drummindefender
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slightly unrelated but i couldnt be bothered to start a new thread-can you play a 360 through surround sound, and if so, whats the best way to go about this? I'll be using a component cable if this helps...
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Matt_B
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You can, you need to take the two audio out cables in the 5 cable component bunch and plug them into the audio in on your DVD player or surround amp. In the end I stopped because a) it was too loud! b) it meant having to turn on the DVD player as well as the Xbox and c) as there are only two cables I believe it is only stereo, even though is uses all the speakers.
I think that there is an optical out on the xbox, which if you are lucky will plug into your DVD player and give true surround, but I don't have one on my DVD player so can't confirm.
Durham Fox
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I'm running mine through the optical but again youd need to check you have one on your 360, not sure if all do.
drummindefender
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if this is a new feature, then once again i doubt mine will
drummindefender
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Ok it does but i need to buy a optical cable. Another question as i don't understand these things, is there any reason why it won't let me play at 1080p? The option is there but when i select it no image appears.
drummindefender
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And as far as i know my tv is up to the task of playing this high a resolution
Durham Fox
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Component doesnt support 1080p, you need to be running through HDMI to get 1080p
Matt_B
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I'm sure we mentioned that earlier
Ben if you don't have an optical cable I'm sure I have one somewhere, let me see if I can dig it out today, but I might have binned it.
drummindefender
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drummindefender
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oh and thanks for the offer matt but i just went out and bought one!
Matt_B
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Hmm it does indeed. In fact I can get mine to do it at 1080p here right now. Wonder why I couldn't before? Do you have the latest Xbox system updates?
drummindefender
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Well when i brought Beatles rockband, it did some update and i now have a different dashboard etc. But it won't let me play at 1080p even though my tv is capable. Odd.
Matt_B
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Can you select 1080p but it won't display, or does it grey out the option?
drummindefender
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you can select the option but when you do it just blacks out.
Matt_B
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That, to me, sounds more like a problem with the TV, do you have the TV set to 100hz mode?
drummindefender
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I have no idea what that means or how i would find out...!
Matt_B
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Some TVs come with a 100hz mode, I'm not sure if the Xbox supports that. Not sure though.
Matt_B
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Some good ideas here Ben http://www.xbox360forum.com/forum/xbox-360-console/82781-tried-go-1080p-now-my-screen-black.html
Have you made sure the cable is switched to HD?
Also sounds a good bet
Have you made sure the cable is switched to HD?
Also sounds a good bet
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