Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: Can XBMC upscale videos?
Thinking of running XBMC via component cables to a 720p LCD HDTV.
I've seen that the XBMC options allow you to set the screen to 720p but what does that do to videos? Does the xbox switch back to SD when a video starts or can it upscale?
I'm concerned because from what i've read, playing straight Divx videos to an LCD TV will look pretty bad
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:49 pm Post subject:
No man it wont scale up the video just play it back in the same format it was made in.
I run flix on my 52 inc lcd all the time in avi and thay look real good to me man.
marcosdjcm Xbox-HQ Experienced
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject:
damn, this is hard to choose
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject:
Look at it this way man if your useing it to play media go with the dash that has it in its name.
marcosdjcm Xbox-HQ Experienced
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject:
oh the xbox isnt the problem, just trying to find a TV that does a good job of compressed divx picture
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject:
Oh i dont know about that one, i got a 52 inc lcd that seems to run divx just fine.
marcosdjcm Xbox-HQ Experienced
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject:
yeah its hard to gauge from user opinions since LCD has gotten so popular a lot of people dont notice problems with the picture until it is directly compared to something better. But if you dont see any problems with the picture then its a good buy
but i cant take a gamble on my screen
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject:
Well good luck finding what you seek man.
marcosdjcm Xbox-HQ Experienced
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject:
Ended up getting the Panasonic TH37PX70 Plasma, dont have the 360 yet but should look good.
I But i have heard from another source that the original xbox does upscale over component
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject:
If you got a link to that info i wold love to read up on that man.
marcosdjcm Xbox-HQ Experienced
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject:
here is the quote:
Marcos wrote:
sounds too good to be true :eek3:
So a 640x480 AVI will get upscaled by the xbox to 720P via component cables?
[quote="Vatoloco"]
Yes.
from a private forum, the info bar shows that XBMC upscales the original video resolution to 720P output via component
cant wait to see the results
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wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject:
You pic did not upload but i get whare its going.
I never play DVDs on my xbox so it wont help me but it is a nice little addon.
Thanks for keeping me updated.
forahobby Administrator
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:27 am Post subject:
I got a huge plasma and i would suggest running 720 over 480 anyday for viewing your divx/xvid movies. Even though it doesnt upscale it does make them look much nicer..
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