Soul Calibur 720P (1 Viewer)

[Citizen87645]

After playing the game demo a lot and trying the different ways to view it, I prefer to turn off 720p and have it fill my Toshiba 16:9 in 480p. The biggest indicator of the difference is how crisp the red Namco logo looks. In 720p it is a bit soft. I'm assuming this is due to the Toshiba's upconversion process. Does anyone concur or have a different experience?

 

[Michael St. Clair]

7200->1080i sideconversion loses a lot of the temporal resolution of 720p, especially when the source is video and not film.

 

[Shaown]

So, the demo of SC2 appears in a tiny box on my 4x3 Sony HD XBR. I assume this is because sony asume 720p is a 16x9, and the game is generating black bars on the right left... anyone know how to fix?
Thx.
-Shaown

 

[Citizen87645]

I believe by definition 720p is 16:9 and that's technically what you are getting. It just happens that part of the 16:9 area is black. I'm not sure why the designers didn't go fullscreen and I don't think there is any way to get around it. I'd say turn off 720p and 16:9 in the XBox and just go with 480p 4:3.

 

[Jay Mitchosky]

In 720p it is a bit soft. I'm assuming this is due to the Toshiba's upconversion process.

Yep. Depending on what year your Tosh is 480p may be converted as well (their newer models run it 540p).

I'm moving this to hardware.