xbox 360 with an hd ready tv

nm76 · 11-20-2006, 10:59 AM

hi,
Anybody own a xbox 360 and using it with an hd ready tv? I'm planning on getting one since they are cheaper than well the ummm...full hd tv's?. Anyway it was either the hd ready tv (bigger screen 29inch) or a viewsonic 20.1 lcd screen (connected via the microsoft vga adapter). I'm leaning towards the hd ready tv - larger screen - but im not sure whether an hd ready tv visually performs the same as ah ummm.....full hdtv or hdtv. Basically i know theres an hdtv and an hd ready tv - I just dont want to spend money on a new hd ready tv and find it performs the same as my 29 inch sdtv. Heck my 15 inch lcd monitor looks nicer than my sdtv - as far as the xbox 360 goes?
Finally if i were to get an hd ready tv, would i find that transmissions i would recieve that weren't in hd would have a decrease in visual quality. I ask this becasue essentially the xbox 360 is the only known trasnmittor of hd where i live - the tv channels and cable are not broadcast in hd and i do not see this happening for another year or two.
anyway any help/input is appreciated , thanks.

SHOSHOSHO · 11-20-2006, 11:04 AM

The only difference between HD and HD ready is the HD set has an OTA tuner. Thats it. No difference in picture quality.

Bigloww · 11-20-2006, 11:15 AM

Yeap, what SHOSH said. The OTA tuner in HDTV vs HD Ready is just for recieving HD Over the Air via an antenna. There is no difference in 360 or PS3 performance. You can even get the HD DVD addon and it will work the same. When HD comes avaliable in you area via Dish or cable (man you must be in the boonies), you can get that too via the Cable/Dish HD box (STB)..

nm76 · 11-20-2006, 12:25 PM

thanks guys. what about the non hd reception i recieve via cable or tv satellite - with there be some sort of distortion in the hd ready tv, since its not recieving an hd broadcast?

Bigloww · 11-20-2006, 12:54 PM

No. But don't think that SD on a HD TV will look better than your SD TV. It will not. And if you go bigger, say 32+, expect it to look a bit worse. The bigger you go the more the impurities of SD will be seen and blow up. And once you start viewing HD proramming, you will really see the difference. CRT is the best for SD viewing IMO over LCD. It is more the compressed 480i analog sinal than anything else. But TV size and viewing distance are also big factors for SD viewing.

SHOSHOSHO · 11-20-2006, 01:33 PM

CRT is definitely best for SD viewing. I have a 65" CRT RPTV so SD looks pretty bad sometimes. And being an HD set it does not make SD look better it actually exagerates the flaws. There won't be any "distortion" SD will just look SD.

nm76 · 11-20-2006, 01:41 PM

thanks again. i guess ive worded my post incorrectly. I do understand that watching sd on an hd will not improve its quality - this exageration of an sd tv's flaw, which you speak of - could we say its a loss in overall quality of the image (which is visible on the screen) displayed on an hd tv if the transmission or broadcast it recieves is in sd and not its native hd?

11-20-2006, 10:59 AM	#1
nm76 A couch and an HDTV to go please. Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 12	xbox 360 with an hd ready tv hi, Anybody own a xbox 360 and using it with an hd ready tv? I'm planning on getting one since they are cheaper than well the ummm...full hd tv's?. Anyway it was either the hd ready tv (bigger screen 29inch) or a viewsonic 20.1 lcd screen (connected via the microsoft vga adapter). I'm leaning towards the hd ready tv - larger screen - but im not sure whether an hd ready tv visually performs the same as ah ummm.....full hdtv or hdtv. Basically i know theres an hdtv and an hd ready tv - I just dont want to spend money on a new hd ready tv and find it performs the same as my 29 inch sdtv. Heck my 15 inch lcd monitor looks nicer than my sdtv - as far as the xbox 360 goes? Finally if i were to get an hd ready tv, would i find that transmissions i would recieve that weren't in hd would have a decrease in visual quality. I ask this becasue essentially the xbox 360 is the only known trasnmittor of hd where i live - the tv channels and cable are not broadcast in hd and i do not see this happening for another year or two. anyway any help/input is appreciated , thanks.

11-20-2006, 11:04 AM	#2
SHOSHOSHO I'm High Def Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Buffalo Posts: 495	The only difference between HD and HD ready is the HD set has an OTA tuner. Thats it. No difference in picture quality.

11-20-2006, 11:15 AM	#3
Bigloww Shitter was full. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In a van, down by the river. Posts: 5,135	Yeap, what SHOSH said. The OTA tuner in HDTV vs HD Ready is just for recieving HD Over the Air via an antenna. There is no difference in 360 or PS3 performance. You can even get the HD DVD addon and it will work the same. When HD comes avaliable in you area via Dish or cable (man you must be in the boonies), you can get that too via the Cable/Dish HD box (STB)..

11-20-2006, 12:25 PM	#4
nm76 A couch and an HDTV to go please. Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 12	thanks guys. what about the non hd reception i recieve via cable or tv satellite - with there be some sort of distortion in the hd ready tv, since its not recieving an hd broadcast?

11-20-2006, 12:54 PM	#5
Bigloww Shitter was full. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In a van, down by the river. Posts: 5,135	No. But don't think that SD on a HD TV will look better than your SD TV. It will not. And if you go bigger, say 32+, expect it to look a bit worse. The bigger you go the more the impurities of SD will be seen and blow up. And once you start viewing HD proramming, you will really see the difference. CRT is the best for SD viewing IMO over LCD. It is more the compressed 480i analog sinal than anything else. But TV size and viewing distance are also big factors for SD viewing.

11-20-2006, 01:33 PM	#6
SHOSHOSHO I'm High Def Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Buffalo Posts: 495	CRT is definitely best for SD viewing. I have a 65" CRT RPTV so SD looks pretty bad sometimes. And being an HD set it does not make SD look better it actually exagerates the flaws. There won't be any "distortion" SD will just look SD.

11-20-2006, 01:41 PM	#7
nm76 A couch and an HDTV to go please. Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 12	thanks again. i guess ive worded my post incorrectly. I do understand that watching sd on an hd will not improve its quality - this exageration of an sd tv's flaw, which you speak of - could we say its a loss in overall quality of the image (which is visible on the screen) displayed on an hd tv if the transmission or broadcast it recieves is in sd and not its native hd?