morning my brother updated the firmware when xbox live asked him before he is going to play GOW, then later, he found out the resolution was lower down as the normal reso is 1280x1024. I mean the in game is like very blur, plus he is using the dell 17inch lcd. Later then i when to console setting and the reso was 1280x1024. While the dashboard seem quite sharp, only when go ingame everything went bad. Then i go take off my hdd then seem no prob with the resolution. Ya, there is another thing, b4 is like widescreen one, means got black bars on the top and bottom. Then now is full-screen. My monitor is normal one.

Are you using a 3rd party VGA cable?

Dont think the problem cause by firmware

Since you mentioned that he only encountered this problem after an update, maybe it has something to do with this.

http://forums.epicgames.com/showpost.php?p...254&postcount=1

can i set the resolution of the xox 360 if using it on TV and not LCD ?? the resolution setting is only for LCD or monitor ?

I'm experiencing the same with my Dell 1905FP, after the update.

Resolution and sharpness reduced significantly since its full screen mode compare to letter box widescreen mode.

yea... same thing with iv'N one. I am using third party cable...

IINM, u can't select resos if using TV. you could only select either 480p, 720p, 1080i, or 1080p (if using fully hd tv).

i am using lcd monitor and it can use 1280x1024 which is in the resolution list... then only when play game the game become full screen but everything became blur like very low resolution..

you will see the reso if you connect a vga cable to a lcd tv or monitor

er.. i connect my 19" monitor without tat problem... by using VGA cable...
i think a lot of ppl also using LCD wat... no problem complains...

is the new firmware prob la.... i am using 17inch non widescreen one... then the new firmware nothing to do go stretch the thing then the graphics look so sucked.... i dunno will affect other game or not. hope not..

all these are depends on the games~. some come with widescreen.. some don't

so some have different reso...

well pls set ur console settings lo... you can choose wide or normal...
i face that problem also at 1st... i do some settings it is ok liao...
jus update my firmware about 2 weeks ago...

Yeap, no problem here. On a LCD as well.

Just make sure you set everything accordingly in the Dashboard like what michael9413 mentioned.

Good luck!

Can 360 concole select 'Hz'? currently i think its 60hz?

AFAIK, it's not possible for you to change the Hz. 50's for PAL, 60's for NTSC.

Nothing wrong with your console or monitor.

Read here:
http://gearsforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=561396

So GOW's the only game affected by this? How come they're not following what's selected on the dashboard?

Hmm... maybe I'm not getting the whole picture here...