slight concern wity my HDTV

I have a 19inch samsung HDTV and i use my xbox 360 with it via component cable, and it kind of looks like theres patches of light on the screen and its mainly noticable in dark areas in games. Ive only had my tv for about 2 weeks now. BTW i dont leave my games on pause a lot so i know its not that

any advice?

its not a serious problem but its slightly annoying

I have seen quite a few issues like this with Samsung HDTVs over the past few years, especially CRT sets. I believe it has something to do with the way thier tv's handle a component signal. (Probably using poor quality parts)

I had some wierd ghosting/interference on my Samsung HDTV over component, but after I switched over to HDMI it went away completely. Not only that but I get vastly increased picture quality over the HDMI cable as well. I have talked to a couple of other Samsung owners who have said the same thing. If you can, try to use whatever digital signal your TV accepts. (DVI/HDMI)Nine times out of ten you will remove the interference.

Thanks for your help, My tv has ports for HDMI, VGA and DVI. I cant really find DVI cable for the box 360 but i could get either HD VGA or HDMI. If i was to stop using conponent, should i use HD VGA or HDMI?

Thanks for your help, My tv has ports for HDMI, VGA and DVI. I cant really find DVI cable for the box 360 but i could get either HD VGA or HDMI. If i was to stop using conponent, should i use HD VGA or HDMI?

Chris_53

I use VGA with my HDTV and it looks a lot better than the component cables do, the picture is much clearer...but every TV is different. I have HDMI inputs on my TV but my older 360 doesn't have HDMI output or else I would most likely use HDMI.

But using a different input is not going to get rid of backlight bleed, my TV has the "white glow" around the edges on both component & VGA with my 360, as well as when I'm watching movies or tv, this is a con of LCD's, the higher quality LCDs don't have it but the more budget priced lower quality LCDs usually have the white glow around the edges in dark images. The saying "you get what you pay for" definitely applies to LCDs.

I'm actually considering returning my 26" HDTV and getting a nice high quality 22 inch widescreen monitor that doesn't have backlight bleed and a better response time...b/c I only use my TV for my 360 anyway. Hope this helps!!

Thanks for your help, My tv has ports for HDMI, VGA and DVI. I cant really find DVI cable for the box 360 but i could get either HD VGA or HDMI. If i was to stop using conponent, should i use HD VGA or HDMI?Chris_53

Personally, I would avoid VGA if possible. It may well work out perfectly for some people, but the truth is that VGA as far as the 360 is concerned (just like component cables), is still analog. To get the very best quality you can get you want to keep your signal from being converted in any way whatsoever. An X360 with a HDMI port is outputting a purely digital signal. If you run that signal over HDMI or DVI to a digital input on your tv, you are keeping it as pristine as possible.

Using a VGA cable is forcing the 360 to convert that signal to analog, then the tv to convert it back to digital. This is the reason you cannot watch HD-DVDs @1080p over anything but HDMI cabling. It has to maintain it's purely digital signal to work with digital rights protection.

Beyond that, the analog signal may well be what the problem is to begin with. I have a 27" Samsung CRT HDTV. If I try to run any signals to it (above 480p) on an analog source, I get interference and a tremendous loss of picture quality. Using HDMI cables removes the issues for me. Granted, my problem is a low end TV, and many high end units may well not see a single difference between a component/VGA or HDMI; it all depends on the TV.

As far as the cables go HDMI and DVI are the same exact thing apart from HDMI including an audio signal. (WHich just complicates things if you have a SS reciever). If your TV accepts HDMI and you have a free port, use that, it's less adaptors you need. If your already using the HDMI port for something else, get a HDMI to DVI cable, or a standard HDMI cable and a DVI adaptor and then you can use the DVI port on the TV as well. My TV only Accepts DVI, so I use a HDMI to DVI cable from the xbox to the TV.

By the way, I'm not saying for certain that this will make your picture issues go away, just that it did for me.

my 360 has HDMI output and my tv also has HDMI and DVI input. Chris_53

Then your answer is this:

Buy a decent HDMI cable (Not too cheap or expensive) and use that with the 360. That should fix the problem and make the visual quality better!