Re: Watching media PC to TV

In <kliqu35qddsta240d0d0p5f996jrjp2oiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:25:58 +0000, Tony Houghton <h@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

My XBox is actually hooked up to a Dell 20" 16:10 monitor which
happens to have composite and S-Video inputs. It's great as a
monitor, but I suppose it's possible they fitted really lousy
circuitry on the TV inputs.

They did, the SD scaler is pants. I use a 24" Dell 2405fpw, and
whether over composite or component an SD signal looks pretty ropy
(and not just because it generates very large pixels!). I have a Wii
and a PS2 generating SD content connected over component, which is
slightly better than over composite.

I've also got an Xbox360 hooked in via component, and that looks fine
when it's in HD modes.

I don't just get dodgy scaling with my XBox though. The colours look
washed out and there's a lot of noise on the signal, especially
noticeable on plain black backgrounds seeing as it displays them as
dark grey instead.

I plugged a VCR into the monitor once and don't remember thinking it
looked particularly awful. I suppose I should try a DVD player some
time.

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TH * http://www.realh.co.uk

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