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22-06-2007, 20:48
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Going Xbox Elite ....... Yes or No?
Hi there ......
 Just recently I have bought a Samsung HD 37" TV [I wanted a bigger one, but the room just wouldn't let me!!  ] I am very happy with this purchase mainly to play my Xbox 360 which I connect via component output and I'm impressed with the quality of the picture. I now have heard of a new Xbox360 model available soon which supports HDMI as well as a 120GB hard drive called 'The Xbox Elite'.Would anybody please be able to tell me whether or not it would be worth investing in the Elite? I don't need the hard drive capacity as such but would the HDMI be supported using a 1080i TV as I have discovered that the TV that I have bought does not support 1080p. Can anybody clear this up for me since I will not be replacing the TV for a while? Many thanx for your time and thank you in advance ......
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22-06-2007, 21:07
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The best picture you can get on your TV is using the VGA cable. You can set the resolution to the native resolution of your screen - 1366x768. Wheras, the elite 360 only allows you to set 720p or 1080i (same as component), neither of which are correct.
If you had a 1080P TV, then the elite is probably a better choice than a normal 360, because although component can do 1080P aswell, HDMI's got higher bandwidth. The elite 360 may also be necessary if you own the 360 HD-DVD drive, in the future HD-DVD releases could use the ICT (Image constraint token) which disables all non-digital outputs (so they wouldent play on a non-elite 360), although they dont use it at the moment and they might not ever.. The only reason I can see for buying an elite is if you own a 1080P TV or for the higher storage space, but the first point is hard to justify. -Chris |
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23-06-2007, 19:36
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yes keep your 360 just now, and when the next one comes out get that one
it will probally play blu-ray and hd |
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25-06-2007, 18:01
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yes keep your 360 just now, and when the next one comes out get that one
it will probally play blu-ray and hd |
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25-06-2007, 18:10
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it will probally play blu-ray and hd
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26-06-2007, 14:04
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we will wait and see
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26-06-2007, 18:46
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whats better on the 360 using the component lead on a 32" Samsung HDTV
720p or 1080i |
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26-06-2007, 18:57
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we will wait and see
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27-06-2007, 15:20
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whats better on the 360 using the component lead on a 32" Samsung HDTV
720p or 1080i I think it can also depend on the type of thing you are watching, I have read somewhere than interlaced is better for fast moving stuff as the image refreshes more often, but I have also read that it is worse as you can get slightly stepped images due to an object having moved in between the half frames. |
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27-06-2007, 16:22
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Well seeing as Microsoft do not belong to the Blu-Ray Disc Association there is no way a Microsoft-branded Blu-Ray player add-on could be manufactured. That said, nothing stopping Microsoft becoming "friendly" with another manufacturer to bring about a tie-in, but as I said it's very doubtful.
i reckon next set of consoles have got to play both or one whatever wins the war |
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