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xbox 360 vga cable - any good?
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14. August 2008 @ 17:04 |
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Has anyone used one of these? How is the video quality? better that hdmi?
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14. August 2008 @ 21:00 |
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my friend has one, and they work, but you will never get hdmi quality out of it, hence the reason for having an hdmi cable. seeing how hdmi is the best i dunno what you are looking for?
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14. August 2008 @ 21:09 |
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the only plus of using vga is for 1080p, which hdmi cannot use. sucks that microsoft won't enable 1080p with hdmi.
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14. August 2008 @ 23:35 |
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Originally posted by cee43ja1:
the only plus of using vga is for 1080p, which hdmi cannot use. sucks that microsoft won't enable 1080p with hdmi.
You gotta smack who ever told you that... because they lied to you. Of course the 360 will display 1080p through HDMI. And the HDMI does look better than the VGA.
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bcham
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15. August 2008 @ 07:54 |
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i got a vga cable but reverted back to component,as the vga picture looked washed out.
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15. August 2008 @ 08:33 |
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yea i am not sure who is saying the vga is better than hdmi, but they deffiantly dont know what they are talking aboout. i wish i had my own business and made 80$ an hour giving people "advice" and "tips" lol.
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15. August 2008 @ 10:31 |
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i never said vga was better than hdmi.
after doing some research, it's our tv that can't handle 1080p. 42" and only up to 720p. max resolution 1322x768. i knew something was wrong with the tv, when it couldn't display 1280x800 with the laptop connected.
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15. August 2008 @ 13:27 |
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What has happened round here, that the winds have changed?
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16. August 2008 @ 00:53 |
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i use the vga cable and love it. my surround sound doesnt have hdmi on it, so vga was about the only way to go. crystal clear picture, no washouts or anything on mine.
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16. August 2008 @ 09:53 |
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Originally posted by bcham:
i got a vga cable but reverted back to component,as the vga picture looked washed out.
That was an issue with a lot of vga cable users. MS issued a fix for that in their last Fall Update.
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16. August 2008 @ 11:35 |
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Ive gone through about 3 vga cables with different results from each, first 2 were nasty and thought it was just my tv got a 3rd one and it looks amazing just as good as hdmi. I burrowed my friends official microsoft one and it looks awesome but they cost a fortune. But on the other hand i had to buy 3 cheap one before i found a decent one, yeah theres a lil bit of luck involved in getting a decent one when you buy cheap ones. So just a word of warning.
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Gamecube --------- Ninja Mod
Xbox 360 --------- Firmware Hack
Xbox-------------- Duo X2
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dalecore
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16. August 2008 @ 12:28 |
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I say we do this, everyone one with a good digital camera take a picture of your screen with the hdmi or vga that way we can lay this to rest. I got vga (look like the one in the picture) with an off brand cord and my screen looks great.
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16. August 2008 @ 13:04 |
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Originally posted by dalecore:
I say we do this, everyone one with a good digital camera take a picture of your screen with the hdmi or vga that way we can lay this to rest. I got vga (look like the one in the picture) with an off brand cord and my screen looks great.
There's too many variables. Everyone has differnet tvs, sizes, color/contrast settings,... it goes on and on. No one is saying the vga cable (MS) is junk. I used an official MS vga cable on my tv, set at 1920x1080, for quite awhile. Then when I picked up an Elite and used the HDMI, I noticed the difference right away. For me, on a 52" Samsung plasma, the HDMI is better.
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17. August 2008 @ 07:17 |
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i would have to say with plasmas you can notice the difference going from vga to hdmi, but on a LCD you cant if you are using a decent vga cable. Honestly good vga cable on LCD looks as good as plasma with hdmi
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Gamecube --------- Ninja Mod
Xbox 360 --------- Firmware Hack
Xbox-------------- Duo X2
PC---------------- Core 2 Duo e6850, 9800gtx, 4gig ddr2-8500, 780i Vista 64-bit
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17. August 2008 @ 10:14 |
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i beg to differ. but thats my opinion
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17. August 2008 @ 11:04 |
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Hey, Dude2099, the cheap one you reference to are they from Ebay, the one they sell for $10 buck? I try to buy one but my spider sense keep tinkering me to hold off. The OEM one from M$ is toooooo expensive, $40 bucks!!!! And I refuse to gave Gates any more retire money.
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17. August 2008 @ 11:13 |
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I agree, gates me la pela. After some testing, hdmi is better than the xbox 360 vga cable.
I have a 42 inch Sceptre 1080p LCD HDTV(i'm a cheapy)
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17. August 2008 @ 23:22 |
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yeah i tried 3 cheap ebay ones and only one gave a good picture, my friend let me borrow his microsoft one and it was better once again.
Playstation 2 ---- Matrix Infinity
Gamecube --------- Ninja Mod
Xbox 360 --------- Firmware Hack
Xbox-------------- Duo X2
PC---------------- Core 2 Duo e6850, 9800gtx, 4gig ddr2-8500, 780i Vista 64-bit
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17. August 2008 @ 23:26 |
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this is the one that gave best results
http://cgi.ebay.com/LCD-CRT-VGA-Hi-Defin...1QQcmdZViewItem
just hope that whats in the picture is the one you get you want it to have gray audio plugs with red and white at the tip and at the base of the audio plug it will have 4 little pin hole like holes
Playstation 2 ---- Matrix Infinity
Gamecube --------- Ninja Mod
Xbox 360 --------- Firmware Hack
Xbox-------------- Duo X2
PC---------------- Core 2 Duo e6850, 9800gtx, 4gig ddr2-8500, 780i Vista 64-bit
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algtz1
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21. August 2008 @ 16:44 |
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vga is an analog signal and hdmi is a digital signal. I don't know about you all but in theory, I think digital is always better than analog. Now if you have a DVI connector on the lcd screen then that is a digital connection and I heard that this is comporable to hdmi. I am going to connect my 360 to a 22" lcd pc screen via hdmi to dvi convertor. Hopefully I won't notice any difference as it was connected to my 65" TV via hdmi.
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22. August 2008 @ 08:15 |
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Most average users will notice very little difference between the VGA picture and the HDMI picture.
Your picture is also only as good as the resolution of the game your playing. I have used both and on my TV (56" DLP) the HDMI is a little better, but not enough to make you jump around screaming WOW!!!
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