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Denis54 said:How good is picture quality when an XBOX is connected to either the DELL 2001 or 2005 with S-Video?
Does the monitor adjust automatically to the XBOX resolution or are there any adjustments that need to be made?
If it is connected with an SVIDEO, it should look as good at a 640x480 image with the interlacing you would see with any TV signal and the interpolation of the monitor for that resolution.Denis54 said:How good is picture quality when an XBOX is connected to either the DELL 2001 or 2005 with S-Video?
Does the monitor adjust automatically to the XBOX resolution or are there any adjustments that need to be made?
Staples said:If it is connected with an SVIDEO, it should look as good at a 640x480 image with the interlacing you would see with any TV signal and the interpolation of the monitor for that resolution.
http://x2vga.com/
These things work great except you have to turn the brightness of your monitor up because the picture is darker than you'd expect. They support all HD resolutions so playing an HD (720p or 1080i) game on the monitor looks just great.
aramourne said:I have my ps2 hooked up to my 2005fpw, I guess that would be similar .. I'm pretty happy with the quality, it's better than I expected at least. The image isn't totally sharp, but if I sit back around 6-8 (like how far I would be from my tv) it looks nice. I was playing Metal Gear Solid and Soul Calibur 2 and it was very cool. SC2 is a very colorful game and it was just brilliant.
aramourne said:S-video, and I have my reciever next to my computer for my headphones. Optical connection, Sennheiser HD280's.
Edit: My abit motherboard has optical inputs that I could use for sound if I wanted. (IC7)
aramourne said:1:1 pixel ratio it's quite small, like not even 1/4 of the screen, but it scales up really well.
aramourne said:Yes, it stretches it.
aramourne said:Ok, there are three options:
1:1- the image is shown with 1:1 pixel ratio, so the image size is the same as the signal size output from the ps2.
Fill- the image is stretched to fill the entire screen.
Aspect- the image is stretched to fill the screen, but the aspect ratio is kept the same. So, unless it is a widescreen format, there will be black bars on the left and right side of the screen.
Additionally, there are picture-in-picture options, as well as picture-by-picture options.
If you'd like pictures, I can try and get some up later tonight or tomorrow (although I need a host .. ) otherwise I could email them.
aramourne said:Sure , I'll get in touch with you tomorrow evening then
The X2VGA plugs into the back of the Xbox for A/V input. There are some that just take a standard component input and convert that to a VGA signal but I don't know where you'd get them. They supposedly work well and they can be used with all three systems so long as you input a component video signal.Gametheory said:Is the HD VGA Pack universal in which it could be used for CABLE TV, and other systems such as gamecub, or is that specifically only usefull for x-box, and.. if not is there one that could be used for cable TV,which includes audio and also consol systems such as gamecube.- i didn't look too much into x2vga.com so i'm not sure if they have the answer to my question there
Staples said:The X2VGA plugs into the back of the Xbox for A/V input. There are some that just take a standard component input and convert that to a VGA signal but I don't know where you'd get them. They supposedly work well and they can be used with all three systems so long as you input a component video signal.
uanime said:I've spent the past couple hours hooking my PS2, XBox, Cable, and Gamecube up and testing them out. The picture quality is nice, if you've been playing them on a normal TV you won't be dissapointed. After getting used to playing them on my HDTV for the past year and a half though I'm a bit critical of the sharpness and color quality. I understand that it is going through S-Video, but even still I think the color reproduction isn't what it should be. Full screen mode looks great considering how small the source resolution is.
For the life of me I can't get my cable to output through a DVI cable though. I was really looking forward to seeing how the 2005 handled a HD signal. Anyone have any ideas why it won't work?
Gametheory said:Did you have any special connections when doing that..
FitzRoy said:Ok since no one here seems to know what they're talking about, I'll let you in on a little secret. External vga boxes just plain suck. And I would guess the actual s-video input on the monitor would be decent, but it would not be as good as doing this:
buy this for your computer: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-100-005&depa=0
this is the best pci video input card as far as I know. It has no rf tuner=less noise and it uses a philips 8-bit decoder chip which is very nice and can be used with:
dscaler. download dscaler (google it) to deinterlace and view whatever material you are hooking into the card (like your console)... this program runs circles around most hardware deinterlacers like whatever dell put in that monitor, and it's very flexible. And if you're still not satisfied, get the best cable hookup you can find for your console. Sadly, this might be monster.
Staples said:There are some that just take a standard component input and convert that to a VGA signal but I don't know where you'd get them. They supposedly work well and they can be used with all three systems so long as you input a component video signal.
Gametheory said:What about the TV/Video Processors on the bottom right of this page
http://www.viewsonic.com/products/accessories/
Would those be better for REALLY good quality involving watching cable TV and also being able to play consol systems such as gamecube, or x-box
FitzRoy said:Unless you're talking digital cable, really good quality and cable tv are an oxy-moron and those things don't work magic like they advertise them to. Crap upscaled to some higher resolution is still crap. And what's doing the upscaling and deinterlacing? Can it be... crap? There's too much conversion and hardware dependence going on there for a good picture.
I actually have no idea who they are marketing to with those. Probably people who have no idea what dscaler is. It seems like a really niche market to me. They appear to be able to convert s-video to vga without the need for a computer, so that you can use your monitor like a tv (I just call these things vga boxes like I did earlier). The reason I say its niche is that good lcd monitors will have s-video inputs already and you would actually be better off using that than doing some extraneous external conversion to vga. And if you were using a monitor that didn't happen to have those inputs, you would be wayyyy better off doing the pci card/dscaler thing.
Flyinggimp uses a component to vga transcoder. Unlike component, s-video doesn't transcode to vga. So if your console can do component output, you should try this route. I've never done it but it sounds pretty good. But be aware of the two caveats with this: 1. you can't use dvi with your lcd with this method, and we all know that the dvi benefit can be great with a digital technology like lcd. 2. you may still have problems with interlaced material. Dscaler would handle it like a champ.
So in my mind, if you can get that pci card and use dscaler, while connecting your comp to the lcd using dvi, that would probably give you the best overall image - even if it is s-video and not component.