XBOX 360, 720p and LCD TVs

[Weavus]

Wow, nice monitor, but i'm not one to haggle through email to some faceless corporation to lower the price, or was it at a shop?

No you just have to haggle on the phone to some sales person in bombay. Honest to god. Never pay the full price that Dell want as they will sell it for less in a heartbeat. Claim its a test before a larger work order or you friend got a discount...

[Garny]

I've just bought this set today... and so far so blown away!

Thanks for the info mate.

Do you know if this set is NTSC 60hz/ PAL 50/60hz compatible with both standard def and progressive scan modes?

This is the main thing holding me back from buying this TV at the moment.

Hope you can help.8)

[Cuber001]

Hey guys!

Well i decided on this set:

http://www.samsung.com/au/products/t...?page=Features


However i need a few questions answered.

Can it output Prog Scan in both 50Hz and 60-Hz???

And what is the highest signal prog scan it will go 720p, 1080i??? Its resolution is 1366 x 768.

Thanks a lot!!!

[sj33]

Thanks for the info mate.

Do you know if this set is NTSC 60hz/ PAL 50/60hz compatible with both standard def and progressive scan modes?

This is the main thing holding me back from buying this TV at the moment.

Hope you can help.8)

Certainly seems to be. I can confirm Both NTSC and PAL50/60 work fine, and Hi-Def worked fine on my PAL XBox modded to output NTSC.
Given it's got a huge HD-Ready logo on there, it's required to be compatible with all HD modes in both 50 and 60Hz anyway.

[Garny]

Cheers for the quick reply.

Well seems to do everything i need it to do. Now ive just got to find the cheapest place online to buy it.

[smouty]

Hey guys!

Well i decided on this set:

http://www.samsung.com/au/products/t...?page=Features


However i need a few questions answered.

Can it output Prog Scan in both 50Hz and 60-Hz???

And what is the highest signal prog scan it will go 720p, 1080i??? Its resolution is 1366 x 768.

Thanks a lot!!!

The brochure says it will do 576p, 720p and 1080i.
I think the 1080i will be rescaled though as it doesn't have the resolution to support it natively.

[analog dog]

hi guys
i just got the 32inch samsung and tried soul caliber via the hi def pack it looks great but it is presented with a pillarbox look i.e. with black bars on either side of the screen.
It is a pal version of the game running in ntsc via the enigmah videoswitcher.
Does it look like this because it is'nt an NTSC version of the game?
Sorry if this is a daft question but I'm not too clued up on these things at the moment
cheers

[sj33]

I hear Soul Calibur 2, dispite supporting 720p, is still 4:3 =/

[RLench]

It's because it isn't a widescreen game, I think. It has a hidef mode, but it's 4:3.

That's totally normal (you haven't set it up badly or anything )

edit...too slow

[analog dog]

cheers me dears
are there any other issues with running pal games in progressive scan via ntsc
mode?
My set doesnt indicate what mode its running at either.

[fahrenheit]

No issues with the 480p supported games, just the handful of PAL games that have had the 480p support stripped out of them will be unplayable.

[AlwaysAce]

try amped 2 for the xbox in 720p......................


then report back and give impressions!!!

[bignige]

Try Thug at 720p as well. It looks even better than Amped 2!!!

[mid]

Soul Calibur 2 is a bit weird. You can play it at 16x9 in 480p, or windowboxed to 4x3 in 720p, but not 16x9 in 720p. I guess they're cheating by using the windowboxing to help get the required fillrate down.

[Flompy]

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/content/products/details/html/SAM-LE32R41B.htm

Would this work well with the 360? And everything I'd need to play in it 720p would be in the box of the premium console, right?