Tuesday came and went, along with it the fall update for the Xbox 360. (I would have downloaded it, but my stubborn younger brother refuses to give me my 360 back.) Microsoft lists “improved deinterlacer support for video playback,” but does this do anything to remedy the 360’s generally shoddy DVD playback?
In a word, no. No it doesn’t.
ExtremeTech points out that the 360 fails HQV tests left and right, including noise reduction and cadence.
I think it’s pretty clear I have no idea what “cadence” is, so rather than risk further embarrassment, why don’t you mosey on over to ExtremeTech to read all nitty-gritty. It’s all very technical and I’m very much a layman when it comes to the higher discussion of video.
Xbox 360–Still a Crummy DVD Player [ExtremeTech via Xbox-Scene]
The HDDVD add-on player sucks even worse. And I honestly can’t think why anyone would want to watch a movie with the X-Box making more noise than the 747’s flying over my house.
i dunno – both have worked well enough for me. but maybe thats because I shed all videophile/audiophile tendencies in the last couple of years as they were causing the “never-happy” syndrome found in most of their members.
To be honest. I always use my 360 as my dvd player on my 60″ plasma screen and I can’t tell a difference between that and my regular HD DVD player! But it would be nice if they did released some sort of update to improve video/audio quality.
I’ve seen claims that DVDs don’t look good before, and I’m wondering what people are talking about. My 360 is my primary media player, DVD, CD, Game or otherwise, and I’ve never experienced anything but 52inches at 1080i. Component cables on a rear-projection look fine, these “performance” scores are bias or bogus.
“these “performance” scores are bias or bogus.”
Unlike expert comments on blogs? :p