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PostPosted: 07 Sep 2006, 19:29 
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New user here, lurked off and on for a while now for PC gaming widescreen solutions, and now I have a particularly specific issue I want to ask about. I have just about burnt my fingers off searching all over the www for as much information as possible, but this problem is particularly difficult. Truthfully, there is likely no solution :x

I need to know how to get an Xbox 360 hooked to a VX2025WM but retain control over two particular problems. I do not yet have the Xbox 360, and nobody I know does, so this makes it even more difficult.

The core issue is that the VX2025WM doesn't support aspect ratio correction in and of itself. Normally, I get around this by the simple fact that any decent PC videocard has scads of scaling options. I simple fix the signal before it gets to the LCD. The problem is the Xbox 360 does not have a real 16:10 resolution, and I *refuse* to make any compromises on aspect ratio. Not even the 32 pixels off that 1280x768 distorts, I have such a bad reaction to aspect distortion that I would probably consider 1280x799 pushing it. I really just can't stand bad aspect ratios.

To make matters worse, I have heard that the Xbox 360 can have really washed out color on this monitor through the native VGA cable. These two issues combined are preventing me from buying the system, and I am pulling my hair out trying to find a solution.

One solution that occurs to me is finding a way to input the signal into my PC, very similar to what I do with Dscaler and older gaming machines. Presumably any software that I used for playback could adjust the aspect ratio(by this I mean simply it could black-bar the top and bottom of the screen in 1360x768, the 360's max resolution.) This would have the added benefit of allowing me to record Xbox 360 footage and exactly control contrast and color levels. The problem with this is the bandwidth involved is very high, and I am not sure what port on a PC would allow this kind of data flow. Even if it could, you can't videogame with a 6 second delay that some of these setups produce.

I don't much care how I do it as long as it doesn't cost too much. I would even be willing to run my PC to interpret the signal if need be.


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PostPosted: 07 Sep 2006, 19:36 
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my NEC looks shit hot without using the internal scaler (ie, doesnt fill the screen). looks fine to me :P

1280x768 i am running it at. you can tell its not native when its scaled, but tbh, its not my most major concern when on PGR3

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Tutorial: Viewing Image Quality-PC Monitor/TV/Consoles/DVD

How-To: Choosing WS Resolutions, Aspect Ratios, Screen Sizes


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