I just got a HD LCD TV (moderately expensive, not the high end) and the quality is bad in games XBOX360. Reading online, it seems to need component video. I can not say if the quality of the television or not. In addition, there is a difference between S-Video, composite and component. I have been in audio and video and in 5 years. Things have changed.
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#1 by Rod P on March 11, 2010 - 8:10 pm
EXCELLENT QUESTION!
Okay.
First of all, you don’t need to buy expensive cables. And it IS worth seeing how much better the component video output is (a LOT!)
Component video will look absolutely fantastic on your LCD TV.
Good luck and let me know how it turns out!
#2 by gDubb on March 11, 2010 - 8:26 pm
try components or hdmi
#3 by SK8R on March 11, 2010 - 8:36 pm
Well, yeah, you might want to upgrade to better cables. It will probably improve your quality a lot!
#4 by Krysta P on March 11, 2010 - 9:14 pm
Depends what kind of X-box you have, if you have the Elite (the black one), it will have HD cables with it, if you have that make sure the switch on the cord is flipped to “HD”
If not, then yes you need to buy new cords. XBox was meant to work with a 1080p HD tv, anything else and you will lose clarity
#5 by dnhsguy02 on March 11, 2010 - 9:35 pm
I recommend getting component cables. Look at your xbox cables. if it’s just red white and yellow, that’s the low end of video quality. If those are there along with purple, green and red, that’s component. If you have that cable, there’s a switch on the ‘box’ that you connect to the xbox. Make sure that’s toggled to the HDTV setting. Then plug in all those cables. That’s the best quality kind-of.
If both your TV and XBOX support HDMI (the connection looks like a long, flattened USB port) then use that. If your xbox is older like mine, component is as good as you can get.
If you’re looking for a comparison between S-Video and composite….On Madden 2008, lower quality (S-vid and AV cables) it looks ok, but with HDMI, and component (RWYGPR) you can see sweat and blades of grass. Much better quality