Connecting My Xbox To My Pc Monitor

[The_gas]

When i did this the image was really low res, like when you uninstall a graphics driver from your pc. I changed the res around in xbox settings but it still looked horrible. Am i doing something wrong? Is it just my crappy monitor?

I have a 24inch Optiquest Q241wb with vga input.

Viewsonic Q241wb 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor

 

[The_gas]

I think the problem is im not getting those black bars around the screen, so the image is stretching. Any solution? I thought the bars would appear automatically.

 

[The_gas]

So many xbox owners and no help.

Knew i shoulda bought a ps3.

 

[MattW]

I changed the res around in xbox settings but it still looked horrible

That's the only thing I can think of. There is an option in the same spot for colour profiles if it is just looking washed out.

If it's ghosting, that's just because VGA is analogue not digital, so won't be anywhere near as sharp.

 

[Chewie]

Seeing as its a HD Monitor I presume it has an HDMI port? Couldn't you just use that?

VGA doesn't support widescreen afaik

 

[MattW]

VGA doesn't support widescreen afaik

It does, I currently do full 1080i over VGA, while waiting for a HDMI cable to arrive in the post.

 

[The_gas]

Seeing as its a HD Monitor I presume it has an HDMI port? Couldn't you just use that?

VGA doesn't support widescreen afaik

It does, I currently do full 1080i over VGA, while waiting for a HDMI cable to arrive in the post.

Thanks for the replies.

Afaik it is not a proper HD monitor. It only has one D-SUB connection on the back for a VGA adapter. No hdmi or dvi. I have tried it on 3 different monitors in our house, all looks the same. However, we have one monitor that can use DVI so ill have to try it on that.

Basically, the image looks low res, and on fifa only (not IC10) the aspect ratio looks amiss. However, i have tried every res available from the lowest up to 1920x1080 and it looks the same regardless.

 

[MattW]

Mind taking a photo of how you're connecting it and the result in game?

 

[The_gas]

Mind taking a photo of how you're connecting it and the result in game?

NP. Here it is.

EDIT, add what it looks like in game. On our tv it looks smooth and as if the game is running AA, also, you can see player faces on the tv.

 

[MattW]

Yeah, everything seems to look perfect in terms of connection. For aspect ratio my only guess is that it is a 16:10 monitor not wanting to letterbox the 16:9 image. My monitor hates being put in to 4:3, it will stretch the image, and if I set it not to do that, it makes everything 4:3, unlike my old one that figured it out itself.

 

[The_gas]

Yeah, everything seems to look perfect in terms of connection. For aspect ratio my only guess is that it is a 16:10 monitor not wanting to letterbox the 16:9 image. My monitor hates being put in to 4:3, it will stretch the image, and if I set it not to do that, it makes everything 4:3, unlike my old one that figured it out itself.

How do i set my monitor like that? I've searched around through the monitor options when i press the mode button but i can't see anything like that.

 

[pcfan123]

So many xbox owners and no help.

Knew i shoulda bought a ps3.

:

 

[The_gas]

I have just noticed one thing, my cable does not have this switch thing on it.

How to Connect An Xbox 360 to Your TV - HDTV Switch

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If i got a new LCD tv would this be any good as use for xbox and my pc?