Xbox 360 VGA HD Cable

[Scotty]

I know you guys talked about them a fair bit in one of the other threads, im looking to get one so i can have XBL permanently.... So where did you guys get them and did you get any good prices?

[Ty-Land]

You mean the 360 VGA cable right? I got mine at either Target or JB Hifi. I think it was about $45. Should be able to get it at any reputable games dealer, as it is an authentic Microsoft product. Otherwise check out DVD Crave as they sell gaming stuff online and you can pay by direct deposit etc.

[Scotty]

You mean the 360 VGA cable right? I got mine at either Target or JB Hifi. I think it was about $45. Should be able to get it at any reputable games dealer, as it is an authentic Microsoft product. Otherwise check out DVD Crave as they sell gaming stuff online and you can pay by direct deposit etc.

Yeah the 360 one I've edited the thread name now. Ok there sold out EVERYWHERE... There's a few online at gameswarhouse for $50 with shipping, so looks like i'll be getting that...

[-Young Buck-]

I know you guys talked about them a fair bit in one of the other threads, im looking to get one so i can have XBL permanently.... So where did you guys get them and did you get any good prices?

I dont get that, you dont need a VGA cable to have xbox live.

[Scotty]

I know you guys talked about them a fair bit in one of the other threads, im looking to get one so i can have XBL permanently.... So where did you guys get them and did you get any good prices?

I dont get that, you dont need a VGA cable to have xbox live.

Yeah it's kind of complicated. Hang on i'll give you a small diagram of my situation, then explain it in short, as im always explaining this...

[Scotty]

Ok so the Ethernet cable isn't long enough, so i have to put it inbetween the study and the lounge... By doing that, my 360 is practically in front of the front door, with the cord running in front if it...
The Study wall with the computer backs up against my room, so we're gonna drill a small hole through the wall, plug the 360 into my computer with this cable im looking at, then feed the ethernet through the wall, so i'll play it on my Computer in my room (i dont have internet on my pc, so thats why it's so annoying....)...
Make sense?

[-Young Buck-]

Oh i see. You can only have xbl if the 360 is in your room, in which you need the vga cord to hook it up to your pc. I think thats what you mean.

[Scotty]

Oh i see. You can only have xbl if the 360 is in your room, in which you need the vga cord to hook it up to your pc. I think thats what you mean.

Yeah and i haven't got internet in my room, so im gonna drill a hole through the wall which is exactly through to the study and connect the Ethernet cable, i also need a damn router, but hopefully i can find one for like $40

[BigKaboom2]

If your monitor's native resolution is 1280x1024 like mine, you will be annoyed by quite a few games stretching a 1280x720 picture to fill the screen, resulting in tall skinny people in such titles as Live, Skate, and Madden. My copy of Halo 3 will be coming sometime this week and I'm hoping it just shows the letterboxed 1280x720 picture like it's supposed to.

[Scotty]

If your monitor's native resolution is 1280x1024 like mine, you will be annoyed by quite a few games stretching a 1280x720 picture to fill the screen, resulting in tall skinny people in such titles as Live, Skate, and Madden. My copy of Halo 3 will be coming sometime this week and I'm hoping it just shows the letterboxed 1280x720 picture like it's supposed to.

Halo 3 will be the worst...
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/28/halo- ... ers-claim/
http://www.gamerawr.com/2007/09/28/halo ... s-at-640p/

Halo 3 has quickly come under fire for disc-read errors and scratched discs, but now some tech heads on the Beyond 3D forums have found what they believe to be evidence that the quintessential game of Microsoft's 'all games in HD' console runs natively at a paltry 640p -- not 720p, not HD* -- and then upscales.

How did they come to this conclusion, you ask? By counting pixels. (Is this what we've come to as gaming enthusiasts -- measuring a game's visual fidelity with spyglass in hand?) ... Remember when we just played games?

Still, if true, Halo 3 would not be the first Xbox 360 game to compromise resolution for performance. Perfect Dark Zero also runs at 640p, and it's well known that Bizarre Creations dropped Project Gotham Racing 3 even lower, to just 600p, in order to achieve an acceptable frame rate. But this is Halo 3, and if you press your ear to the screen you can already hear the snarling internet mobs gathering up their pitchforks and nooses.

[*Note: We define "HD" as a resolution no less than 1280x720 pixels. According to the source, Halo 3 has a native resolution of 1138x640 pixels.

But yeah mine is 1280 x 1024, Games i play are 2k7 & 8, Gears, Virtua Tennis, Table Tennis, Guitar Hero


and where do i plug the red and white cables into, once i get this? All i have is 2 speakers....

[Steve [The Spiderman]]

If you adjust the settings on the 360 and set it to normal instead of widescreen I believe it will be letterboxed. It was on my old monitor.

[-Young Buck-]

and where do i plug the red and white cables into, once i get this? All i have is 2 speakers....

I believe it comes with an adapter, you plug the red and white audio cords into this adapter that will plug into a normal computer speaker outlet in the back.

[BigKaboom2]

It's a known problem - there's no way to get it to work with any combination of resolution settings and normal/widescreen. Scotty, those games you have all work fine as far as I know.

I don't think it has to do with the native resolution of the game, just the way the upscaling is done. Hopefully they fix it in the next update, but I'm not holding my breath.

And the cables do come with an adapter for the component audio cables that can go into the sound card.

[Patr1ck]

Weird, maybe it's your monitor. My monitor scales 4:3 and 16:9 resolutions perfectly with the VGA HD cable. I can even use 1920x1080, but there is a weird color issue.

Young Buck is correct, it comes with an adapter to plug the red and white cables into, so you can plug it into the line-in or microphone jack on your soundcard if needed.

[BigKaboom2]

Are you saying your monitor's native res is 1280x1024 and games such as Madden, Live, and Skate are not stretched vertically? It shouldn't be giving you 1080i as an option for a monitor.

[benji]

Wait. What are you trying to do? Put the X360 on your TV, or monitor? Or just have your X360 on the interweb no matter where it is?

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Wireless ... B000B6MLV4 says hi?

Or if you want your PC on the internets, any wireless adapter ever says hi?

[Patr1ck]

In my xbox360's dashboard on the System tab go to Console Settings>Display>Screen Resolution and there are the following options for screen resolutions, 640x480, 848x480, 1024x768, 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x1024, 1360x768, 1920x1080.

My monitor also has 3 options for scaling- 1:1, Aspect(which fills the monitor but keeps correct aspect ratio with letterboxed areas where needed), and Fill.

[Scotty]

Still on those 2 red ans white cables, even if they come with an adapter, i only have 2 plugs on the back of my monitor, power and the one connecting to the computer... I was thinking those 2 cables would go into the back of the computer, cause there's 3 coloured slots there (the green one is already taken by my speakers)

[BigKaboom2]

In my xbox360's dashboard on the System tab go to Console Settings>Display>Screen Resolution and there are the following options for screen resolutions, 640x480, 848x480, 1024x768, 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x1024, 1360x768, 1920x1080.

My monitor also has 3 options for scaling- 1:1, Aspect(which fills the monitor but keeps correct aspect ratio with letterboxed areas where needed), and Fill.

So do you have an LCD with a native res of 1280x1024 or no?

I can't select resolutions that high nor do most LCDs allow you to adjust the vertical size of the image.

[Patr1ck]

Scotty, the adapter should go into your soundcard on your PC, since that is where you will be playing it, just run it through the soundcard. You would have to unplug the computer from the monitor after setting the sound up so it outputs your xbox sound.

No, I have an LCD with a 1680x1050 native, and it has an on-screen display menu with the 3 image scaling options.

Even if your monitor doesn't have any scaling options, you should be able to select the 1280x1024 option on your Xbox360 so it can fill your LCD correctly.

[BigKaboom2]

Even if your monitor doesn't have any scaling options, you should be able to select the 1280x1024 option on your Xbox360 so it can fill your LCD correctly.

But can't. As I said, certain games are coded in such a way that they stretch the image vertically instead of leaving it letterboxed at that resolution only.

I've never heard of those fancy scaling options but they sound like they would be handy. You should be hoping for this sort of stuff in the update also, as 16:10 support would be nice.

[Scotty]

Scotty, the adapter should go into your soundcard on your PC, since that is where you will be playing it, just run it through the soundcard. You would have to unplug the computer from the monitor after setting the sound up so it outputs your xbox sound.

No, I have an LCD with a 1680x1050 native, and it has an on-screen display menu with the 3 image scaling options.

Even if your monitor doesn't have any scaling options, you should be able to select the 1280x1024 option on your Xbox360 so it can fill your LCD correctly.

Sorry, but how do i make it go into the Soundcard? I dont have to open my computer or anything do i?
So this adapter will plug into the back of my computer somewhere or something?
Hope it come with instructions

[Patr1ck]

But can't. As I said, certain games are coded in such a way that they stretch the image vertically instead of leaving it letterboxed at that resolution only.

That sucks ass. I don't see how a developer can code a console game without proper aspect ratio support. The only way to cope with that would be if your monitor had a scaling option. Sorry, man.

Scotty, you should have atleast one input on the back of your computer. It should be the same type of plug that connects to your speakers. The adapter that comes with the VGA cable will fit.

You can find out if you have any sound inputs right now. Go to your Windows Control Panel, click on Sounds and Audio Devices, and click the Advanced button, if there are two advanced buttons, click the top one. It should open the Volume Control with sliders for volumes of various things. If you don't see one named "Microphone" or "Line-In", click on the "Options" menu and click Properties. There should be a selection of volume controls that you can check or uncheck. Make sure there is a check next to Line-In so it is displayed and then make sure it is not muted on the volume controls screen. That's about it.

[Scotty]

But can't. As I said, certain games are coded in such a way that they stretch the image vertically instead of leaving it letterboxed at that resolution only.

That sucks ass. I don't see how a developer can code a console game without proper aspect ratio support. The only way to cope with that would be if your monitor had a scaling option. Sorry, man.

Scotty, you should have atleast one input on the back of your computer. It should be the same type of plug that connects to your speakers. The adapter that comes with the VGA cable will fit.

You can find out if you have any sound inputs right now. Go to your Windows Control Panel, click on Sounds and Audio Devices, and click the Advanced button, if there are two advanced buttons, click the top one. It should open the Volume Control with sliders for volumes of various things. If you don't see one named "Microphone" or "Line-In", click on the "Options" menu and click Properties. There should be a selection of volume controls that you can check or uncheck. Make sure there is a check next to Line-In so it is displayed and then make sure it is not muted on the volume controls screen. That's about it.

The plug that connects to my speakers is just one of those little green one's, and yeah there's 2 different coloured slots free, that's where i assumed i'd plug the red and white one's into...

[-Young Buck-]

The plug that connects to my speakers is just one of those little green one's, and yeah there's 2 different coloured slots free, that's where i assumed i'd plug the red and white one's into...

This is what it looks like.



Just plug it into the mic jack and it should come through over your PC speakers.