HDMI...looks a bit off...

So anyways I'm running my Xbox 360 into a Sony Bravia 37" 720p. I downloaded the FFXIII trailer and Gears of War trailer and almost 40% of the time I get these box like images that appear. They're aren't tiny or real huge but I can notice them. Anyways when I downloaded the Star Wars Force Unleashed featurettes I noticed a lot of screen graining...like a lot.

My question is, is this just something with videos or is something wrong on my end?

P.S. HDMI looks fine for games, although sometimes Gears 1 cutscenes have that 'box-like' effect.

Thanks!

did you try changing the reference levels? I dont know whether it'll work but its worth a try.

Are you sure the TV is set to the correct display? If the TV is a 720p set, make sure its set to 720p.NOD_Grindking

What exactly do you mean by "Box Like"NOD_Grindking

Is This:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overscan

What your talking about?

Is This:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overscan

What your talking about?

Is This:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overscan

What your talking about?

You're talking about pixellation. Nothing you can do about that dude; that's just the way the video was encoded.elektrixxx

and as far as the Gears video, thats probably just sloppy encoding...that is a pretty rare occurance

Is This:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overscan

What your talking about?

[QUOTE="elektrixxx"]You're talking about pixellation. Nothing you can do about that dude; that's just the way the video was encoded.NOD_Grindking

You're talking about pixellation. Nothing you can do about that dude; that's just the way the video was encoded.elektrixxx

Read my above post CTU... p.s. A Raptor fan? Do you live in Toronto.... I feel sorry for us fans right now, uggh :S:S:SNOD_Grindking

As far as the Gears video, is it small squares, like the described pixelation, or it it larger square boxes? Honestly I have found that when you switch over to HDMI and High Definition in General, the PQ is amazing, but if there is some sort of problem, its more noticeable. Thats why SDTV looks so garbage on an HD display.

Also, just using the process of elimination....if it only happens during the videos in Gears, than its most likely a problem with the encoding of the video, and not your display, cable, or 360. Otherwise it would show up during gameplay

As far as the Gears video, is it small squares, like the described pixelation, or it it larger square boxes? Honestly I have found that when you switch over to HDMI and High Definition in General, the PQ is amazing, but if there is some sort of problem, its more noticeable. Thats why SDTV looks so garbage on an HD display.NOD_Grindking

One last thing: Whats the Gears disc quality like? The only time I have ever had problems is if the disc is dirty, the laser has a quick second where it loses it, and thats when you get distortionNOD_Grindking