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[tahrikmili]

Is it possible? Just out of curiosity, would they give better IQ than a standard non-RGB 21" TV?

 

[radios shipping overview]

If you hooked the Xbox up to the 21" with component cables, then it'd be about the same. If you used S-video or worse, then RGB would definitely work better. I use a 13" 1084 for PS2 and GC games via RGB and it works like a charm, except when games have too much detail on the screen for such a small monitor (MGS3 drove me nuts that way until I switched to my larger TV).

 

[sleeveboy]

The XBOX gives off a really poor RGB signal, particularly when compared to the PS2.

I used to have mine hooked up to a Sony RGB monitor and the quality difference was quite stark. Mine also had some weird issues with showing extremely bright/white color schemes, and would start to flicker. Don't know if Commodore monitors have the same issue, or if this was a problem unique to my monitor.

If it's your only option (and you don't want to use multiple monitors for all your consoles), it's acceptable, but component is better.

 

[tahrikmili]

It's just that I thought RGB had much better IQ than component and I could easily get my hands on a Commodore 1084 RGB monitor (which would also be rather portable..) so I was just wondering if it would be wise to switch from 21" composite to 14" RGB..

 

[thorns]

The XBOX gives off a really poor RGB signal, particularly when compared to the PS2.

I used to have mine hooked up to a Sony RGB monitor and the quality difference was quite stark. Mine also had some weird issues with showing extremely bright/white color schemes, and would start to flicker. Don't know if Commodore monitors have the same issue, or if this was a problem unique to my monitor.

If it's your only option (and you don't want to use multiple monitors for all your consoles), it's acceptable, but component is better.

RGB scart connection is the same thing with component, there is no difference whatsoever as far as I know. I don't know where you get that Xbox RGB signal quality is poor, there is a huge difference between using composite and RGB, at least from my experience..

 

[sleeveboy]

RGB scart connection is the same thing with component, there is no difference whatsoever as far as I know. I don't know where you get that Xbox RGB signal quality is poor, there is a huge difference between using composite and RGB, at least from my experience..

They're not quite the same.

Whereas RGB Scart cables directly pass red, green, and blue color information from the console to the TV/monitor, component cables transmit the information in the form of brightness (Y) and the difference between Red minus brightness (R-Y) and Blue minus the brightness (B-Y). Under most circumstances there's little noticeable IQ difference between the two, but I have noticed a change in my experience with the XBox.

Refer to neogeoman's RGB Primer for more info.

Keep in mind that I never said anything about "composite." RGB is obviously better than composite (hell, just about everything is).

So I wouldn't choose an RGB setup over component for an XBox.