Xbox on my TFT monitor

[[Slip]]

Hi all

I wanna get my Xbox playing thru my TFT so I thought I'd get a proper XGA box so I can get some high res gaming action on my TFT

Got the box
XGA / TFT Convertor

but when I plug it in to the monitor the monitor turns itself off and on like it can't cope with the res. occasionally I get a picture thats either black and white or sometimes in colour, but then when I choose a menu option the monitor goes to off again
Pain in the ar**!

The monitor is a 19" Samsung Syncmaster 191T so it's not a cheap jobbie.

Have I bought the wrong convertor or expecting too much from my monitor / xbox?

are there any settings on the xbox I should be looking at?

Cheers for any help

S

[funy]

your tft will have a native resolution and on a 19" thats probably about 1280x1024+. And you can usually use resolution or two bellow that like 1024x768.

TV res is like 752x582 and your tft cant support it becuase its too low. plug in a crt and it would probably work. So unless you can get the xbox to display in a higher res you wont be able to use it

[[Slip]]

ah cool sounds plausable, hadn't thought of thatt, cheers!

Should be getting my chip this week so I'll try it when I got access to the higher res's unless I can do it on an unmodified one ?

[funy]

you cant change the resolution on your xbox , apart from between pal and ntsc, and even then i dont think it'll work.

[kracken]

[slip] : u got any specs on yur adapter and/or the tft screen ? ie resolutions they support , including horizontal and vertical sync frequencies (KHz) the monitor supports

[[Slip]]

Well the instruction manual is brief to say the least!

The only reference to Output has the following:
- VGA OUT
- Single Scan rate output up to 65Hz

The monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 191T

1,280 x 1,024 native resolution, 0.294 mm dot pitch
Analog and digital DVI-D inputs
750:1 contrast ratio, 250 nits brightness
170 degree viewing angles

I thought TFTs didn't "really" have refresh rates but anyway it does upto 75Hz at 1280 x 1024 as thats what I run it at