a good tv for the xbox 360

[scott61985]

hya. fed up with playing the 360 on a 14inch tv so been looking around on sites and ive seen a lot of 360's using this tv. has any1 got it or know if its a good tv

Samsung LE26R41BD 26ins

[NekoFever]

I've got the exact same one and it's been excellent. No real problems here.

[scott61985]

i know what HD is but what is HDMI

[chojin]

HDMI is the connection that is used for HD as far as i'm aware, my Toshiba 32WL48 has a HDMI connection, not that i've used it mind

[Salsa Party Animal]

High Definition Media Interface

[NekoFever]

HDMI is a digital connection that future HD formats are more than likely going to require to get an HD picture. Since it's pure digital the picture should be perfect, and noticeably better than analogue connections like component or VGA. I have my DVD player connected via HDMI and it looks great, even if DVD isn't the best format to show off an HDTV.

[scott61985]

cheers guys so gettin a HD tv with HDMI isnt really important long as its got HD lol.

[tom-nook]

cheers guys so gettin a HD tv with HDMI isnt really important long as its got HD lol.

Not if it's just for the 360 - just make sure the tv supports 720p@60hz (the Samsung you mentioned does). The 360 doesn't support hdmi so the best connection you can use is either component or vga.

If you plan to get a PS3 at some point then it's worth considering a tv with hdmi though as the PS3 supports it. Gives you a degree of future proofing too if there is such a thing these days!.

[Paulos G]

Hi Scott

I have the 32" version of the TV you're considering and am very pleased with it. I ordered from Freemans as they give a 20% discount for first-time buyers.

[scott61985]

have you got the site please

[scott61985]

dont want to sound a tit but is vga any good. ive seen the vga cables for the xbox to the a pc monitor

[NekoFever]

VGA and component are very comparable, and I think it's actually the same signal sent over different connections. For the 360 I've heard people say that component gives better colours but VGA gives a smoother picture, so take your pick. I use component and have never seen any need to change.

And you do want HDMI if you want your TV to be future-proof. The PS3 will support it (obviously it will support component as well), and it's unclear at the moment whether or not second-gen HD-DVD/Blu-Ray players and Sky HD boxes will support analogue connections for an HD signal. First-gen ones will for the sake of early adopters whose TVs don't have digital connections.

[Lyris]

Done properly Component should look 99% as good as VGA. But there is more room for it to go wrong as it needs converted back to RGB to be shown on the TV.

Whereas VGA is RGB to start with and TVs typically don't do extra processing to mess the picture up.

Also Component inputs will only accept Video Resolutions (720p would be the best to use in that case) whereas the VGA inputs on a lot of TVs accept the panel's native resolution, so as Neko said the VGA cable will give a slightly crisper picture.

[scott61985]

cheers guys

[Del Boy]

www.freemans.co.uk

Can get the 26incher for ?480