How do and do

[Dantai]

I got a new widescreen tv, its up to 1080i compatible but i dont know how to enable HD in SC or any other xbox games, I put the settings on widescreen but that didnt change the picture quality of the game, in fact it looked like **** on the tv! please help. also do i really need component cables to enable progressive scan?

[Dantai]

I got a new widescreen tv, its up to 1080i compatible but i dont know how to enable HD in SC or any other xbox games, I put the settings on widescreen but that didnt change the picture quality of the game, in fact it looked like **** on the tv! please help. also do i really need component cables to enable progressive scan?

[jzorro]

1080i is interlaced. 1080p is progressive scan. Is your X-Box set up for progressive scan? http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/5724/Progressive-Scan-Dashboard-Available
Is the game even in HD? I'm not sure that it is. Setting it to wide screen only changes the shape of the image on your screen, not the quality. The bigger you make it, the bigger the pixels are and the grainier it looks. Check the directions with your set to make sure you have the connections right. Usually component is better, but I do not know if it is required. The image will be as good as the source and connections used.

[DarKA55ASSIN]

o yeh and also put ur xbox on 60hz(default is 50hz)it runs alot smoother http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[SilentAce07]

He cant change the hz if he has a NTSB (sp?) xbox. Basically, if he lives in the united states he cannot change that setting.

[black ops freak]

yep. sucks for us.

[rikakiah]

Silent, it's NTSC (National Television System Committee) and it does suck. NTSB would be the National Trasportation Safety Board and they investigate plane crashes and such. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif Just for information.

Also, back on topic, I'm pretty sure the two main widescreen HD standards are 1080i or 720p (there's no 1080p in mass production). Don't know if the current xbox works with either one (I don't have an HD set, so someone else can probably clarify this point for me), but it can do 480p, which is pretty much a progressive scan, non-widescreen format.

Also, Dark (and anyone else who knows), wouldn't any xbox set up for sale in the US already be at 60Hz, since the NTSC standard (US television) is 60Hz, while the main European standard (PAL) is 50Hz (and thus, units for sale in most parts of Europe would be set by default to this standard)?

[SilentAce07]

Thanks for that. I honeslty didnt know what the ntsc stood for. i didnt even know what 4 letters there were. lol. thanks for that though. you learn somehting new everyday...

[DarKA55ASSIN]

o man that sux,u cant change the hz in the us

[devoidfuzzball]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DarKA55ASSIN:
o man that sux,u cant change the hz in the us </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

microsoft jipped its customers... what a surprise!

[BuddySalty]

i don't think it's microsoft, just the difference between US and UK TVs.

anyways Dantai, there are different settings on wide screen TVs for wide screen and anamorphic media. try switching through all the settings on your TV, which by now you probably already have.