Xbox picture quality

[Grimspoon]

I just bought my Xbox and have connected it to my TV and I must say that the picture quality is not as good as I expected. It is a standard Sony Vega TV, not a LCD. The colours seem a little washed out and the graphics are not very sharp.

I was wondering if I should maybe buy a VGA cable and play off one of my 23 inch LCD's? Would I see a huge difference in quality?

Any advice?


Thanks

[Voicy]

short answer: Yes.

Long answer: Hell yes!

On the HDMI cable there's also a normal/HDMI switch to select between the screens you're hooking it up to.

I think the PRO and upwards have hdmi, but some say the arcade doesn't. I don't know enough to comment on it.

[Gradius]

Well it should look better to some extend, contrast ratio will be higher

[Mephisto_Helix]

It shouldn't look that terrible ... check your refresh rate (?) in the dashboard settings.

[Azimuth]

Ugh, the picture on an SDTV will be pretty gross. You're much, much better off getting the VGA cable and running through your monitor.

On the HDMI cable there's also a normal/HDMI switch to select between the screens you're hooking it up to.

I think the PRO and upwards have hdmi, but some say the arcade doesn't. I don't know enough to comment on it.

You've gone and confuzzled the HD and HDMI cables. The HD component cable has the switch; an HDMI cable, which looks kinda like a USB cable with a slightly bigger connector, doesn't.

All models can use the component cable. Most newer models, including the Arcade, have HDMI support too.

[Voicy]

Azi , you're right - I did confuse the two.

I got the HD one on my sexbox and the HDMI on my pc -> lcd monitor.

[Grimspoon]

Thanks for the info guys, will definitely get a VGA cable then.

My xbox cable does have the choice to switch it to HDtv but I dont have one