Viewsonic poor gaming quality help!

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Hi guys, just thought I'd pop in for some help. I have a VA2431 Viewsonic monitor. It is a 24" widescreen and I use it to play Xbox 360 games, such as Call of Duty, Madden, FIFA, etc. Now, my problem is, I have it sitting on a desk and I sit in my desk chair and play, usually no farther than 3-7 feet. From around 5 feet and closer, I can completely notice the pixels on games such as Madden and other sports games since the camera is panned out most of the time, unlike Call of Duty which is an FPS, which looks better. I use a VGA cable and have the settings set to 1920x1080 HD. How come it doesn't look HD from 5 feet and closer, when zoomed out on sports games ? Please help !

 

[PhilFrisbie]

The XBox does NOT render at 1080, only at up to 720, so you will see the blockiness with some games.

 

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So what do I bring the resolution down to?

 

[ssddx]

Lcds are static resolution. If you run at non native resolutions you could get distortion, or blocking if you use a lower definition source. Running on vga isnt helping as well.

You might be able to improve things a bit by changing sharpness settings on the panel or xbox.

 

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Well, to lower sharpness, you must take it off of native...I'm just confused on why I haven't been able to figure it out for almost 2 years... I mite just switch to HDMI and a bigger monitor if that helps?

 

[PhilFrisbie]

Have you tried setting your Xbox to 1280x720 to see if it is any better?

 

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Didn't change anything... I think it's the size of the screen because games look better as I move back.

 

[PhilFrisbie]

I guess you are just pushing that old Xbox 360 past its capabilities

 

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But it's capable of running HD games, plus it's an elite, so its technically not too inferior to the slim.

 

[PhilFrisbie]

Sure, but HD at only 720, not 1080; that is the problem here.

 

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Well idk cuz I don't see an improvement at 720 or any change but I'll try again.