I just dropped $400 on a LG 32ld350 and wanted to see how the PS2 looks in widescreen. The disc in the console was a japanese import of fu'un super combo so I checked it out. after the start up screen and menu it went into the character select screen and it went black and displayed "Invalid video format" while still outputing audio.

It seems like a 50hz/ 60hz issue I don't know what hz each component is but I'm in Australia and the TV or PS2 could be 50hz. I assume the NTSC-J game is 60hz. I tried another game that was NTSC-J format ( street fighter 3) and it worked fine.

QUESTION 1, Is there settings somewhere I can use to fix this issue or am I out of luck with games that have feature 60hz parts?

I'm using component cables and am looking at getting a HD Box pro in the future and hoping this may have a feature to address this issue.

QUESTION 2, When I use the HD Box pro and input with VGA and my Xbox360 wants to use VGA is there a splitter or something I can use so I don't have to swap plugs?

Any help is appriciated.