XBOX 360 and Dell 2005FPW w/VGA cable (pics)

[invisible hand]

I finally found a VGA cable for my XBOX 360, so here are some pics using the Dell 2005fpw.

I'm a bad Photographer, but here are a few shots. I'm using the highest resloution available and can say that it looks much better than my 3rd gen toshiba 50" rear projection hdtv.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/invisiblehand/DSC01093.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/invisiblehand/DSC01092.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/invisiblehand/DSC01100.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/invisiblehand/DSC01097.jpg

[invisible hand]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/invisiblehand/DSC01107.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/invisiblehand/DSC01108.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/invisiblehand/DSC01113.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/invisiblehand/DSC01101.jpg

[FlakMonkey]

Purdy.

[Aidenswarrior]

it looks curved to me

[invisible hand]

it looks curved to me

Yea...not sure which res to use....maybe I should try the 1280x768 or the 1024x768

[Amarkarian]

say i got this monitor would it be to small to have 4 player?

[invisible hand]

say i got this monitor would it be to small to have 4 player?

yea, it would be too small. Even my 50" seems to small when using 4 player split screen.

[Aidenswarrior]

Yea...not sure which res to use....maybe I should try the 1280x768 or the 1024x768

try the 1280x1024, i think that is the standard for lcd

[Nexus Realized]

try the 1280x1024, i think that is the standard for lcd


He's using a WS monitor, 1280x1024 is a no go.

[Kunaak]

brainfart.

deleted my post, cause my settings for checking custom resolutions in powerstrip was wrong...

no 16:10 image on the Xbox360 is appears...

[d94]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/invisiblehand/DSC01107.jpg

:drool:

[crimedog]

when you increase the resolution does the fps drop low enough for you to notice?

does the lcd dislike not being run @ native resolution?

[Prodigious]

Dell FPWs are 16:10 NOT 16:9 so the image is going to be slightly stretched no matter what, unless he enables the raw image mode where the screen displays the source resolution without any interpolation or scaling(so for example if it was a 640x480 image, it would be a small box in the middle of the screen surround by black). I'd go with the highest res and use the direct view mode. You'll get black bars around the image, but it won't be stretched or blurred at all.

btw, get some GOOD games. NHL and Tiger Woods? wtf. What about pgr3?

[invisible hand]

Dell FPWs are 16:10 NOT 16:9 so the image is going to be slightly stretched no matter what, unless he enables the raw image mode where the screen displays the source resolution without any interpolation or scaling(so for example if it was a 640x480 image, it would be a small box in the middle of the screen surround by black). I'd go with the highest res and use the direct view mode. You'll get black bars around the image, but it won't be stretched or blurred at all.

btw, get some GOOD games. NHL and Tiger Woods? wtf. What about pgr3?

LOL....I have PGR and Perfect dark too. But my buddy has PGR for the week while I play his Call of duty

As far as the pic sizes...The first pic is clickable and should be a full screen image.

[twEEkerAreUs]

it looks curved to me

It's not, I've already run the Xbox 360 on my 21 Inch monitor (Non Wide Screen Mind You) and the main menu is Curved. I thought the same thing, but thats just how the menu looks. The VGA cable rocks, if I ever buy the system I have the cable hehe.

I haven't noticed and slow downs while playing hockey or PGR. However, the frame rates on Tiger seem to slow a bit, but it does that on my TV too.

No slow downs at 1280x1024 or that 1360x768, the games do look a lot better at HD. I wouldn't even buy the system if I had to play it on a non HD monitor, not worth it.

[invisible hand]

when you increase the resolution does the fps drop low enough for you to notice?

does the lcd dislike not being run @ native resolution?

I haven't noticed and slow downs while playing hockey or PGR. However, the frame rates on Tiger seem to slow a bit, but it does that on my TV too.

[Apo11o]

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
And no, i wont clean the drool up off the carpet


=/\=

[Chris_F]

No slow downs at 1280x1024 or that 1360x768, the games do look a lot better at HD. I wouldn't even buy the system if I had to play it on a non HD monitor, not worth it.

It doesn't matter because the game is rendered at it's native resolution and then scaled to whatever resolution you choose in the dashboard.

[Trombe]

Looks like a compooter to me :)

[jack222]

That ice on the rink looks amazing.

[Blackmage]

thats it man i buying one, i was sticking out for and PS3 but hey i got the money for a treat so why not?

[Burdman27911]

I suggest choosing something called "aspect" on your monitor, it will keep the same aspect ratio but stretch it to fit the full screen with little bars on the top and bottom (for 16:9). It will still look great but the people won't be tall and skinny and the whole picture squashed.

[RedDragonXXX]

Looks great invisible hand!

I have been testing with VGA cable on my HD monitor as well and so far it's great. My only complaint is that the colors are little weak compared to component cables which produce much sharper and colorfull images. I have no idea why M$ doesn't support HDMI input on Xbox360 since they praised HD so much :shrug:

[z0n3]

I have no idea why M$ doesn't support HDMI input on Xbox360 since they praised HD so much :shrug:
That is Sony talk! Some third party will come out with a cable eventually.

[TheGreySpectre]

My friend has the VGA cable and its awesome on his 19in LCD, however the only complaint I have is that no matter what we do in Halo 2 (which acutaly runs under emulation on xbox360) the sreen is split horizonatlly in 2 player which sucks

also kind of stinks the the xbox 360 doesnt support the native resoltuion of 1680x1050

[epoeze]

so u can manually select the resolutions in 360 games?

does that mean if my non HDtv can support up to 1024x768 it can display it?
cuz to mee thats better than nothing, being that ps2/xbox only ran up to 640x480, or was that 800x600? can someone inform me?

im really intrested to know how this thing is compatible with non HDTVs :santa2:

[Mortis03]

all i have to say on the pics is holy moly. Thanks for the views

[koss20100]

I wish your in game pics were higher res

I remeber playing xbox 360 at walmart on lcd, it looked like crap. I need to play the real deal, and will do soon enough