360 and a Sharp aquos

thegurio · **8th April 2008, 09:41 AM**

Hi all, i have a mate who bought a Sharp Aquos today and its not playing at 1080i (or p for that matter) He is using the cables supplied with the Xbox and on HDTV. It will run at 420 (of course) but not any higher. Its connected by Component.

I was thinking a dashboard update might fix the trick as there hasnt been one for a while?

The biggest problem is i think the TV needs to run at 50hz but i cant owrk out how to change it from 60 hz.

its a 37 inch if that helps?

logifuse · **8th April 2008, 10:04 AM**

thegurio - the Xbox 360 has never done HD @ 50Hz - there's probably only been several thousand posts about it......

scritch · **8th April 2008, 10:53 AM**

Hi,

1080i should work fine over component for the Sharp Aquos - I've a friend running this now. Make sure it is connected to the correct Component input - not all of them support HD signalling (dependant on the model). All Aquos LCD televisions support 50Hz and 60Hz input so it'll be something else at fault.

You may get better results with a 360 VGA cable, however when I took my 360 in to test different displays using VGA some worked and some didn't - the Aquos' from memory worked but it's better to check.

Best bet is to use HDMI if your friend's 360 supports it.

Regards,
Shane.

bucket23 · **8th April 2008, 09:04 PM**

G'day,
There is a sliding switch on the component cable next to the xbox360 input that changes from SD to HD. It is on SD (480) by default. I had the same problem.
BTW, I have the new arcade and the just released "Pro" version (with hdmi) and it has
50hz in 720p, 1080i, 1080p.

scritch · **8th April 2008, 09:21 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by bucket23

G'day,
There is a sliding switch on the component cable next to the xbox360 input that changes from SD to HD. It is on SD (480) by default. I had the same problem.
BTW, I have the new arcade and the just released "Pro" version (with hdmi) and it has
50hz in 720p, 1080i, 1080p.

Doh! If that's the answer I'll smack myself (as I should have thought of that myself as first step to check)

Regards,
Shane.

thegurio · **8th April 2008, 11:15 PM**

Well silly as that sounds, he didnt do that and as i thought it was a obviuos thing to do i didnt do it myself but i am pleased to announce that it is now working but he has no idea what he did!And for the record i did search both the site and google, but didnt come up with anything, mind you i think it was the wrong phrasing on my part

jvesey · **11th April 2008, 02:53 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by bucket23

G'day,
There is a sliding switch on the component cable next to the xbox360 input that changes from SD to HD. It is on SD (480) by default. I had the same problem.
BTW, I have the new arcade and the just released "Pro" version (with hdmi) and it has
50hz in 720p, 1080i, 1080p.

Does it do 50Hz via component?

Does anyone know when M$ are going to release a fix/patch for 50Hz. I have noticed that when viewing some divx content via the media blade the output changes to 50Hz - so if it's possible why don't they implement it??????

logifuse · **11th April 2008, 02:57 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jvesey

Does it do 50Hz via component?

It doesn't even do it via HDMI (edit: HD @ 50Hz that is) - don't know what bucket23 is talking about.

bucket23 · **11th April 2008, 07:17 PM**

When I change the resolution in the config menu the Xbox360 console even asks me if the "picture is fine at 50hz"

logifuse · **12th April 2008, 09:50 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by bucket23

When I change the resolution in the config menu the Xbox360 console even asks me if the "picture is fine at 50hz"

And then changes back to 60Hz - this has been discussed a stack of times.

It confirms that you can watch at 50Hz & then switches back to 60Hz. It only changes to 50Hz mode for DVDs.

Justin