THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Bebpo on December 08, 2009, 07:42:48 PM
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I got my X360 VGA cable in the mail today from monoprice. When I hook it up to my 1080p monitor through VGA the picture is bonkered.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/bebpo/gli.jpg)
Everything is imaged a few times over to the side. The colors are also shit. Has anyone heard of this before? Did I get a bunk cable or maybe the VGA port on my X360 is broke? It's a launch model and I've just been using component on my TV which works perfect.
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launch 360?
my launch 360 in that same resolution looks like a blurry POS. pisses me off and I don't know why. Do you NEED to have a HDMI type 360 to even get 1080p with vga?
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for the colors try the "extended" settings.
i've read about this recently on gaf, long story short: vga is analog, get the official cable from ms.
lemme find the thread...
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here ya go: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=380490
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Sounds like monoprice cables are shit. I might be out $13 unless they'll accept returns and give me my money back.
I don't want to pay for the official cable. It's so overpriced :(
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000B6MLTG/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1260320629&sr=8-1&condition=used
12.99 + $3.99 shipping used from amazon seller.
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:o That wasn't there the other day when I looked. Anyhow I ordered that. Don't see how a used cable would perform any worse.
Monoprice has full refund but I gotta pay S&H. So I'll probably lose about $6 total upgrading to that used official cable. If the picture actually WORKS this time that'll be ok I guess.
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Is there any real advantage in having the console doing the upscaling if it's still mostly 720P content?
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console scaler >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> monitor scaler.
I'm still playing my X360 games on my tv. I'm just doing this so I can play X360 shmups in tate mode by rotating my monitor. My TV weighs 200 pounds so I've never been able to do that :(
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from what i read, it depends on your tv but 360 scaler is pretty good so making it do the upscaling might be better.
and less tv lag i guess.
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i have the official cables and they look washed out :(
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also how do I turn off my monitor scaling and do console scaling?
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I have march 2006 360,official cable,playing it on 1440x900 monitor and picture quality is simply beautiful,never had problems with it,everything is crystal clear.
That looks to me like multiple reflections in a cable,you have one strong signal and a lot of smaller ones that arrive later.
Also extended settings is a must for PC monitors,it was implemented because of them.
also how do I turn off my monitor scaling and do console scaling?
You can't,monitor(unless you have a crt one) will always scale if not fed with native content.Solution is,feed him with native resolution.
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Meh, it was $13, but I guess 6 of that was shipping (wtf, seems high)? If I spend $3-4 at a post office to send it back they will refund me $7. :(
$13 for old one + $18 for new one = still cheaper than $33 for a new official cable I guess :-\
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thats weird then. my monitos native is 1900x1200 I beleive or w/e it is, and I have launch official vga cables but it looks washed out. :(
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get a samsung
that should fix it
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Got my official cable today. It's perfect. No issues with image quality, it came with a stereo to monitor speaker in dongle and the cord itself is longer than the ghetto one so I don't have to move my j360 out of its sitting area.
I tried Raiden Fighers Aces cause I won't have mushihime futari until next week and the extra resolution in tate mode is nice...but then I tried it in non-tate on my CRT for direct comparison and the 34" CRT kicked the shit out of the vertical 23" LCD. So I guess I'll stick to playing all my shmups in non-tate on my CRT hdtv. Oh well, it was an interesting experiment and if I move somewhere for a temp period of time in the next few years I can just bring my monitor and play my X360 through VGA and PS3 through HDMI now.
Oh and I tried tate mode on my crt and :O it was better than being in the arcades. HUGE and insane and perfect pixely IQ. But I can't play with my head turned and I can't turn my 200 pound tv vertically so lol, not gonna happen! I'd be pretty interested down the line though to pick up a big ass CRT with component or HDMI or DVI in solely for shmups and keep it vertical. Would be epic.