I have to admit, however, that the picture only looked as good as it does after I changed a few setting on the set but it saves the settings to each specific input so it doesn’t effect the other channels.

Happy days!

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:11:33 +0000

So I decided to hook up my Xbox 360 with VGA cables to my new Samsung 1080p HDTV, since the only way to get 1080p from HD-DVD with the console is to use VGA. Yeah, absolutely retarded, I know. Can you say HDMI cable? Anyway, I am among the close to 100% of VGA users who are experiencing issues. You either get washed out colors, extremely soft picture, or both. I’m experiencing the ridiculously soft pict…

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By: Nemisis Breaker

Nemisis Breaker — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:44:15 +0000

Nice to see another Samsung 1080p owner out there. I thought I might make it clear that the examples you used for issues with the VGA are actually quite normal. These are not defects at all. A defect would be image break up or some sort of fragmentation with the signal. The fact of the matter is that if you were to hook your computer up to the same 1080p monitor, you would find the same conclusion with the image. I’m not saying its perfect but I prefer the VGA output because the darks are not too dark. Playing the same games with the component cables made it difficult to play games like Splinter cell because the details could not be made out in the shaded areas. When I had the same game running with VGA I noticed not only a sharper picture due to 1080p but the contrast was a lot better. The fact is that the VGA cables are giving you the PC effect. If I had this monitor hooked up to my computer, I could adjust the contrast and color further from the desktop. As for 360, if you notice, once you are in PC mode that you lose certain options to adjust the screen contrast, etc. This is apparent whether you have a 360 or PC wired into the 1080p monitor. All Microsoft needs to do is add, via another update, some filters to adjust the video contrast and brightness levels. This would make it more like my PC funtionality where I have that control. So, your examples are not really refects, its the monitor’s default display setting for the PC mode and all we need is the ability to adjust the contrast levels for 360 output. That’s all!