Xbox Hd Dvd

I have some hd dvd movies with my xbox hd dvd player, but although the graphics are great it is in letterbox widescreen, which is very annoying. Is there any way to stretch the screen or turn the hd movies into widescreen. Any useful info would be much appriciated.

Thanks

There is no way to do it on the 36T that i know of... but all HD TVs have an option to stretch the image... Look in you TV options.

2008-03-09 23:21:15 by Tazzz

A video unboxing of the Microsoft Xbox 360 HD-DVD.

I have downloaded "HD videos" from the Xbox Live Marketplace and quite frankly I'm not impressed with the "HD" look. So I am wondering if its going to be the same quality that i will get with the Xbox 360's HD DVD player dvd's.

It depends. It won't be exactly the same. In theory, HD DVD can be better quality. HD DVD content is generally 1080p resolution and encoded with high bit-rate VC1. The Live Marketplace "HD" videos are 720p (also encoded using VC1, at a more conservative bitrate) and extremely high in quality. (They really have the best quality of any online video service.) I'm not sure why you wouldn't find the Marketplace HD video impressive. Are you using a modern HDTV display?

The extra resolution of HD DVD will benefit folks with larger 1080 capable HD displays, but 720 and 1080 are both considered true "high definition."

2007-05-20 00:20:49 by Lizzie McVeigh

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ok im thinking about buying a dvd converter to make all my dvds to hd so my question is does this actually work good or is there hardly a difference when i make my dvds to hd or does it make it better but not alot like my question is will it be in good quality hd like the ones on cable etc i have a 780p what ever 700 it is but will it make a big difference or small or whatever and is it worth it to buy one i just dont want to waste money and also does anyone know if the xbox hd dvd player is anygood and will it play the dvds i converted to hd and will my hd dvds look good in 720p

I have the 360 HD add on and the HD-DVDs look great. They should look great on a 720P TV that you have. Any hd movie or show you see on cable satalite ect... is only broadcast in 720p anyway. as far as a dvd converter to hd-dvd, i assume you speaking of an Upconverter?. That wont work in the 360 hd-dvd player. it will play normal dvds but it wont upconvert them to Hd. if you want both you can go to amazon.com and get HD-dvd player and upconverter for about $200
Toshiba HD-A2

2007-09-18 20:07:16 by McDuffz

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Does the XBOX 360 upconvert dvd's to 720p? and if not, does the add on XBOX HD DVD player do it? With HDMI? VGA? i have the 360, but getting an hdtv in the next month and wonder if its worth shelling out 40 bucks to pick up the xbox 360 hd dvd player to upconvert my dvds. Thanks.

Yes and no. It all depends on how you plan to connect your Xbox 360 to your HDTV. Engadget has a simple chat which I copied.

VGA:
* HD DVD - 1080p resolution and all others
* DVD - Upscaled as high as 1080p resolution and all others
* Games - 720p games upscaled to 1080p, also supports native-1080p games in the future

Component:
* HD DVD - 1080i resolution maximum, limited by AACS
* DVD - Upscaled to 480p maximum, limited by CSS
* Games - 720p games upscaled to 1080p, also supports native-1080p games in the future

As you can see, if you will be connecting your Xbox to your TV using VGA cables (not included in standard box) then you can upscale up to 1080p.

However, if you will be connecting your Xbox 360 to your TV via component cables (come in the box) then you can only up convert DVDs to 480p.

This isn't due to technical limitations, but rather copywright limitations. Microsoft doesn't want to get sued so they removed the ability.

Also, the Engadget articles doesn't state this because the article is too old, but HDMI will do full 1080p up convert just like VGA. However, not all Xbox 360's are equipped to accept HDMI and an HDMI cable costs extra.

2008-07-29 15:32:16 by Brian J

ok im thinking about buying a dvd converter to make all my dvds to hd so my question is does this actually work good or is there hardly a difference when i make my dvds to hd or does it make it better but not alot like my question is will it be in good quality hd like the ones on cable etc i have a 780p what ever 700 it is but will it make a big difference or small or whatever and is it worth it to buy one i just dont want to waste money and also does anyone know if the xbox hd dvd player is anygood and will it play the dvds i converted to hd and will my hd dvds look good in 720p

Because of the fact that the dvd's are FILMED in 480i, "Converting" Them (however you planned on doing that) wouldn't make any real difference because of the fact that the pixels simply aren't there to be upgraded to.

2007-09-18 18:54:47 by McDuffz