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hardyhar on 27 August 2009
disolitude said:
reask said:
I am lost here :(.
Am I getting 1080 or not.
It says I am and it looks excellent so wtf.

Everyone should know that 360 hardware resolution is locked at 1280x720.

No it's not.



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disolitude on 27 August 2009
twesterm said:
You do know that not every TV has HDMI ports right?

For the longest time I only used composite ports until I finally got a TV with HDMI ports. And even then, my 360 didn't always have HDMI so I still used the composite.

You mean component. Composite is RCA cables...



twesterm on 27 August 2009
disolitude said:
twesterm said:
You do know that not every TV has HDMI ports right?

For the longest time I only used composite ports until I finally got a TV with HDMI ports. And even then, my 360 didn't always have HDMI so I still used the composite.

You mean component. Composite is RCA cables...

Bah, yeah, I always get the two confused.

Point still remains the same: people still use both (I used whichever one had the green and blue inputs for the longest time instead of HDMI).



 

reask on 27 August 2009
twesterm said:
You do know that not every TV has HDMI ports right?

For the longest time I only used composite ports until I finally got a TV with HDMI ports. And even then, my 360 didn't always have HDMI so I still used the composite.

Yes but surely all HD ones would have it?

Anyway no difference to picture quality by all accounts.



 

 

 

 

disolitude on 27 August 2009
hardyhar said:
disolitude said:
reask said:
I am lost here :(.
Am I getting 1080 or not.
It says I am and it looks excellent so wtf.

Everyone should know that 360 hardware resolution is locked at 1280x720.

No it's not.

Name me a 360 game that is not 720p native and then upscaled to 1080p/i.



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damndl0ser on 27 August 2009

Luckily enough for me my tv has 4 or 5 hdmi inputs so thats what I use on everything.



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twesterm on 27 August 2009
reask said:
twesterm said:
You do know that not every TV has HDMI ports right?

For the longest time I only used composite ports until I finally got a TV with HDMI ports. And even then, my 360 didn't always have HDMI so I still used the composite.

Yes but surely all HD ones would have it?

Anyway no difference to picture quality by all accounts.

All the new ones do but that still doesn't change the fact that TV's still exist that still don't have HDMI ports.  Not everyone has a fancy flat screen.



 

Shadowfest3 on 27 August 2009

HDMI



lhill8181 on 27 August 2009

hdmi is the only way you get true 1080p, componite only gives 720p, 1080i, 480p, this is why the ps3 is the only true 1080p system



reask on 27 August 2009

Fair point Twesterm. :)