I've just started messing around with the 360 on my VGA monitor - I really like it, it looks great, and the Arcade titles are pretty cool on this monitor.
The list of VGA resolutions supported by the Xbox 360 is kind of crazy. The way I figure it, MS kind of threw something at the wall, hoping to hit the more common native resolutions of LCD panels at the time. The result is the oddest mish-mash of aspect ratios, with (as far as I can tell) only TWO native 4:3 resolutions. Here are the list of resolutions supported by the machine, and their associated aspect ratios:
*640x480 - 4:3
*848x480 - 16:9?
*1024x768 - 4:3
*1280x720 - 16:9
*1280x768 - 5:3
*1280x1024 - 5:4
*1360x768 - 85:48 (~16:9)
*1440x900 - 16:10
*1680x1050 - 16:10
*1920x1080 - 16:9
In terms of gaming on this CRT, what thought I was looking for was actually a 4:3 ratio, so that I can have the image scan to the edge of the monitor, so I started at 1024x768. But many Xbox 360 games run at 720p (or around there) with a select few (many Arcade titles) pushing up to 1080p. So unless I run at a higher resolution I'm losing detail in the image. Therefore, I think that I'm stuck with the following choices:
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Manually letterboxing the image (my monitor remembers my width and height setting per resolution, but doesn't detect and set it automatically for me)
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Manually pillarboxing the image
At first, I thought "well, I should pillarbox" and use the 1280x1024 resolution, getting as high a resolution as possible, while losing as little screen real estate as possible. But in games that support 16:9 only, the result is windowboxing, and pretty bad. And games that are 4:3 (I tried an Xbox back compat game) aren't right either. I'm either doing it wrong, or this is the wrong resolution.
So - anyone else have this issue (360 gaming on a 4:3 VGA CRT)? Your solution? Any suggestions?
Submitted by larsoncc | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016
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