Get "higher" definition on the 360, without a flatscreen/plasma?
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[QUOTE=Ormbunke;22463357]Yup.
[editline]04:47PM[/editline]
And how can you judge that from looking at a piece of plastic?[/QUOTE]
Because its a piece of plastic :smile:
Ahahaha oh fuck that's fucking stupid, you bought a fucking Component to VGA signal adapter and all it's doing is sending a 1080p signal to your monitor which is undoubtedly just downscaling it. Good fucking job.
[QUOTE=Ormbunke;22463357]And how can you judge that from looking at a piece of plastic?[/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.google.com]this magic link[/url]
[editline]03:59PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=Shogoll;22463573]Ahahaha oh fuck that's fucking stupid, you bought a fucking Component to VGA signal adapter and all it's doing is sending a 1080p signal to your monitor which is undoubtedly just downscaling it. Good fucking job.[/QUOTE]
it's downscaling an upscaled image
hilarious
Okay, tried switching between 720p and 1080p.
No difference.
480p and 720p. Somewhat noticable difference.
I feel royally screwed right now.
[editline]05:02PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=Shogoll;22463573]Ahahaha oh fuck that's fucking stupid, you bought a fucking Component to VGA signal adapter and all it's doing is sending a 1080p signal to your monitor which is undoubtedly just downscaling it. Good fucking job.[/QUOTE]
Because everyone is as much of a tech-geek like you, and you have never ever fallen for a scam in you life. Ever. :downs:
[QUOTE=Ormbunke;22463624]Okay, tried switching between 720p and 1080p.
No difference.
480p and 720p. Somewhat noticable difference.
I feel royally screwed right now.
[editline]05:02PM[/editline]
Because everyone is as much of a tech-geek like you. :downs:[/QUOTE]
You should.
[editline]05:03PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=Ormbunke;22463624]
Because everyone is as much of a tech-geek like you. :downs:[/QUOTE]
I'd never trust anything claiming they can make things that arn't there :smile:
[QUOTE=Ormbunke;22463492]Well fuck me backwards.
I've been scammed.
In real life.
From as shop.
Which is illegal.
[editline]04:55PM[/editline]
Lawsuit up the aassss[/QUOTE]
It's funny because you haven't even been scammed, you obviously misunderstood the function of the box, any lawsuit you make wouldn't even have a chance of standing up in court.
It's because these so called "game boxes" are more or less simply signal adapters which allow you to turn incoming composite signal into something like VGA, and it gets sound coming through an RCA cable and outputs it through a 3.5mm plug. It's just an adapter to allow you to connect your consoles to something like a computer monitor or to computer speakers without having to buy new cables/fuck with adapters. The Full HD on top of the box is only advertising the fact that it's capable of carrying a full HD signal from composite to VGA. The game box is entirely capable of handling a full HD signal, you just misunderstood the function of the box completely and believed that it magically appeared pixels out of thin air.
In other words this is kind of your own fault, get a bigger screen.
[editline]04:06PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=Ormbunke;22463624]
[editline]05:02PM[/editline]
Because everyone is as much of a tech-geek like you, and you have never ever fallen for a scam in you life. Ever. :downs:[/QUOTE]
A little bit of research on product you are spending money on has never hurt anyone, and would have prevented such a simple error. Not to mention that it's honestly kind of ridiculous to expect anything to just magically cause the number of pixels on your screen to increase. This isn't a tech-geek issue, you should at the very least be superficially acquainted with how screens work. There's a reason new TVs all proudly advertise "FULL HD SUPPORT" and what not; why would that be a big deal if any standard TV could handle it?
[QUOTE=mobrockers;22463647]I'd never trust anything claiming they can make things that arn't there :smile:[/QUOTE]
... Dude, when I bough this thing I wasn't as much of a gaming geek, and I knew little to nothing about anything related to computers and hardware.
My first thought when I saw it was like "Oh, cool, HD?" and bought it. and since it since it gave me a higher resolution I didn't think more of it.
For example, playing L4D2 gives me a wider FOV with this thing, than it does when plugged in the TV. I was happy, now I'm not. I'm still going to use it, because I get better quality than I did on the PC anyways.
[editline]05:10PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=Shogoll;22463676]It's funny because you haven't even been scammed, you obviously misunderstood the function of the box, any lawsuit you make wouldn't even have a chance of standing up in court.
It's because these so called "game boxes" are more or less simply signal adapters which allow you to turn incoming composite signal into something like VGA, and it gets sound coming through an RCA cable and outputs it through a 3.5mm plug. It's just an adapter to allow you to connect your consoles to something like a computer monitor or to computer speakers without having to buy new cables/fuck with adapters. The Full HD on top of the box is only advertising the fact that it's capable of carrying a full HD signal from composite to VGA. The game box is entirely capable of handling a full HD signal, you just misunderstood the function of the box completely and believed that it magically appeared pixels out of thin air.
In other words this is kind of your own fault, get a bigger screen.
A little bit of research on product you are spending money on has never hurt anyone, and would have prevented such a simple error. Not to mention that it's honestly kind of ridiculous to expect anything to just magically cause the number of pixels on your screen to increase. This isn't a tech-geek issue, you should at the very least be superficially acquainted with how screens work. There's a reason new TVs all proudly advertise "FULL HD SUPPORT" and what not, why would that be a big deal if any standard TV could handle it?[/QUOTE]
Well, I guess I never saw it that way.
Oh, and as I said - I didn't know jack shit about technology when I bought it, so even researching it would still make me go :confused:
[editline]05:11PM[/editline]
Also we forgot one thing - it might not give me full HD, but it gives me 720p HD, which is still better than 480p from my TV.
[QUOTE=Ormbunke;22463720]... Dude, when I bough this thing I wasn't as much of a gaming geek, and I knew little to nothing about anything related to computers and hardware.
My first thought when I saw it was like "Oh, cool, HD?" and bought it. and since it since it gave me a higher resolution I didn't think more of it.
For example, playing L4D2 gives me a wider FOV with this thing, than it does when plugged in the TV. I was happy, now I'm not. I'm still going to use it, because I get better quality than I did on the PC anyways.
[editline]05:10PM[/editline]
Well, I guess I never saw it that way.
Oh, and as I said - I didn't know jack shit about technology when I bought it, so even researching it would still make me go :confused:
[editline]05:11PM[/editline]
Also we forgot one thing - it might not give me full HD, but it gives me 720p HD, which is still better than 480p from my TV.[/QUOTE]
I actually do the same thing with an official Xbox 360 VGA adapter, so I can see how that game box would be helpful.
[url]http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360vgahdcable/[/url]
One of these specifically. So if you got your game box for cheaper than the 40 bucks this cable costs, I guess you still lucked out.
Regardless you're not going to be able to get anything higher than 480p off a standard non-high definition television. If you want to play in HD, you're going to need a new TV.
[editline]04:17PM[/editline]
And lesson learned I guess, you just can't make your screen higher resolution, even if you're giving it a high resolution signal, if there aren't enough pixels to display it, nothing is going to improve. Good for future reference.
[QUOTE=Ormbunke;22463720]Oh, and as I said - I didn't know jack shit about technology when I bought it[/QUOTE]
It seems you still know "jack shit" about technology now, you do understand how a monitor works right?
Lesson is learned.
And it cost me 49 bucks, if I remember correctly :xd:
[editline]05:21PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=chrishind10;22463998]It seems you still know "jack shit" about technology now, you do understand how a monitor works right?[/QUOTE]
Now I do. Then I didn't.
The odd thing is, I have been looking for one of these for a while now, for my Amiga 1200. I was gonna just use the cable that came with it, but it was VGA, it only had two rows of pins and my monitors use SVGA, 3 rows, also it runs at about 30hz, so I needed a scandoubler aswell :(
sorry if I was a little assey in the above comment, I just saw your first posts when you were trying to say what it does and how it 'works fine'
[QUOTE=Ormbunke;22463720]... Dude, when I bough this thing I wasn't as much of a gaming geek, and I knew little to nothing about anything related to computers and hardware.
My first thought when I saw it was like "Oh, cool, HD?" and bought it. and since it since it gave me a higher resolution I didn't think more of it.
For example, playing L4D2 gives me a wider FOV with this thing, than it does when plugged in the TV. I was happy, now I'm not. I'm still going to use it, because I get better quality than I did on the PC anyways.
[editline]05:10PM[/editline]
Well, I guess I never saw it that way.
Oh, and as I said - I didn't know jack shit about technology when [B]I bought it, so even researching it would still make me go [/B]:confused:
[editline]05:11PM[/editline]
Also we forgot one thing - it might not give me full HD, but it gives me 720p HD, which is still better than 480p from my TV.[/QUOTE]
Then don't call people "geeks" just because they understand how the world around them works.
"Wow, a car runs on fuel? I didn't know that. Why should I? I'm not some fucking car geek. :downs: "
[QUOTE=Rixxz2;22464604]Then don't call people "geeks" just because they understand how the world around them works.
"Wow, a car runs on fuel? I didn't know that. Why should I? I'm not some fucking car geek. :downs: "[/QUOTE]
Well that's a stupid comparition, ain't it?
There's a difference between knowing that a car runs on fuel, and the way a whole computer monitor works.
[QUOTE=Ormbunke;22464660]Well that's a stupid comparition, ain't it?
There's a difference between knowing that a car runs on fuel, and the way a whole computer monitor works.[/QUOTE]
Anyone should be able to understand that you can't create pixels out of thin air :smile:
[QUOTE=mobrockers;22464776]Anyone should be able to understand that you can't create pixels out of thin air :smile:[/QUOTE]
Even my dad, who thinks that running ANY program slows down internet, knows that...
[QUOTE=Wheeze201;22462599]Now adays yes. 720p: 1240x720 ( I think )
1080p = 1920x1080
And no most 360 games run at 1080p. Except for skate :argh:[/QUOTE]
No, most run at 720p and a few even lower(MW2for instance)
Also it's 1280x720, not 1240
[editline]06:57PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=Shogoll;22463135]In fact it's also highly likely that what you're viewing isn't full HD either, considering I've never seen a consumer 16 inch computer monitor which does 1080p or even 720p, I'm guessing you're just seeing the effects of downscaling from a larger resolution.[/QUOTE]
My 15 inch notebook display does 1280x800. I'm pretty sure most 16'' displays are HD.
[QUOTE=Robber;22464901]No, most run at 720p and a few even lower(MW2for instance)
Also it's 1280x720, not 1240
[editline]06:57PM[/editline]
My 15 inch notebook display does 1280x800. I'm pretty sure most 16'' displays are HD.[/QUOTE]
Notebook displays are a lot different than standard monitors, don't be silly.
My 15.4" laptop displays 1680x1050, therefore all 16" displays should display 1680x1050, and my dad's 17" laptop displays 1920x1080, therefore all 18 and 19 inch displays should display 1920x1080. It doesn't work that way.
[QUOTE=Ormbunke;22463720]For example, playing L4D2 gives me a wider FOV with this thing, than it does when plugged in the TV. I was happy, now I'm not. I'm still going to use it, because I get better quality than I did on the PC anyways.[/QUOTE]
The wider FOV is because the console is running on 1080, to make the viewmodels and HUD look right the FOV is changed. This box then squashes it back down to whatever your monitor likes. So the FOV ends up being crushed to a size it should never run at. Which should make the viewmodels and most of things seem wrong in terms of size.
At least it looks good enough for me.
[QUOTE=Odellus;22467809]Notebook displays are a lot different than standard monitors, don't be silly.
My 15.4" laptop displays 1680x1050, therefore all 16" displays should display 1680x1050, and my dad's 17" laptop displays 1920x1080, therefore all 18 and 19 inch displays should display 1920x1080. It doesn't work that way.[/QUOTE]
They're not different. They're still monitors just with high DPI. You could get 1080p on a 15in desktop monitor, though no company is going to make a 147dpi desktop monitor that's only 15in.
[QUOTE=Panda X;22470533]no company is going to make a 147dpi desktop monitor that's only 15in.[/QUOTE]
Apple has more than that with the new iphone. totally not a gimmick since you can easily see 960 x 640 pixels on a 3.5" screen. :downs:
Yeah, Halo 3 runs at 640p, I think Sacred 2 runs native 1080p, and maybe GRAW 2, I could be wrong though.
[QUOTE=Blaberry;22471318]Apple has more than that with the new iphone. totally not a gimmick since you can easily see 960 x 640 pixels on a 3.5" screen. :downs:[/QUOTE]
Why would you want to see the pixels?
[QUOTE=Kabstract;22471434]Yeah, Halo 3 runs at 640p, I think Sacred 2 runs native 1080p, and maybe GRAW 2, I could be wrong though.[/QUOTE]
Red Dead Redemption and Fallout 3 as well.
[QUOTE=Blaberry;22471318]Apple has more than that with the new iphone. totally not a gimmick since you can easily see 960 x 640 pixels on a 3.5" screen. :downs:[/QUOTE]
First the iPhone isn't a 15in desktop monitor.
Second yes I can see 960x640 pixels on a 3.5in screen. It's not hard.
[QUOTE=Panda X;22471704]First the iPhone isn't a 15in desktop monitor.
Second yes I can see 960x640 pixels on a 3.5in screen. It's not hard.[/QUOTE]
Scale it up, it's a higher DPI. Also i meant that it's barely noticeable.
[QUOTE=Blaberry;22471855]Scale it up, it's a higher DPI. Also i meant that it's barely noticeable.[/QUOTE]
I know what you meant. It doesn't go through with "though no company is going to make a 147dpi desktop monitor that's only 15in."
Still hoping for mad scientists to invent pixel-free screens.
Though, i don't know how games would manage to render in an infinite resolution.
[QUOTE=Panda X;22472974]I know what you meant. It doesn't go through with "though no company is going to make a 147dpi desktop monitor that's only 15in."[/QUOTE]
However it goes with "nope, they make even them smaller but with higher res."
[QUOTE=Blaberry;22473463]However it goes with "nope, they make even them smaller but with higher res."[/QUOTE]
Then why did you quote me as if to contradict me?
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