JGarcia050 said: My 360 just got the red ring of death and now im sending it back to microsoft for repairs for 3 weeks or however long it takes. Now im thinking about upgrading to a 360 elite, then just sell the other one to my friend. Now i know the 360 elite comes with an hdmi port and cable and i have a full 1080p hd lcd tv. My question is will this cable make the games look even better than they already did on my previous 360? |
All Xbox 360s now come with an HDMI port. Games will look the same as they did via component. The games are almost all rendered in 720p -- upscaling to 1080p via your TV's upscaler or Xbox 360's upscaler will result in about the same picture, and component delivers a very high quality picture.
Getting the Elite for only $100 extra is a good deal, because it comes with both a $3 HDMI cable and also a black paint job. Aside from the larger hard drive, the unit is identical to the Premium and Arcade units.
hdmi cable will allow it to go up to 1080p
That depends on the set -- my set, for example, can take 1080p via component. However, if you have a good TV you are better off setting your Xbox to the original resolution of the game (720p most of the time) and letting the scaler in your TV set handle the upscaling.
Keep in mind that the Xbox 360 elite is just as likely to get another RROD error as any other Xbox 360 for sale in stores right now since it is identical hardware.