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Does the Xbox 360 upconvert DVDs to HD?
KalTorak
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Pretty quick question - just wondering if I should be getting an upconverting DVD player with my new HDTV (only 720p) or if the 360's DVD playback upconverts the video. I haven't gotten the 360 yet, so if it depends on the model I should be getting the most recent version (probably a Pro).
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I play DVDs on my 360 all the time, and they look much better than my regular DVD player on the same exact TV. But I don't think it's upconverting it.
I gave up after a few minutes of tinkering and used my PC to play them instead.
You should be able to hit Select, and go to display mode, then change it to whatever.
And I'm one of the contingent that thinks the 360 is a terrible DVD player. Video quality is muddy and noise is accentuated as compared to my 10 year old Sony DVD player. The PS3, by way of comparison, is pretty good.
HD-DVDs on the 360 always looked good, though.
If you want a really good up converting DVD player though, I'm letting my Oppo go (see sig).
As to BD prices, one of Amazon's upcoming Stupidly Low Price Vote Thingies has a Sony BD player for $100 as an option. It's currently trailing by a wide margin to an HDTV offer, but who knows?
Do you wear a tinfoil hat when you leave the house?
Unless yours is one of the first-gen 360s, you're probably fine. Even then, if you have ample ventilation, you're probably fine.
Plus f you do red ring it, you can get a fancy new xbox w/ a HDMI out! Unlike mine
Stupid 360 and lack of HDMI.
(I've never ran a movie on mine)
It's only loud when your playing a game and the drive is running at full speed, when you watch a movie it is much quieter.
I should point out, the 360 will also upscale DVD's through the VGA cable.
As for quality, the colors are more dulled through the 360, but I've noticed more artifacting with the PS3 upscaler.
I take it you've never actually had an RROD happen. I have. Also, quite recently, so has Tycho.
It is/was. I don't know about now, the one I'm using is one MS refurbished after my first RROD.
He didn't say watching DVDs on a 360 instead of playing games on it would make it RROD, he asked why you'd use a 360 for DVDs instead of games when --regardless of whether your activity is gaming or watching movies or looking at your console funny-- the 360 is prone to failure.
360s seem to have a finite lifespan. My launch 360 hasn't failed yet but I'm sure not going to waste whatever precious life it has left by watching DVDs on it when I have a million devices that play DVDs and one device that plays 360 games.
Exactly. I prefer to use it only for what I need it for (playing games) so as to reduce the amount of time the system spends running. So if I could be leaving it off by using a $30 DVD player instead, I'm going to do that. Sure, it's under warranty and all, but being without your console for several weeks is kind of a pain.
That makes me laugh, so much.
@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
Edit:
http://sogamer.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/360rrod/
Note "long term heat of the CPU and GPU". I assume having less heat over time would result in a longer time before you get an RROD.
*shrugs* I've seen way too many of my friends 360s fail to think otherwise. They all worked great --until one day they just didn't.
I dunno, that seems to assume that every 360 will RROD eventually.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2088533,00.asp
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2228134,00.asp
All this being said there is no way in hell I'd play a DVD on mine. My first 360 died of everything except the RRoD and it was the DREs that were the worst until it bricked.