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Sorry... now you're really talking about stuff that's beyond me. Perhaps one of the real experts on this forum can help?
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just following on in this thread,
i have the hd av pack and i am getting a really bad picture when using it..
the reds are unbearable and taking over the balcks. i have messed with the setting on my tv but the picture is still horrible..
any ideas? i am using shielded cables, and while the image is no doubt sharper using the hd cable i rekon the picture looks better using pal.
any tips?
could the problem be the shielding in the hd adapter? using the same cables gives a very clear picture when used on my digital tv box.
how is your picture divinewrite? what type of tv do you have and what brand of component cable have you used?
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xr06t
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thanks very much for your reply.
unfortunatly i believe it is the shielding in the adapter itself as the picture gets even worse when both the xbox and stb are plugged in via component.
also dont have anyone i can swap adapters.
i have just upgraded to the latest t3ch build last week and there was no change in the picture.
am going to have to try to find a genuine ms hd av pack i think.
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I've got the same HD AV pack and it's been spot on, I only have the XBox going to my component connection on my HD TV though.
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xr06t
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thanks mate. i have the same adapter as you and divinewrite, and just have it going to my tv also.
i have had a breakthrough though! just cranked the gamma setting in the video menu from 20 to around 45 and it has cleared the picture up heaps for video. still pretty scetchy for games, but they will all soon be played on 360 anyway.
what are other peoples gamma settings? to view the settings when watching a video you push start, go to video settings and it is in there.
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elupus
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it's a lossy setting just so you know. it shouldn't be needed, but if it helps..
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xr06t
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sorry what do you mean lossy?
is it not something that people usually need to cahnge?
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it's a digital setting that will squash some colors together. some colors that on the source had different colors, will when output have the same color. that doesn't mean that it will always look worse.
if you can adjust on your tv-set that would be better.
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xr06t
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a specific example of what i get is when i watch a tv show off my computer and halp the screen is supposed to be black there are big blue blotches through the black.
would this point to dodgy adapter? it doesnt do it when using the oem composite connection. im glad to hear that im not the only one with a bad expierence with it Ghost.