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Unable to use highest resolution on my Monitor while playing Xbox 360 games!

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  • Video Games
  • HDMI
  • Xbox 360
  • VGA
  • HDMI to VGA
  • LG Flatron L177WSB
  • Games
  • Resolution
  • Monitors
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April 17, 2014 1:38:45 AM

Hi. I have an LG Flatron L177WSB monitor. Have been using it since many years and I recently purchased an Xbox 360 Slim. I have a HDTV: Sony Bravia. Obviously like everybody I too want to play Xbox games in HD but the TV is too big! So instead I play 'em (AC4/GTA5) on my monitor using HDMI to VGA converter (3rd party). The maximum resolution of my monitor is 1440x900, but My Xbox 360 Slim shows only upto 1280x720 resolution! I get no option for 1440x900! When checked regarding it's resolution on LG's site, it says: 1440x990. But I am not getting that option! Why? The games look great on HDTV and good on monitor, but I want to play em on the highest resolution. But I can't! Please help me out!

Thanks in Advance.

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April 17, 2014 2:14:28 AM

As far as I'm aware, an HDMI cable will only support resolutions of 720p, 1080i and 1080p. Bizarre as it may seem, HDMI won't support any in-between resolution.

If you used a VGA cable directly from the Xbox rather than through an adapter, you should be able to access the full suite of resolutions, including 1440x900.
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April 17, 2014 2:22:18 AM

Xbox 360 games only run at a maximum of 720p anyway, anything higher is just upscaled and looks awful.
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April 17, 2014 3:22:23 AM

As previously stated the Xbox, like the PS3, Xbox 1 and PS4 only run at 720P. Consoles are not the best for HD gameplay. If you were somehow able to up the resolution it would be a slightly pixelated mess as the Xbox was made in 720p for 720p
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