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Shadowman82 · 12-27-2004, 10:42 PM

I was wondering if anyone knew how good the DVD player inside The X-Box is .

How does it fair with the chroma bug and other problems ?

Is it a Progressive Scan ?

RaceTripper · 12-27-2004, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadowman82

I was wondering if anyone knew how good the DVD player inside The X-Box is .

How does it fair with the chroma bug and other problems ?

Is it a Progressive Scan ?

XBox DVD player quality is at the low end of the totem pole. If you have nothing else and want to watch DVDs, then the cost to enable it is cheap. If you already have a DVD player, more than likely it is superior.

Games play at 480p so I assume it is progressive for standard DVDs as well.

Reaver · 12-28-2004, 10:48 AM

Early on MS said that the DVD player would output DVD movies at Progressive Scan levels, but that was later pulled. Games can display that way, but movies are held back to standard. I'm assuming they withdrew the feature out of fear of people buying it only for that purpose and not to play games (games are where they make their money, not hardware). I had also assumed that eventually someone would release a hack for it, but I haven't seen or heard if anyone has.

All that aside, the DVD playback ain't bad, but it also isn't as good as players that cost less. You can get a true progressive scan DVD player for less than $100 easily. Go for that if you're really wanting that level of playback.

KSC2-303 · 12-28-2004, 04:15 PM

Well, I have a modded Xbox. Good thing about that is it can play any region discs and PAL-to-NTSC no problemo.

I use my Xbox as an "internet Tivo". I d/l stuff and watch it on the Xbox. I have a Panny RP-82 as my main DVD player and my Xbox to play the few other region DVDs I have.

As for the progressive scan, it won't do it natively, but can be forced via a hack.

Shadowman82 · 12-28-2004, 10:21 PM

Actually some of JVCs current progressive scan DVD players will also let you watch Pal DVDs but really that feature doesn't do much good as it maybe capable of playing Pal but not Region 2 and most Pal DVDs will obviously be Region 2 .

I wasn't really expecting the X-Box DVD player to be that good , I was just curious really .

12-27-2004, 10:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Shadowman82 Actor Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada	X-Box DVD player I was wondering if anyone knew how good the DVD player inside The X-Box is . How does it fair with the chroma bug and other problems ? Is it a Progressive Scan ?

12-28-2004, 10:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
Reaver Metrosexual in Training Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Beyond the outer rim...	Early on MS said that the DVD player would output DVD movies at Progressive Scan levels, but that was later pulled. Games can display that way, but movies are held back to standard. I'm assuming they withdrew the feature out of fear of people buying it only for that purpose and not to play games (games are where they make their money, not hardware). I had also assumed that eventually someone would release a hack for it, but I haven't seen or heard if anyone has. All that aside, the DVD playback ain't bad, but it also isn't as good as players that cost less. You can get a true progressive scan DVD player for less than $100 easily. Go for that if you're really wanting that level of playback. __________________ My personal website (get updates on my novel) The Dead Robots' Society (a podcast I co-host with other writers on writing)

12-28-2004, 04:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
KSC2-303 Actor Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Georgia	Well, I have a modded Xbox. Good thing about that is it can play any region discs and PAL-to-NTSC no problemo. I use my Xbox as an "internet Tivo". I d/l stuff and watch it on the Xbox. I have a Panny RP-82 as my main DVD player and my Xbox to play the few other region DVDs I have. As for the progressive scan, it won't do it natively, but can be forced via a hack. __________________ My DVD Aficionado list

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12-28-2004, 10:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Shadowman82 Actor Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada	Actually some of JVCs current progressive scan DVD players will also let you watch Pal DVDs but really that feature doesn't do much good as it maybe capable of playing Pal but not Region 2 and most Pal DVDs will obviously be Region 2 . I wasn't really expecting the X-Box DVD player to be that good , I was just curious really .