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    Actually just played it in single player and had no problems at all, so hoping it's a result of low-res textures in multi-player mode.

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      That's moir?, and it's basically caused when there's too much detail. You can actually see some moir? caused by your camera in the first shot on the right with the blue/red diagonal bands which is there because it's focused on the pixel structure and the photo is being taken at an angle.

      It's possible that it's just an artefact of running the game in HD (I don't have GRAW, so I can't say) or that it's caused by the TV. (which seems unlikely)

      How are you connected up?

      If you're using Component, ideally you'd be running in 720p, but try 1080i and see if it disappears.

      If you're using VGA, 1280x720 is usually best if your display accepts it, but you might want to switch to 1360x768. (or whatever your native res. is)

      If changing your settings has no effect, I'd say it's likely a rendering error in the game, or if other people test it and have no issues, then it could be the TV.


      Make sure you've got sharpness turned right down if you're using Component.
      Last edited by andrewfee; 07-11-2006, 23:45.

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        Thanks mate, I'll try 1080i tomorrow. I was connected via component at 720p.

        If anyone who has the game could give it a quick test I'd appreciate it. The map was Shipping Port Day I believe.

        Sharpness was turned all the way down. I've just spent about 45 mins calibrating with your guide, but not retried the game. Certainly the picture is better, but doing the Red colour test, I think I have my colour too high as things can be very garish now. Likewise I think I'll need to turn my brightness down just a little more to get better blacks. But definitely a nice improvement already

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          Well being on a fairly strict budget I plumbed for the Atec/LGAV320WD 32" here. I considered plumbing for a smaller LCD but in the end after using a 32" phillips for years I thought going smaller would bug me after a while. Ordered 4pm yesterday, arrived just over an hour ago... gotta love overclockers.

          Anyway, I had a few nice suprises when it arrived and I hurriedly set it up... it has full HDMI support and picture in picture, which aren't even mentioned in the overclockers blurb. It seems a very well built piece of kit for the price too and looks absolutely lovely. Picture-wise I've had little time to play around with settings and I'm using the bundled Composite cable at 720p, but it certainly looks nice and the VGA cable will be bought soon. Anyway, here's a few pics... not the best quality though I'm afraid.

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          PS2 through scart looks awful though... would s-video be any better? I'm gonna have a play with a few settings now and will happily post some further impressions if anyone is interested.

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            Chain, that's 99% certain to be the game.

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              Thanks man. Just had a couple of mates play it on different sets and confirm it's in-game. It just looked hideous, worse than on my previous Samsung LCD.

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                Originally posted by Lyris
                Chain, that's 99% certain to be the game.
                100% certain. It's just a mip mapping issue. You could stick it on the world's most expensive TV and see exactly the same image.

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                  It looks like my bravia is on the way to TV heaven.

                  I'm not getting any freeview signals now . ELECTRONIC CURSE!

                  6 360s and 2 HDTVS!

                  Why me!

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                    You should have heard me swearing when I ran in to it last night. My mates on Live just sat quietly while I stressed I'd a bad TV 8)

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                      Originally posted by EvilBoris
                      It looks like my bravia is on the way to TV heaven.

                      I'm not getting any freeview signals now . ELECTRONIC CURSE!

                      6 360s and 2 HDTVS!

                      Why me!
                      6 360's? That's got to be a record. I thought I was doing badly and I'm only on my third.

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                        Well its techically 5 unit and 1 repair. But still

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                          You're not getting the full 1280x720 res of the 360 then though...! Which kind of defeats the point of HD.

                          I didn't get any borders with my Tosh over VGA at 1280x720. It filled the screen completely, actually rather too completely as I was losing stuff off the left hand side. The quality was okay from a sharpness perspective (although I think component is just as sharp), but lacking in contrast and colour.
                          All this resolution stuff is confusing me now, I have a 32" Toshiba WLT66 (which is great btw) and i have the xbox connected via VGA but set to 1024 x 768, i chose this because 1280 x 720 doesn't work and the screen goes funny. Nearly every other resolution above that does work but seems to expand the picture so it doesn't look as crisp and the dashboard fonts seem bigger.

                          What is the general concensus to which resolution it should actually be?

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                            Basically

                            High Definition is 1280*720

                            so buy choosing 1024*768 you are actually losing quality. The WLT66 doesn't support anything higher than 1024*768 so you'd be better off with component.

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                              Originally posted by EvilBoris
                              It looks like my bravia is on the way to TV heaven.

                              I'm not getting any freeview signals now . ELECTRONIC CURSE!

                              6 360s and 2 HDTVS!

                              Why me!
                              is the mains supply in your place properly earthed?

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                                it is indeed.

                                I took the Sony back and it turned back into the Tosh.

                                I'm much happier this time
                                I found out how to stretch the VGA image to the correct aspect ratio and fill the screen.
                                The inputs work
                                I have Picture in Picture once again and I have 2 more HDMI than before.
                                And Amplitude looks fantastic on the PS2 through component.


                                I checked the viewing angle on the store display model and couldn't see any of the problems I experienced. Got it home and there is a slight haze on the blacks when at an angle. But noway near as bad as the first one I had.

                                Remote is still a bit ****, menus are slow and it doesn't fit that well on my stand. But I can live with that.

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