X-Box HDTV compatability

Maquisard · 09-25-2005, 12:37 PM

Do I need special cables to run HD capable games on my new HDTV? I'm not sure whether they are HD capable, but I expect the newer ones should be, like Halo 2 & Stranger. However, they ran in low res. Any ideas, suggestions, advice? Thanks.

TigerShard · 09-25-2005, 12:50 PM

Yes, there is an HD cable pack that you need to enable higher resolution in your Xbox games if they support them. You can check on the back of the game box to see. Normal TVs run games at 480i, the 'i' stands for interlanced, meaning only every other line is displayed during a screen refresh. Most Xbox games are capable of 480p, the 'p' is for progressive scan, meaning all the lines are drawn for each refresh, so you get better picture quality. I think there may be a few games that support higher formats, such as 720p. I know for the Xbox 360 all games are required to have 720p support.

Here is the HD Pack

09-25-2005, 12:37 PM	#1
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TigerShard Resident AG Ninja Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 387	Yes, there is an HD cable pack that you need to enable higher resolution in your Xbox games if they support them. You can check on the back of the game box to see. Normal TVs run games at 480i, the 'i' stands for interlanced, meaning only every other line is displayed during a screen refresh. Most Xbox games are capable of 480p, the 'p' is for progressive scan, meaning all the lines are drawn for each refresh, so you get better picture quality. I think there may be a few games that support higher formats, such as 720p. I know for the Xbox 360 all games are required to have 720p support. Here is the HD Pack Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "Funny, everytime I get involved in saving the world I turn into a kleptomanic." -George Stobbart in Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon "Intution tells me how to live my day. Intuition tells me when to walk away. Could have turned left, could have turned right, but I ended up here, bang, in the middle of a real life" - Natalie Imbruglia 'Intuition'

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