Xbox Hi-Def Mod - what resolution?

The title doesn't make sense but what I wanted to know is that when using the mod I've got several options i.e. 'Does your tv support 480p/720p/1080i?'

I have set the 480p option to 'yes' but what I wanted to know is whether I should set the 720p & 1080i options to 'yes' too?

I have a Panasonic TH37PE30 plasma which is only standard def (852*480 resolution). Afaik it should accept 720p and 1080i signals (it will just downsize them) so should I switch these to 'yes'. I haven't got any xbox 720p/1080i games to test it but just wanted to know what everyone else had their displays set to?

Thanks!

 

I have set mine to 480p & 720p for a panny PW7 (which only does 480p), having read a few threads where people have said that when they use external scalers with their PW7's the image quality seems to be better with 720p input into the plasma, allowing it to downscale itself.

 

If it only works in 480p there is no point in having it set to anything else.

 

I know there's no point in setting it at 720p if the game only accepts 480p. But I suppose my question was more theoretical given that I have a SD display.

Even a hi-def image downscaled is meant to be better than SD (although I haven't seen this for myself).

 

Do you have a scaler ? If not its not really relevant.

 

No don't have a scaler - does that mean I should keep the 720p and 1080i options on 'no'?

 

Another quick question - if I have a game like Soul Calibur II which supports 480p and 720p. Is there an in-game option to select which output I want to display.

i.e. if on the xbox dahboard I have both 480p and 720p 'ticked', how do I know which output I'll be getting.

As you can tell I haven't got a 720p supported game to test this myself...

 

Tick all of them , it defaults to the highest the game supports.

 

Tejstar, if you play Soul Calibur 2 and you have your xbox set to 720p but your TV does not support that res then you will just get a black screen, as Soul Calibur automatically selects 720p.

 

Ok cheers guys!

 

poontang that isn't truein this instance as his display will accept 720p but scales it to the screens own resolution so you still get a picture. soul calibur 2 is a strange one as i have just done a test on my xbox and panasonic PWD7 which isn't a hd screen. i read about 720p being 4:3 somewhere before for this game but didn't pay any attention to it but thought i would check it now.when xbox is set to 480p you get a widescreen version of the game but when 720p is set to on (xbox settings) the game is then displayed in 4:3 on a widescreen tv. i didn't change any settings on the screen in these pictures just changed xboxs output to enable 720p in the second set of pics.
pictures aren't too good but they give you an idea of what i am talking about.also had to resize to get them on this post which i am not good at
i'm not sure which i prefer to be honest.
game looks great on both settings

 

Is your TV set to wide mode?

Take another in game battle picture with the TV set to wide so it fills the screen.

if you look at both the clocks and names they are squished up.

remember component doesnt carry automatic switching from 4:3 to 16:9

 

is1111 - i think maybe i didn't word my post correctly. what i was getting at was, if the xbox has 720p set to ON, but the display does not handle 720p, say a Toshiba 36ZD48p for example, then all you get is a blank screen when you try to play a game that is in HD, Soul Calibur, Freedom Fighters, etc.

 

actually forget what I said, SC2 is appearing correctly, its just that its a 4:3 native game and those black bars are their to stop the image from being stretched. when your watching it in 480P because of the lower resolution you can play it in 4:3 or 16:9 without losing frames as you would with it at a higher RES in widescreen

 

poontang tells lies

 

You wish. When we heading out onto the links? or are you still running scared

 

we got an audit in a month so i workin mon-fri mostly till then,but when i off in week we do boughton or as you mention links i better show you westgate WARNING smaller greens precision needed!