http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/ Engadget HD Comments for Xbox 360 HD DVD playback: Maximum 1080i via component, 1080p VGA-only http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Feb 22nd 2008 6:42PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/I am disappointed about the upscale though, the Xbox has enough processing power to do this, so they should of had DVD upscale, there is no excuse for not having this feature.]]>Sep 21st 2006 3:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/By then, if HDDVD succeeds, I (and most of the guys who would buy into hddvd so early) will probably have a dedicated player.]]>Sep 21st 2006 3:25PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 21st 2006 3:38PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 21st 2006 4:33PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 21st 2006 4:00PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
These same restrictions apply to the PS3 though, right? The $500 version has no HDMI and the $600 doesn't come with HDMI cables.]]>Sep 21st 2006 4:03PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
JET]]>Sep 21st 2006 4:05PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
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Also the US price for the HD-DVD addon will be announced next week at X06]]>Sep 21st 2006 4:23PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
Thanks!]]>Sep 21st 2006 4:37PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
Do you know of any 1080p-capable recorder with component inputs ? I mean, an affordable one ? And who in their right mind would record upscaled video ?

All this stuff is just plain stupid. And if someday the enable the constraint token, I suggest we shove their HD DVDs and Blu-Rays where the sun never shines.]]>Sep 21st 2006 4:40PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/ Interesting, so will the 360 upscale a DVD to 720p or 1080p on the VGA connection?

As of RIGHT NOW it will upscale to 720p with a VGA cable--I am doing it now with my 44'' 720p DLP. I am confused as to how this will change with the upcoming update though...]]>Sep 21st 2006 4:58PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
How is Microsoft allowing VGA, but not Component?]]>Sep 21st 2006 5:36PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 21st 2006 6:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 21st 2006 6:07PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/"I'm a little confused. Right now with a VGA cable you can have your DVDs upconverted to 720p... will that remain? Or are they removing it with the update.. it would suck to go back down to 480p on DVDs..."


did you even read this whole thing before posting this comment?

Yes, of course it will remain. Why wouldn't it? What possible reason would they have for removing 720p support? Come on, seriously now.]]>Sep 21st 2006 6:58PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/(I swear I've seen these.)
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This "huge announcement" from microsoft sure has turned sucky.]]>Sep 22nd 2006 12:30AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 22nd 2006 1:56AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Feb 27th 2007 3:25AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
I feel that Microsoft is selling its customers short when claiming, denouncing, and now reclaiming VGA 1080i support. Why should it matter if VGA supports 1080p, as introducing interlacing for all of those multisync television monitors using VGA 1080i are being snubbed.]]>Sep 22nd 2006 7:59AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 22nd 2006 9:42AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
But, with the VGA input of your TV, you'll be able to get the sweet 1080p/60 output by the few (if any) XBox360 video games that will benefit from this new feature.

By the way, how's your sister ?

For me, It'll be a good VGA switch in order to be able to get the DVDs upscaled to 720p, the native rez on my projector, while still keeping my HTPC. Or I'll just use my LG plyer who outputs very good 1080i over component (unfortunately it sucks in 720p), CSS or not. I just hope Microsoft doesn't fracks the 720p downrezzing of HD-DVDs as 1st-gen Toshiba players alledgedly do.]]>Sep 22nd 2006 4:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/As of RIGHT NOW it will upscale to 720p with a VGA cable--I am doing it now with my 44'' 720p DLP. I am confused as to how this will change with the upcoming update though...

Nothing should change for you. They're only adding the ability to go to 1080p through the VGA cable. You should still get upconverted DVDs at 720p.]]>Sep 22nd 2006 12:07PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 22nd 2006 12:04PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 22nd 2006 1:55PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Yes but does your TV accept 1080p through VGA?
to my knowledge (which isn't that much) there is no 1080p television available that will display 1080p through VGA. All the ones I have seen are DVI/HDMI only.]]>Sep 22nd 2006 2:46PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 22nd 2006 4:15PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
Westinghouse 42" 1080p LCD Monitor
http://www.westinghousedigital.com/pc-44-7-42-1080p-monitor.aspx

It just received a price drop at Best Buy this week and also includes a free Philips 1000 watt 5.1 surround sound w/progressive dvd player. ;)
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7699163&st=1080p&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1138084694260
Sale: $1,599.99

And finally, that VGA cable needed (better than Microsoft's):
VGA Cable for Xbox 360
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7589175&st=xbox+vga&lp=2&type=product&cp=1&id=1130979909963]]>Sep 22nd 2006 6:26PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
Now back to Lego Starwars II :-)]]>Sep 23rd 2006 2:45AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 23rd 2006 12:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
Could someone please explain to me why dvd upscaling over component is not allowed? It seriously seems the dvd industry hates us who bought component only hdtvs early and will do anything to ensure we don't enjoy the best experience till we buy yet another tv. I was told hdtv was the future so I thought it was a safe buy but here we are.]]>Sep 23rd 2006 8:56PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
Whatever.]]>Sep 23rd 2006 8:16PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
#1, there is nothing about 1080p that makes it "truer" than 720p or 1080i. These are all HD.

#2, both VGA and component are perfectly capable of carrying 1080p. Seriously. A huge number of 1080p hdtvs have VGA inputs that can take 1080p (jvc, westinghouse, sceptre, samsung, etc), and some can take 1080p over component.

You just got sucked in to Sony's PR blather. Learn the facts.

And, for what it's worth, there is no real reason to worry about 1080p vs 1080i for bluray/hddvd. On-disc, they're 1920x1080x24p, 24 full frames per second. 1080i, at 60 half frames per second, is capable of carrying every frame in its entirety with no problems.

Now, if the player or the display have crappy deinterlacers, you might care, but that's rarely the case.

So don't worry about dropping the extra $300 for 1080p output. Also don't worry about hdmi 1.3, since I doubt you currently have a display that can do 48-bit color, and I really doubt you will in the next 5 years, at which point a better hddvd player without a 60 second boot up time will be $50.]]>Sep 24th 2006 1:30AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
Not to sound rude, but don't you think with all the demand Billsoft would've released an HDMI cable by now? I recall having read somewhere that "if they could just make a cable for it they would have." I guess it might have something to do with the GPU. It's possible that they didn't think it was going to become that much of a selling point this early on. It is possible that they will sell one, but it's also possible that they won't.]]>Sep 25th 2006 8:05PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 24th 2006 5:01PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 24th 2006 9:49PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 25th 2006 12:45PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Sep 26th 2006 2:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Oct 1st 2006 8:42AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
News:
http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=443405

PreOrder:
http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?cookie_test=1&product_id=802523]]>Oct 5th 2006 3:07PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Oct 6th 2006 12:37PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/1080p via PC input and that the screen will be smaller than the whole
screen. Does this mean I'm screwed?
]]>Oct 9th 2006 10:14PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Oct 27th 2006 10:24AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Nov 6th 2006 11:40PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Dec 29th 2006 12:29AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/
http://www.bellumgessi.com/content/Geek.htm]]>Jan 4th 2007 9:43PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Thanks]]>Jan 31st 2007 3:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/09/21/xbox-360-hd-dvd-playback-maximum-1080i-via-component-1080p-vga/Jan 23rd 2007 9:03PM