Noogy said:
However, whenever I switch inputs with the monitors controls, when I return to HDMI, the 360 reboots itself. It's as if the monitor is sending out some weird trigger to tell the 360 that the video needs to be reset. As you can imagine, this is incredibly annoying, since I tend to switch inputs to check email during long gaming runs. This only happens using HDMI.
The 360 restarts/powers off if it loses the HDMI signal (since it's digital, it can tell). Nothing to do about it, other than bitch at Microsoft with money and greed remarks.
grap3fruitman said:
So I'm under the impression that everyone with the official cable has the same problem and doesn't want to admit it and post pics because they feel stupid now after making a big deal out of how we supposedly have an inferior product and theirs is superior. Am I correct in that assumption? I see no evidence suggesting otherwise.
Yes, it's all a big plot by Microsoft employees to make you purchase the more expensive cable so they (or probably we) can have better xmas bonuses.
On the other hand, i'd take pictures for you, but my TV doesn't accept signals higher than 720p through VGA and my BenQ 241WV has shitty firmware that will warp and distort 1080p through VGA, so you'll probably say that it's the cable's fault. Also, my 360 is half dead and only stays on the dashboard and playing videos. Any video game will freeze it in 10 seconds.
So yeah, buy the real deal cables and stop with the cheap crap.
Edit: Also, i have a couple cheap VGA extension cables (for when i'm fixing computers and don't want to move monitors around). They create the exact same ghosting, the higher the resolution I go, more ghosting I get. It's obviously cheap cables not properly isolated creating/receiving electrical interference and, thus, ghosting.