well, there goes my hopes and dreams...
i've read all the news reports on the Spring update and there is absolutely no mention whatsoever about the black level fix...

only thing they're craping about so much is the stupid proxy messenger service...

way to go micro$oft

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Added on April 10, 2007, 5:00 pmUpdate:

Surprisingly, it IS being implemented. Just that it's discreet.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread....&&#post10236050

This post has been edited by Gurdian: Apr 10 2007, 05:00 PM

If it's true than I'm going to be VERY happy.

MP4 confirmed is good news indeed, but how about divx/xvid?
I hope avi, mkv and ogg containers will be playable. At the very least, I want avi to be playable.

I'm sick of waiting hours re-encoding videos just to watch it on my HDTV.

^ urmm..... www.orb.com? and a high end pc

That 'high-end PC' is something I don't have. Unfortunately.

well this is my PC's specs. i think its average.

3.2 Ghz Processor,
768MB RAM
WinFast A6600LE Nvidea Graphics card

Yeah i think my pc has the lowest spec as well. I think it is as it is as the default specs. Havent been upgrading.

The spring update is around end of May and yeah, I do hope that the update will solve the black level issues via the VGA. I connected my expect to my Philips CRT monitor via VGA (sometimes I play games in my room), the colour is a little washed out compared to connecting it via component video to my Bravia. Most of my friends face the same problem. That's a big letdown I guess. They should allow us to tweak the contrast and black levels via the dashboard. Hope the spring update will address this issue and hopefully with added backward compatible titles. Really sad that most of my old XBOX titles can't be played on my XBOX 360....... Sigh ....... and they're originals........

^

It's actually on May 7th, not on the end of May.

hi all,

i'm having an acer AL1916W. And of course i do have the same pale-looking colors when i play my 360 on it. All i could do for now is to crank up the contrast and brightness each time im on the 360 and readjust when i use my PC. it's troublesome but it helps a lot, considering the "improvement" comes at no cost at all.

But like all of u i do yearn for better colors and details. erm, would changing to a better LCD monitor help at all? It seems that the problem now is with the IRE black levels. are there any monitors out there that have got the same black levels as the 360?

Hear from u guys soon. lotsa thanks.

Eh, I've been using a LCD monitor all this while and never noticed any washed-out colours. Maybe it's just me.

hope the update wont kill numbers of x360 like last year's stupid darn fishing autumn update that killed my x360.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070409/wr_nm/...ft_messaging_dc

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. has announced the launch of Windows Live Messenger on
Xbox 360, connecting people across Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft Windows-based PCs and Windows Mobile-powered devices.

With this update to Xbox 360, people can connect and chat directly from their television using Windows Live Messenger, a network of more than 20 billion relationships and more than 260 million active accounts.

Beginning the week of May 7, the Xbox 360 spring update will provide Xbox 360 owners worldwide with access to Windows Live Messenger features, broadening the communication options on the Xbox LIVE social network.

Haiz..

There's an obscene amount of katak di bawah tempurung in LY.net man...

Thread merged.

My Dell faced the same problem. All colors looks washed out when I first connect it to the the 360.

However, on the Dell, there's the service menu where you can adjust all the levels manually. After some tweaking, the picture looks awesome.

Maybe you can try and find ways to access the service menu for your monitor?

Another 23 days till the update!

Hmm... I tried to scavenge some more info regarding the video playback for the spring update. No place better to get it than from Doom9 forums.

It seems that *.avi containers aren't supported after all.

Only WMV, ASF and MP4. (Possible MPG, too).

No AC3 support, either and it seems that MKV is a low priority for future updates.

I was stupid to get my hopes up.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=118403&page=5

I have suspected it from day1 brother.

haha... isn't it got some one said already...
Don give so many hopes on it...