About the 360 hardware failures..

[gekko]

Originally Posted by Bube

But when I run my games in 1080i, I get a duller picture than in 720p- yes, it's sharper, but the colors are duller. I've used my XBox on a 1080p tv before, and I can notice the difference.

And what did you mean by "not getting a higher resolution on the consumer market"?

Resolution: The maximum number of pixels that can be displayed on the screen at any given time. 1920x1080 is the resolution of both 1080i and 1080p. Its the exact same picture. The difference is one only refreshes all odd lines, then all even, while the other refreshes all lines sequentially each time the screen is refreshed.

Is 1080p better? Sure, but marginally. It'll really only be noticed on very fast games. On movies, you would barely notice, and TV is 1080i... well, HD broadcasts are.

As for the colors, beats me. Your TV supports a set number of colors (I believe 24-bit), but the resolution isn't going to magically alter the amount of colors you can display.

I'd recommend you tune your TV. Your settings are very inaccurate by default, especially if you don't have a CRT. CRTs were the original standard, and to date they still are what everything is based off of. The colors used in movies and TV are still set to be the ideal way to view the movie when watched on a CRT monitor. LCDs and Plasmas require proper tuning to get to properly replicate CRT colors.

I'd recommend investing in the Digital Video Essentials disc, and dedicate a couple hours to tweaking the settings on your TV.