Newbie with a Xbox/WEGA tv question (1 Viewer)

[James T]

Since I got my Xbox 2 years ago, I used my 20" JVC with and Advanced pack with composite/5.1. I just got a new 27" WEGA and was curious if it's worth upgrading the AV pack so that I can use the component cables instead?

I also use my XBox as my DVD player and was curious about the anamorphic enchanced feature. When watching movies, it appears that a movie with 235:1 is shown as something like 4:1. Am I doing something wrong or does the Xbox not support that?

 

[NickSo]

Component cables will give you a slight increase in video quality... for 480i i usually say 10-15%.


It sounds like your Xbox is in Letterbox mode, and not widescreen. Set the XBox to WIDESCREEN mode, and use the TV"s Anamorphic Enhanced Feature.

 

[Sean Eldridge]

Nick pretty much nailed it, but if your TV has High-Def, it is definitly worth it to get a component pack.

Sean

 

[James T]

Thanks for the responses.

Regarding my DVD playback, I've checked my Xbox and it doesn't seem to matter whether it's set as widescreen, letterbox or 4:3. It still messses up the picture...but I've checked the archives regarding WEGA tvs and there has been complaints of overscanning and accessing the service menu to correct this....looks like that's what I need to do.

 

[Massimo N]

Don't forget to change your TV type 16:9 or 4:3.