Playing Xbox 360 on Computer Monitor?

Thanks to everyone who's helped me out here Just one more question though - is there any way I can get an idea of what the image will be like on my 16 inch UltraSharp Dell Monitor before getting the xbox 360? It's just because I don't have anything else to play it on, so if the picture is really bad and laggy then I'll be screwed if I've already bought the console :S

Thanks again to everyone.

 

Hmm, this one is tough. However, I may be able to help you out.

I just recently bought an Xbox 360 and I am using a VGA box (the KWorld 1680EX) to play it on my LCD monitor (Optiquest Q20WB; it's a 20" widescreen monitor). I've literally just started using it (a few hours ago) and I can't give an in-depth assessment, but games seem to look great on it.

However, and perhaps it's just my monitor, but the screen seems to be blurry when you set it to 480p. This may be because of my monitor's high native resolution (1680x1050) because once I screwed around and set it to 720p, things look very good.

Of course, this is just my perspective. If you wait a little while, I can make a video to let you see what it looks like in action.

 

Okay, thanks If it makes any difference, it's a Dell 1702FP UltraSharp Monitor.

 

Not really. The picture will be fine. I am just talking about the strain on your eyes.

And a way to get an idea of how it will act is to play a PC game. Ignore the lag from the crappy graphics card you most likely have and focus on how the monitor ITSELF is performing.

 

Okay, I finished uploading it. I tried to move the camera in closer to get some of the details, but I don't think it worked so well.

Either way, here's the video: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FCM1J8VU

 

if you do plan on doing vga, just set it to the native resolution like a pc; your 1702FP does 1280x1024 natively, so set the 360 to 1280x1024.

to test out the quality of the ultrasharp, download a 720p video and play it. choppiness doesn't matter since the 360 won't run like that. that's as close to testing your monitor without gaming.

 

have same problem only with 19" lcd makes no matter screen very blurry becomes less blurry when put resolution less very frustating

 

n00b question - my monitor has 2048x1024 res, so does that mean i can potentially get 1080p on it? but it's square so will i get bars? and what's the difference between the VGA cable and HDMI. the cable i already have has 5 leads i think (though i just use the standard red, white and yellow for my 34" SDTV)- what are the other 2 for?