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d21lewis on 13 April 2011
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Hapimeses said:
d21lewis said:
Hapimeses said:

Before I answer the various posts, the 360 has arrived and I'm having a larf. However, there is one thing bugging me: can I up the res? The dashboard is a bit of a low-res nightmare. It looks to be upscaled 720p. Can I get it up to proper 1080p using some setting I've missed? Thanks in advance.


Make sure you have HD cables.  I think my newest 360 (also a 250gb Kinect bundle) came with standard cables instead of the HD cables of my older 2009 360.  After that, go to settings and then video settings (very last part of the "My Xbox" part of the dashboard).  You may need to buy an HDMI cable, though.

Yup, I'm using HDMI. The console claims it's outputting 1080p widescreen in the settings. What's onscreen is not a 1080p image, though. It's definitely upscaled, and lacks the crispness inherent with 1080p. Anyone know if the NXE dashboard can be displayed at native 1080p, or if it is upscaled? If it's upscaled, fair enough, but if it isn't, I'd really like to know what I'm doing wrong.

Don't know what else to say to you. I have a 120 hz 42 inch LED HDTV and it looks fine to me.  There are some other video settings that I toyed around with, though---in that same section.  I'm not exactly sure what I ended up on, though.  Also, either the PS3 default setting is darker or the 360's default setting is lighter.  Either way, I had to adjust the TV settings and sharpness, too (luckily, my TV saves each input's settings individually).

What I'll do is take the exact same pic that's the background on my PS3 and make it the background on my 360 and I'll see if there's a difference in clarity.  It won't help you at all but it'll satisfy my curiosity.