If you rent an HD movie off of live can you watch it in HD via component?

Yes, im pretty sure XBL HD Downloads are 720P so there should be no problems

Yes, im pretty sure XBL HD Downloads are 720P so there should be no problems

I was worried because I know the only way the 360 can upscale regular dvd's or play HD DVDs is through vga.

If you rent an HD movie off of live can you watch it in HD via component?

Just make sure you download the HD version of the movie or video you want to see.

I was worried because I know the only way the 360 can upscale regular dvd's or play HD DVDs is through vga.

you can play hd-dvd's at any resolution over component, except 1080p, and this isn't a limitation of the 360.

I was worried because I know the only way the 360 can upscale regular dvd's or play HD DVDs is through vga.Actually, the only issue is with upscaling standard def DVDs. For legal purposes, SD-DVDs can only be upscaled via HDMI (VGA squeeks in a bit accidentally). Everything else--including downloaded HD material--can be scaled to any other resolution.

I think that the XBL HD movies can be scaled to anything you like over component. I am at least 51% sure on that.

the downloadable Content ( IE HD movies or your favorite tv show in HD) is technically availible in 720p, but they were talking about on engadget the other day how the bitrate is rediculously low, tremendously reducing the quality, the average HD bitrate is like in the 20 MBPS, SD is like 9 or 10 max MBPS, but when they tested the bitrate of this DLC from XBL, they found a bitrate of like 4-5 MBPS, (it may have been slightly higher, but it the bitrate for their own HD content was lower than SD DVDs)

That's great and all, jlo, but what does it have to do with the topic? You also realize that raw bitrate means jack-all without reference to what codecs are being used, right?

That's great and all, jlo, but what does it have to do with the topic? You also realize that raw bitrate means jack-all without reference to what codecs are being used, right?

exactly, wmv9/vc1 is much more efficient than mpeg2

I say use netflix.

Why would you want to upscale a SD DVD via the xbox? Your TV most likely has a better scaler in it anyway.

As for the topic of the thread component works fine for viewing HD content via xbox live marketplace. The quaility is ok.

The HD clips I've downloaded are generally 720p files. My TV is 1080p native so it scales them up a bit.

Looks AWESOME.

To unambiguously answer the original question... If you download the HD (720p) version of a movie off the Xbox Live Marketplace, you can watch it in high definition resolutions over component. There is no down-scaling or resolution limiting based on output applied to movies downloaded in such a fashion.

I understand that you can't display 1080p over component for the HD-DVD add-on but it will display 1080p for vga/pc connection. If you use a xbox-to-vga cable to first get 1080p and then use a vga-component coverter, can you in theory, get 1080p over component?

I understand that you can't display 1080p over component for the HD-DVD add-on but it will display 1080p for vga/pc connection. If you use a xbox-to-vga cable to first get 1080p and then use a vga-component coverter, can you in theory, get 1080p over component?

Yeah, but that's not a real good idea. Decent component to VGA transcoders are pretty hard to come by and/or expensive (though I have one for sale if anyone's interested), and in the end what's the point? Movies output at 1080i can be deinterlaced to real 1080p just fine.

I say use netflix.

I wouldn't since they bailed on HD DVD.

I guess the point is to have the hd-dvd movie be displayed at 1080p native over the component (apparently not legally allowed) but from what you're saying, sounds like the $10 cable to convert the signal back from VGA to component is usually low quality and in the end just having it at 1080i on the component is probably better than 1080p via the xbox-vga and then vga-component trick.

A $10 cable isn't going to convert VGA to component. The cheap cables that you find with VGA on one side and component on the other are for devices that will out put a component signal over their VGA connection, or accept a component signal in throught their VGA connector. Those cables are useless for trying to get component from a VGA port that does not natively support component.

"I wouldn't since they bailed on HD DVD"

Um. *Everyone* bailed on HD-DVD.

Thanks for the clarification on this!

I think you can get hd dvds from netflix til the end of the year. I will buy a few at firesales, but I also have blu ray. I say rent the disk and watch in full 1080P with no compression.

I rent HD-DVD's online from Blockbuster, even though they announced their Blu-ray exclusivity months ago.

"I say rent the disk and watch in full 1080P with no compression."

By "no compression" you of course mean "tons of compression, just not as much as some other options".