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Originally Posted by scritch
The other possibility is that the TV only supports 1080i 50Hz, and not 60Hz that the 360 does natively. I think there is an option now to get it to test/use 50Hz when doing this - if you haven't connected it to Xbox Live you won't have gotten the update to enable this.
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This is something that is misunderstood by most.
As it stands at the moment, your Xbox 360 will not output 720p or 1080i @ 50 Hz via component.
This is where the confusion comes from:
- When you select an HD output (720p/1080i) the console changes to to that @ 60Hz (what it calls PAL-60).
- When you confirm that you can view that, it tells you that it can output @ 50Hz & asks you if you'd like to test that.
- When you answer 'yes', it changes to 50Hz & asks if you can view that.
- When you answer 'yes' to that, it promptly changes back to 60Hz. It has simply confirmed the 50Hz ability of your TV.
The only thing it has actually done is to set itself to play DVDs back at 576p @ 50Hz (my TV reports it as 576p @ 50Hz, but it may be 480p). This update is not the universal panacea that people are looking for. MCX does not play back @ 50Hz in HD
The fact that for a brief period the dashboard is displaying at 720p/1080i @ 50Hz seemingly confirms that it is capable, so hopefully it will be added in a future update. A simple PAL-50/PAL-60 option in the settings while in HD mode would suffice.
Via the VGA cable, the situation is almost identical, except DVD playback is fully upscaled to the 720p/1080i resolution, but it plays @ 50Hz.
Justin
