Recent content by matta2k

I jacked the red-white stereo phone plugs that are attached to the 360 VGA cable into my surround sound and I saw/heard no lag. It's just the optical audio vs. video. EDIT: I don't see how it could be an issue of the 360 being slow to process (or upscale--because standard DVDs are upscaled to...

Update: I bought the HP w2207 and my XBox 360 looks phenomenal on it. Out of the box, with no calibration. I have the 360 set to 1360x768. If there is stretching, I don't notice it. It's set to Fill To Screen because when I change the monitor to Fill To Aspect Ratio, I see no difference...

I'll take your advice and stay away from the Sceptres then. :D I'm still looking at the HP. I'm not sure the extra $100 is worth the 1:1 pixel mapping. As I said before, I'd hate to spend that and discover I prefer the full image mode. And I've read comments re: the Samsung that the stretching...

People are being burned by that Samsung model too it seems. The whole S-A-C business. I'll have to look more into the HP one you recommended. (I saw that one person in the thread said the HP doesn't do 1:1 pixel mapping like you'd think. It crops the sides of the images rather than adding...

Thanks for the suggestions. Both of the monitors are about $50-100 more than what I wanted to spend. I'd do it... if I thought it was worth it. The Gateway FPD2275W has a lower contrast ratio (700:1) compared to the Samsung (1000:1/3000:1 dynamic) and the Sceptre (1200:1). Its response time...

I'm going to buy an LCD monitor at the end of this week for use with my XBox 360. I was planning on a Samsung 226BW, but now I'm wondering if there's a better monitor--with a price that won't exceed $350. I'm concerned that the 360, which doesn't support 1680x1050 natively, would stretch...