Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Xbox 360 HD DVD playing at 1080i?

I bought a HD DVD player for my Xbox 360 the other day and promptly bought a HD DVD movie to play on it (with my 1080p TV!).

I was slightly confused as to why it was displaying at 1080i instead of 1080p and I just found out that it's because I am connecting with component cables which can only output HD-DVD to 1080i on my TV. Games are fine at 1080p (more than fine!!) but it looks like I will have to use a VGA cable to connect the 360 to the TV if I want to watch HD-DVD in the super fine 1080p setting.

I found out here

I can't wait to get back home and swap cables!

Monday, May 21, 2007

new games channel on sky!

I have been watching the new channel on sky (291) called Xleague.tv

what a great channel!! they have a program called "the match" where they show team games like gears of war and command and conquer with match commentators who talk you through the games that are being played. The other day, they were showing a Rainbow 6 capture the capsule game and it was great to watch it happen over the shoulder of the different players.

The commentary also helps you find out special areas that are good for camping and defending, great work sky tv!!

see Xleague TV here