Official Xbox 360 Thread - Part IX
12-29-07 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Ocelot
Do you even own a X360?
I have my video via Component (because component is video only....) and audio through the optical out.
I don't get your questioning him or some of the statements you have made like saying sound via component... smaller viewing size via component/HDMI and/or 720P/1080i.
12-29-07 | 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by PerryD
The component cable has an optical audio connection on it (although I'm not currently using it).
12-29-07 | 11:42 AM
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I have my 360 (with HD-DVD add-on) connected using component for *video* and optical for audio. It will do 1080 out and Dolby Digital.
Yes, I do own a 360.
What's this about 720p being 'smaller' than 1080?
Yes, I do own a 360.
What's this about 720p being 'smaller' than 1080?
12-29-07 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by aktick
Huh? When using component for video, you can use optical for audio, no?
sorry for the tasteless comment, i was mad...
as PerryD pointed out, the little socket is on the component cable itself! not on the X360 console itself...
Mr Music, dude, i made a mistake, i didn't know the socket is built on the component cable! I checked the X360 for that little hole thoroughly!
12-29-07 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Ocelot
MC and your big X360 ego... Dude, either accept the truth or offer me a workaround. It's not a damn yawn! I got the equipments and i'm not getting the best of them, it's frustrating!
Originally Posted by Ocelot
Just spent an hour or two playing around with the X360 hook up to the new Onkyo receiver... Sorry gamers, the X360 hardware-wise is a piece of crap! Here's what i find out...
1. Use of HDMI, max resolution is 720p, so if you're using the add-on, you're pretty much screwed if your TV supports 1080...
2. Use of Component, max resolution is up to 1080p, nice for add-on, but the sound is no longer digital, yeap, it's analog! Sucks big time...
3. You can't use Component for video and HDMI for audio (you can do this with the PS3). So you don't have the option to maximize your connection, sad sad sad... Not only that, the X360 doesn't have another digital audio output to get around this problem, sigh, this is so freaking annoying.
So, what did i do? Luckily the Onkyo receiver has a pretty good way "displaying" the sound through Stereo mode. However, not as good as if the X360 was connected via HDMI. Gear of War was totally an awesome experience in HDMI mode, the sound is so awesome that i really feel like i was in the battlefield! Every panting, cursing, grunts were so freaking realistic from the 5.1 surround speakers that i was totally absorbed into the game. Of course that all changes when i pop in Planet Earth hd-dvd into the add-on... the PQ was okay, but the display via 720p resulted in big ass black bars on my TV, sucks big time...
Bottom line? The X360's sound via component is the same as that of the Wii, yeap.... This is another reason why i kept saying the PS3 is a far more superior piece of hardware.
1. Use of HDMI, max resolution is 720p, so if you're using the add-on, you're pretty much screwed if your TV supports 1080...
2. Use of Component, max resolution is up to 1080p, nice for add-on, but the sound is no longer digital, yeap, it's analog! Sucks big time...
3. You can't use Component for video and HDMI for audio (you can do this with the PS3). So you don't have the option to maximize your connection, sad sad sad... Not only that, the X360 doesn't have another digital audio output to get around this problem, sigh, this is so freaking annoying.
So, what did i do? Luckily the Onkyo receiver has a pretty good way "displaying" the sound through Stereo mode. However, not as good as if the X360 was connected via HDMI. Gear of War was totally an awesome experience in HDMI mode, the sound is so awesome that i really feel like i was in the battlefield! Every panting, cursing, grunts were so freaking realistic from the 5.1 surround speakers that i was totally absorbed into the game. Of course that all changes when i pop in Planet Earth hd-dvd into the add-on... the PQ was okay, but the display via 720p resulted in big ass black bars on my TV, sucks big time...
Bottom line? The X360's sound via component is the same as that of the Wii, yeap.... This is another reason why i kept saying the PS3 is a far more superior piece of hardware.
12-29-07 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Gromit
I have my 360 (with HD-DVD add-on) connected using component for *video* and optical for audio. It will do 1080 out and Dolby Digital.
Yes, I do own a 360.
What's this about 720p being 'smaller' than 1080?
Yes, I do own a 360.
What's this about 720p being 'smaller' than 1080?
Try Planet Earth and you'll see what i'm talking about...
12-29-07 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Ocelot
Try Planet Earth and you'll see what i'm talking about...
12-29-07 | 12:01 PM
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Again, if i have noticed that little socket on the component cable, i would have never posted about my frustrating experience.
Yes, it does make me look like an idiot, but hell, seriously, i didn't know there's a optical socket on the X360 component cable, sorry sorry sorry!
Yes, it does make me look like an idiot, but hell, seriously, i didn't know there's a optical socket on the X360 component cable, sorry sorry sorry!
12-29-07 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Ocelot
Again, if i have noticed that little socket on the component cable, i would have never posted about my frustrating experience.
Yes, it does make me look like an idiot, but hell, seriously, i didn't know there's a optical socket on the X360 component cable, sorry sorry sorry!
Yes, it does make me look like an idiot, but hell, seriously, i didn't know there's a optical socket on the X360 component cable, sorry sorry sorry!
12-29-07 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by mbs
It sounds like you've got some setting with your television wrong. The TV should accept and scale any compatible resolutions. 720p should not be "smaller" than 1080p on the monitor.
12-29-07 | 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by mbs
I thought the resolution issue was separate from the optical-out. Glad that fixed it then.
12-29-07 | 01:00 PM
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Just went through my cables and stuffs, nope, i don't have an optical audio cable... Ordered one for $6 shipped from Meritline, so i guess i will be posting result when i get it. However, i still think the ultimate solution is to release an update with HDMI supports up to 1080p.
12-29-07 | 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Ocelot
say whatever you want to say MC... you didn't offer anything useful...
12-29-07 | 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Ocelot
thanks mbs, it could very well be... just that using HDMI (set to 720p on the X360) i got black bars and using Component, i got full screen (set to 1080i, since my TV can only do 1080i max). I didn't do anything else besides switching cables.
Of course the 360 can do 1080i and 1080p over HDMI. It would be really stupid if it couldn't.
12-29-07 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Ocelot
Yes, it does make me look like an idiot...
12-29-07 | 05:13 PM
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Have you actually set up the video options in the Xbox dashboard for your HDMI? You have to do that you know...just like setting up a new computer monitor. The 360 definitely outputs at up to 1080p. If it isn't, you're doing something wrong.
12-29-07 | 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Nosmo Rex
Is anyone else having trouble with XBL today? It's worse today than yesterday for me.
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12-29-07 | 07:59 PM
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Can't connect for more than about a second or two.... I feel bad for Corvin... apparently he is connected and might be getting messages every time it tries to connect.
12-29-07 | 09:14 PM
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Crap with Live being down, I can't play any of my arcade games since I got this refurb. I have to be signed in so they won't show up as trials. It's funny my cousin who lives down the street has no problems getting signed in.