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an LCD that has HD capability but isn't a TV? I dont want a huge great screen HDTV, a 19" monitor that can do HD displays is exactly what I need but don't know if such a thing exists?

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Hi mate thanks for the reply, yes its for the 360. I just bought a 32" HDTV but I got appalling reception on it even on Freeview even though everyone else raves about the model I got on the avforums so I took it back. Apparently a CRT will look good even with a poor aerial reception but plug that same poor reception into an HDTV and then it will look appalling. So apparently it wasn't the set but my aerial/reception that was causing lots of pixelation on the set. This has put me off getting another HDTV as my CRT has an excellent picture even though its a cheapo model so only really need HD for the 360 and thought about getting just a new monitor for my PC.

So are all LCD monitors going to give equivalent quality as an HDTV with a 360 plugged in? If I pick a monitor that can do 1360x768 (which is what the HDTV could do) does that mean it will look exactly the same as on the HDTV?

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I already have a 15" lcd but it only supports 1024x768. I take it this wont look as good as a monitor that does 1360x768?

Are there any monitors you recomend, as cheap as possbile really as the HDTV was only £380

I can't wait to get this finally sorted as I have had the 360 over a week now and hardly touched it as I want to play it on a decent screen and not on the CRT

Oh and also should it be a widescreen LCD to match the TV's or will a normal LCD do?

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Thanks Mogsi. Can you get those vga cables in a shop anywhere as I am tempted to go to PC World right now and get one of those monitors as i'm working from home today Then it will be 360 testing time and finally get the thing on line and play it

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Thanks, turns out none of the PC World's in my area have them in stock

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I got the Acoustic Solutions 32" from Argos. It seems i'm the only one on avforums though who found it poor so I guess it must be my aerial. The monitor will be a much better solution for me as it means the Mrs can watch telly and not give me an ear bending if I want to play 360

Which one of these two is best?

PC World: Cheap ADVENT TFT Monitors - ADVENT X19TV Flat Screen TFT Monitor

PC World: Cheap AOC TFT Monitors - AOC 193W/S Flat Screen TFT Monitor

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Well my Freeview on the CRT seems fine but we do have an aerial in the loft instead of externally and we also live in a great bloody dip so perhaps the signal isn't strong enough for HDTV's.

Cheers Mogsi, will do but tempted with the one that has the built in TV tuner as this means I can watch Champions League footie and leave the Mrs to watch her programmes in peace

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Lol having given your lot a 3-0 thrashing we should make it through

Got that Advent monitor as it looked very nice in store, nearly went for an HP 20" but checked the specs and it was 25ms response time

Can't set it up yet though and comment on it until my youngest is in bed so will have to wait till later.

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Well got the monitor all working and on the PC is stunning at 1440x900. On 360 i'm having problems though, can't get it to display at 1360x768, only 1200x1024 although it still looks good. I set the 360 to 1360x768 but then the monitor will only output at 1024x768. I put it to 1200x1024 and it dispalys that fine.

Biggest issue is no sound. I am using the Xbox 360 vga cable but the only place to plug the audio leads into are the rgb sockets on the side of the screen, well those are only used for the av channel of the TV, not the monitor Don't know how I am supposed to get that to work If thereis no way to get it owrking I will have to take the bloody thing back.

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Thanks Mogsi, which method do you use for your connection to a monitor?

lol Dunk I may be eating my words by about 10pm tonight though.

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Very nice. I will have to find a set of speakers that have that type of audio connection on them or get the sockets that will allow me to connect into the back of the monitor. Off to check Maplins website.

Also what res on your monitor do you get your 360 to play at? I can only get mine to show 1200x1024. Is this down noticeably on quality from true HD?

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OK so would I be bettewr off doing that instead of 1200x1024? Also thanks for those links, called Maplins and got the bits I need, well the rca phone to 3.5mm jack. I will need to look about to find speakers with rca phono sockets on as they all seem to have 3.5mm sockets on as standard.

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Ah ok so it could in future support better res, never thought about MS updates for the 360

I have it set as widescreen but the monitor wont display at 1360x768 whjen setting the 360 as that, it scales down to 1024x768.

I will try the 1280x720 and see what happens.

Also the monitor has only one vga socket on the back for inputs is there any adapter on the market that allows you to have two inputs that are switchable? Could use a kvm switch I guess but would rather just have an adapter on the vga port if one exists? At the moment I have to swap the pc and 360 vga cables over depending which one I want to use.

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Found this so far VGA Monitor Manual Switch Box, 2-port: $12.95 not exactly small/hi tech!

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Cheers Mogsi. I think I have one of those old switches in my loft somewhere but I also went to see our Hardware team and they 'lent' me an old kvm/vga Belkin switch that has a button switch on it so don't need to worry about keyboard and mouse connections to swap the input Going to try this when I get in. I just can't wait until everything is finally setup and I can use the 360