LCD tv gaming question.

nitzmoff

So after a great deal of searching and the like I picked up this tv.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?...d=1118843354574

Fortuneatley I have lots of time to try it out and return it if I don't like it. Even though I don't have HD tv, it's a nice tv for a few games I have.

My question is regarding the res. It's a 720p max. I thought that was pretty good, but that was knowing nothing about the Xbox 360's min. specs. Now I find out that 720p is minimum for games. I'm wondering if this new tv of mine is going to be a low end rig in a year or so. Was it a mistake not to go 1080i?

KeyserSoze

I'm pretty sure that 720p is a newer standard than 1080i. The latter does have a higher resolution, but the signal is interlaced (meaning only half of the horizontal lines of resolution are displayed at a time, oscillating between even and odd lines of resolution several times a second to create the appearance of 1080 lines of resolution instead of the actual 540). The biggest disadvantage of an interlaced image is that things don't appear as crisp and sharp when in motion (the faster the motion, the less crisp and sharp the image). I haven't tested this, but theoretically a still image should look better on a 1080i screen and a fast-moving image should look better on a 720p screen.

So basically, 1080i is better for still or slow moving images, while 720p is probably better suited for faster moving images (i.e. videogames). The truth is that both standards have their advantages and disadvantages, and next-gen gaming should look amazing on either. Hope that helps.

nitzmoff

That actually helps quite a bit. I googled some of the things you mentioned and found some x360 owners saying that they can only stand some of the FPS's in 720p.

I really appreciate the info, thanks.

monster

I noticed a drop in frame rate from my TV at work (480p) to my TV at home (1080i) with the game Perfect Dark Zero. So, along with what was set above, I'm considering disabling 1080i support and only playing at 720p.

Jeff Parrott

The Xbox 360 and most broadcast HDTV signals are upcoded to 1080i. Most of the online reviews have said that 720p looks better than 1080i with the 360. I tried 480p, 720p, and 1080i at home and ended up running the 360 at 720p.

nitzmoff

Well this all is certainly encouraging. I really dig this tv, glad that little hitch isn't really a hitch afterall.

Thanks folks.

KDR_11k

I've heard that PGR 3 doesn't even do 720p properly, it renders at a lower resolution and upscales that.

Jeff Parrott

On the back of 360 games it will actually say if it's 720p or 1080i. I would use that as a guide. Cause if it doesn't say 1080i then it will upcode from 720p and not look as sharp as it would on 720p. Perfect Dark Zero just has 720p on the back and Madden has 720p/1080i.

Joshua Stubbles

I'm not sure that's right though, KDR. Doesn't the 360 render everything at 720p native? The hardware shouldn't be rendering anything under 720p at all.

KDR_11k

Vassago: It's not impossible if it renders to texture and renders the texture to the framebuffer.