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Originally Posted by guyver2077 hd dvd will look fine... dvd's will only be at 480p though

how do my DVDs becomes upscaled? VGA? if so, what do I have to do with the VGA cable?

Originally Posted by pop311 how do my DVDs becomes upscaled? VGA? if so, what do I have to do with the VGA cable?

You don't have to do anything with the VGA cable but plug it in. Set the resolution in the system blade, and when you play a DVD it will upscale to that resolution.

Originally Posted by thrustbucket You don't have to do anything with the VGA cable but plug it in. Set the resolution in the system blade, and when you play a DVD it will upscale to that resolution.

What if my TV doesn't have a VGA plug in, but only a "PC" pin plug-in. What is "PC", and where can I buy a converter?

Originally Posted by pop311 What if my TV doesn't have a VGA plug in, but only a "PC" pin plug-in. What is "PC", and where can I buy a converter?

I have no idea what that is, does it look like a VGA connector? You will probably have to try it and see. I don't think you can use a converter on the VGA plug to convert to anything.

Originally Posted by thrustbucket I have no idea what that is, does it look like a VGA connector? You will probably have to try it and see. I don't think you can use a converter on the VGA plug to convert to anything.

It's a WUXGA connection. Is there any VGA to WUXGA adapter?

Originally Posted by thrustbucket I have no idea what that is, does it look like a VGA connector? You will probably have to try it and see. I don't think you can use a converter on the VGA plug to convert to anything.

My VGA port on the back of my Samsung DLP says "PC"

Here is my HDTV. Scroll down and click on Other, then PC connection. Say WUXGA

That's VGA. WUXGA is just a type of screen that you see mostly on laptops and some TVs. It stands for Widescreen Ultra Extended Graphics Array. If you go shopping for laptops, you'll see that along with UXGA screens which are similar with the exception of not displaying in widescreen.

Which TV's are you all using that support 1080p over VGA?

Originally Posted by TC Which TV's are you all using that support 1080p over VGA?

Samsung HLS6188W here

Setup:

Westinghouse LVM-42W2 (42" LCD 1080p)
XBOX 360
VGA Cable


I'm considering getting the HDDVD add on, mainly to use as an upconverting DVD player. Does this make any sense to you? I looked at other upconverting players like the oppo, but getting the hddvd functionality and a free movie for less money appeals to me.

I guess my main question is: How does the HD DVD player compare to other upconverting dvd players for upconverting standard DVDs? I've invested quite a bit in my dvd collection (over 900) and I'd probably pick up HDDVDs on sale or used at places like gamestop.

Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by aw004g Setup: Westinghouse LVM-42W2 (42" LCD 1080p) XBOX 360 VGA Cable I'm considering getting the HDDVD add on, mainly to use as an upconverting DVD player.

Then you'd be wasting your money. This has been covered in depth here. But a quick recap:

The HD DVD add-on does absolutely nothing extra EXCEPT play HD DVD's. If you want your 360 to be an upconverting DVD player, all you need is the VGA cable, and to set a higher resolution in your system blade. That's it.

If all you want is to play DVD's, spending $200 on the add-on will really accomplish nothing, except save the wear and tear on your Xbox DVD ROM.

Originally Posted by thrustbucket ...the add-on will really accomplish nothing, except save the wear and tear on your Xbox DVD ROM.

Quite a worthwhile thing in my case. Well worth the extra money for me, though in my case, I also have a few HD-DVDs to run on it. I'm just not quite ready to go out and rebuy my whole collection in HD (what's available, anyway).

I know this is totally off-topic, but I didn't want to start a new thread, and was curious if anyone out there knows anything about this HD-DVD vs HBOHD aspect ratio thing I recently blogged about:
http://www.urbanhonking.com/sosodeep..._vs_hddvd.html

What's the deal on auto-resume function for HD-DVDs in the player? It seems with King Kong, every time I pause (either with the actual button or the HD-DVD control) or press stop once, the movie never picks up where I last left off after I shut down the console. With DVDs they resume just fine where I last left off.

Originally Posted by SteveMcQ What's the deal on auto-resume function for HD-DVDs in the player? It seems with King Kong, every time I pause (either with the actual button or the HD-DVD control) or press stop once, the movie never picks up where I last left off after I shut down the console. With DVDs they resume just fine where I last left off.

Auto-resume, funny enough, is a feature that has to be implicitly added as an 'advanced feature' by the studio authoring the disk. For some reason, most HD DVD's don't contain this feature. But that is why there is around 200 megs of flashram in the drive itself.

You can get around this by pressing the B button just before you want to shut it off or stop it, which sets a bookmark.

for people with 1080i not 1080p how does the picture look is it worth buying?

Originally Posted by thrustbucket Auto-resume, funny enough, is a feature that has to be implicitly added as an 'advanced feature' by the studio authoring the disk. For some reason, most HD DVD's don't contain this feature. But that is why there is around 200 megs of flashram in the drive itself. You can get around this by pressing the B button just before you want to shut it off or stop it, which sets a bookmark.

Wow, that's kinda backwards. It seems like a very simple function. Thanks for reminding me about the bookmarking function. So are these bookmarks saved to the HDD as well? I noticed you said flashram, but on my memory settings in the dashboard, the HD-DVD shows up and there's two "Unknown HD-DVD" titles showing as taking up some memory.

Originally Posted by SteveMcQ Wow, that's kinda backwards. It seems like a very simple function. Thanks for reminding me about the bookmarking function. So are these bookmarks saved to the HDD as well? I noticed you said flashram, but on my memory settings in the dashboard, the HD-DVD shows up and there's two "Unknown HD-DVD" titles showing as taking up some memory.

In certain places in the dashboard you can see th HD DVD drive showing up as another memory device that has something like 198 megs of ram. This is on the drive itself and that's where your bookmarks are saved. The "unknown" titles showing up in memory are most likely bookmarks.

Originally Posted by dragyynvessyl I know this is totally off-topic, but I didn't want to start a new thread, and was curious if anyone out there knows anything about this HD-DVD vs HBOHD aspect ratio thing I recently blogged about: http://www.urbanhonking.com/sosodeep..._vs_hddvd.html

I checked out the above link, don't waste your time. The comparison blows. I just watched King Kong on HBOHD and my 360. I was using the same if not similar Sony set and the difference is much closer. The HDDVD picture could depend on so many aspects. His HDPlayer picture is straight blurry. That is a problem somewhere, not anything he should compare to say the least