23' ASUS monitor

I have it all hooked up, set at 'expanded' and 720p (1080p is optional).

Mainly bought it for the 360, but use it for the computer,... One thing I've noticed though, is how BAD console graphics are. Call of Duty isn't too bad, but any other game is almost unbearable with the lack of AA... It's really annoying.

Bad Company 2 is my favorite game, I used to play it on 480p, but now it's ghastly. You can see everything now, for the worse! No AA, horrible processing, etc...

I'm kind of disappointed! I thought HD was supposed to make the games look better, not worse... Anyone else? Maybe my computer has spoiled me, but still, it's hard to look at - I had no idea it looked this bad all along.

I have it all hooked up, set at 'expanded' and 720p (1080p is optional).

Mainly bought it for the 360, but use it for the computer,... One thing I've noticed though, is how BAD console graphics are. Call of Duty isn't too bad, but any other game is almost unbearable with the lack of AA... It's really annoying.

Bad Company 2 is my favorite game, I used to play it on 480p, but now it's ghastly. You can see everything now, for the worse! No AA, horrible processing, etc...

I'm kind of disappointed! I thought HD was supposed to make the games look better, not worse... Anyone else? Maybe my computer has spoiled me, but still, it's hard to look at - I had no idea it looked this bad all along.

drummerboy91

Console graphics suck, you've finally seen how bad they really are. HD only means a higher resolution/more pixels and more pixels means more clarity and depth (depending on how far away you sit.) Some games do upscale better than others though. Consoles don't have the power to pump out 1080p while still having "this gen" visuals. To truly see how great 1080p looks, get a gaming PC. It's the only thing besides Blu-Ray that shows how awesome 1080p is. With fixed pixel displays (Any flat panel,) the image looks "washed out" when all pixels aren't filled and the monitor has to do the work filling them in.

Examples: Bad Company 2 PC > Bad Company 2 360/PS3. Some comparisons say they're equal even at PC's max settings...but that cannot be further from the truth. I played both versions and own the PC version and consoles can't touch it. Same goes for CoD. Black Ops looks a pretty good amount ahead on PC than 360 (and doesn't even require a beast computer to run.)

That is one huge monitor... the graphics look terrible because you're too close. :-P

That is one huge monitor... the graphics look terrible because you're too close. :-P

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This is also true.

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I have it all hooked up, set at 'expanded' and 720p (1080p is optional).

Mainly bought it for the 360, but use it for the computer,... One thing I've noticed though, is how BAD console graphics are. Call of Duty isn't too bad, but any other game is almost unbearable with the lack of AA... It's really annoying.

Bad Company 2 is my favorite game, I used to play it on 480p, but now it's ghastly. You can see everything now, for the worse! No AA, horrible processing, etc...

I'm kind of disappointed! I thought HD was supposed to make the games look better, not worse... Anyone else? Maybe my computer has spoiled me, but still, it's hard to look at - I had no idea it looked this bad all along.

ChubbyGuy40

Console graphics suck, you've finally seen how bad they really are. HD only means a higher resolution/more pixels and more pixels means more clarity and depth (depending on how far away you sit.) Some games do upscale better than others though. Consoles don't have the power to pump out 1080p while still having "this gen" visuals. To truly see how great 1080p looks, get a gaming PC. It's the only thing besides Blu-Ray that shows how awesome 1080p is. With fixed pixel displays (Any flat panel,) the image looks "washed out" when all pixels aren't filled and the monitor has to do the work filling them in.

Examples: Bad Company 2 PC > Bad Company 2 360/PS3. Some comparisons say they're equal even at PC's max settings...but that cannot be further from the truth. I played both versions and own the PC version and consoles can't touch it. Same goes for CoD. Black Ops looks a pretty good amount ahead on PC than 360 (and doesn't even require a beast computer to run.)

Well I always knew console graphics sucked, I just never knew it was THIS bad.drummerboy91

It's alright. A gaming PC session with Crysis modded at 1080p will help you get over the realization of terribad console visuals.

JK JK...to a certain extent. :P Console visuals technically are vastly overrated. PC has GPUs that are more powerful than the whole console itself. We also have resolutions that are so high it'll even make 1080p games look bad :D

I have it all hooked up, set at 'expanded' and 720p (1080p is optional).

Mainly bought it for the 360, but use it for the computer,... One thing I've noticed though, is how BAD console graphics are. Call of Duty isn't too bad, but any other game is almost unbearable with the lack of AA... It's really annoying.

Bad Company 2 is my favorite game, I used to play it on 480p, but now it's ghastly. You can see everything now, for the worse! No AA, horrible processing, etc...

I'm kind of disappointed! I thought HD was supposed to make the games look better, not worse... Anyone else? Maybe my computer has spoiled me, but still, it's hard to look at - I had no idea it looked this bad all along.

drummerboy91

Lol at these PC fanboys and their lack of common sense is just mind boggling:lol:

Have you properly configured your console's display and other settings to automatically detect the best resolution possible (720p, 1080p)?

Are you using HDMI cables?

Why do you have the picture set to expanded? Your stretching and distorting the picture. Keep the picture set to normal 16:9.

I have my PS3 and Xbox hooked up to a 24' LCD 1080p (via HDMI 1.4) monitor and each game I play looks amazing!

Adamantium4k2

You and your stupidity is mind boggling. PC fanboys and their lack of common sense? I feel like I missed something here.

Games like Reach aren't natively 1080p and scaling helps little to none. He's outputing the game at 720p and having the monitor scale it. If you don't match the native resolution on a fixed pixel display such as LCDs, LED-LCDs, plasmas, ect, it looks bad. That goes for any type of display actually. On a 1080p monitor like his, if you fed it 720p sources the screen turns out to be very small and doesn't fill the whole screen. Not our fault PCs can do far better visuals at higher resolutions and frame rates.

Oh, and HDMI 1.4a does nothing for picture quality. All it adds is Ethernet over HDMI, more bandwidth for proper 1080p 3D, and some others but it does not improve picture quality. If you're saying your monitor has HDMI 1.4a inputs you're lying. No monitor currently out supports it.