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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark W**a" data-source="post: 42825" data-attributes="member: 1196">The tables are:Arabian NightsTheatre of MagicBlack HoleRipleys Believe it or NotBride of PinbotMedieval MadnessCirqus VoiltaireFun HouseMonster BashGorgarDoesn't matter which cable you get.  I use Microsoft's but my friend has a generic one and it's fine.As far as the TV settings, turning that stuff off it's not going to mess with the color or contrast or anything like that.  Also the TV will have different settings for each mode so like, if you set up the Xbox one way it won't effect your TV on HDMI 1, or your Blu Ray on HDMI 2 etc. if you follow what I'm saying.This is my "educated guess" as to why the cable works.  TV sets have post processing effects.  Most TV's have what's called "Game Mode", which basically turns all of these off.  Some TV's don't have game mode, and others game mode doesn't eliminate the lag anyway.  My theory on why VGA seems to bypass all the post processing is because it's an analog signal, though the reason I call it a theory is because this doesn't work with Component cables, which are also an analog signal.  Post processing is different than say, adjusting the contrast, brightness, or color of the TV.  It's an added effect where the TV actually "processes" the image and does it's thing.  So like Dynamic Contrast for instance, makes the image darker and the colors more saturated.  It's a great effect for movies, and since we're talking processing time in the miliseconds, you'd never notice delay when watching a blu ray (which only refreshes at 24 frames per second anyway).  However with games, especially ones that require fast reaction and run at 60 frames per second, you feel even the slightest changes.  2 frames of input lag, that's 1/30th of a second, is enough to piss off most fighting game players, or throw off your pinball game.  Here's an easy test to prove what I'm saying.  Plug you're 360 into you're PC monitor, using you're HDMI cable.  There should be no lag whatsoever.  That's cause monitors don't have all that post processing mumbo jumbo (99% of them anyway).  Same reason I can use HDMI on Asus Monitors we use for our gaming setups, and they don't lag.  Why VGA seems to be this miracle cure for TV lag, like I said I have theories but I simply don't know, and I'm too lazy to really dig into information and find out why.  And I've had arguments with people telling me VGA is old, VGA is "worse" because it's "analog", yet these same people use optical which is also analog.  It's stupid, and like I said I'm not the most technical dude when it comes to knowledge, but I know from real world experience what works and what doesn't, what looks good and what doesn't.  And for "outdated" tech it's kinda funny cause this computer I'm typing on is a Windows 7 machine purchased last year 1080P monitor and look at that, it's hooked in via VGA <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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