360 through Apple Cinema Display

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I have a Mac Pro, Apple Cinema Display and an amp with all the necessary inputs/outputs.

Is there anyway I can get my 360 running through the Apple screen to save having to faff about with two screens on one desk (means I can sell the other one then).
 
Yea get the Mini DVI to VGA adaptor, assuming youve got a vga cable for your 360? thats assuming you have the new 24" glossy one?
If not then just get the appropriate adaptor to what you need, dvi to vga or dvi to hdmi

Then either optical out from the xbox to your amp or use the headphone socket adaptor thingy that comes with the xbox monitor cable.
 
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All the latest one (LED 24) has is a single Mini-DisplayPort, no DVI, 'cos Apple hate their customers.
 
Thanks for the suggestions but if that's the only way then I'll have to pass!

Their screens need more inputs. HDMI would be nice.

To be honest it's not meant as a multimedia display, it's meant for plugging into your computer alone. The number of users who use anything other than the DVI port on their monitor is tiny...
 
To be honest it's not meant as a multimedia display, it's meant for plugging into your computer alone. The number of users who use anything other than the DVI port on their monitor is tiny...

And this is based on what exactly ? also.......its a display, its used for displaying things, it uses the same panels as most other brands who see fit to put in all the useful ports, id personally not buy anything like this unless it was as useful as it could possibly be, may as well buy a brand that allows you to plug other things in.
 
Ok. I'm trying to output my Mac Pro to a 24" BenQ monitor now, via DVI. Keeps saying no signal detected. Is that some other restriction at play from Apple or have I missed something?
 
And this is based on what exactly ? also.......its a display, its used for displaying things, it uses the same panels as most other brands who see fit to put in all the useful ports, id personally not buy anything like this unless it was as useful as it could possibly be, may as well buy a brand that allows you to plug other things in.

Based on the fact it's obviously not meant for that. Apple were never going to make a screen designed for techie types to plug their half dozen different devices into.

It's a computer monitor for a computer, with a resolution meant for computers, connect it to your mac - that's what it's for. If you wanted to connect a 360 to it you bought entirely the wrong product. So exactly, buy another brand if you want that, then again they likely won't have the speakers, webcam and magsafe connector built in.
 
Based on the fact it's obviously not meant for that. Apple were never going to make a screen designed for techie types to plug their half dozen different devices into.

It's a computer monitor for a computer, with a resolution meant for computers, connect it to your mac - that's what it's for. If you wanted to connect a 360 to it you bought entirely the wrong product. So exactly, buy another brand if you want that, then again they likely won't have the speakers, webcam and magsafe connector built in.

Just what are you on about, your clearly talking from an emotional perspective, now lets talk about facts (1st I must state if your one of these people that buys audio cables at £3000 per metre because you think it sounds better then dont bother reading this, so far its quite possible you maybe such a person, if not, read on):

1) Apple didnt design the panel, its a high quality readily available panel from a panel manufacturer that all sorts of brands place in there own monitors, apple just happens to place the TFT panel in a very nice enclosure.

2) Thus due to that i have issue with you saying 'techie types'.......what the ? monitors arnt custom built things, they have plugs to plug things into...its not techie or rocket science, the statement is nonsense, simply put, apple chose to put very few plugs into it, specifically only plugs that would connect to its macs....thats fine but dont be fooled by what it was 'designed' to do......its a fricking tft monitor of a said spec mass bought from a panel manufacturer ....... why u being fooled by apples image ?

3) talk of 'with a resolution ment for' again.....not in the realm of reality....about the closest fact I can garner from that statement is ALL tft (or IPS or any flat screen tech) panels have a native resolution.......the fact the panels sitting in an apple monitor casing has nothing to do with it, its capable of displaying all sorts of res's, native and even lower ones, even though a 360 will output up to 1920x1080.....which is pretty close, it will also output to 1920x1200 screens inserting black bars at the top and bottom, so if apple would follow suit with useful monitor manufacturers such as dell, it would work just the same.

4) Yes apple add some features, but whats left out is silly, all for the sake of forcing there own customisation, yes buying an apple is buying into a closed system.....this is fine, and makes sense for all the hardware / software stuff, but leaving out a couple of plugs on a monitor that would be useful.....just arrogance, and abit insulting to its customers.....anyone can plug the right shapped plug into the right socket. I for one will continue to buy monitors of equal or better quality than apples until apple sort the connectivity, the only thing they have going for them is aesthetic value, otherwise there a worse execution of other brands using the same tech.

Dont get me wrong I own a macbook pro, for its usability and apple platform, but apples approach to all encompassing simpleness in regards to monitor plugs is a step to far.
 
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All the latest one (LED 24) has is a single Mini-DisplayPort, no DVI, 'cos Apple hate their customers.

That's what I meant. :p Despite typing the wrong thing, I still linked to the correct product lol.

The only connection on the ACD is a MiniDisplayPort male connector.

And yes, it was a very poor decision not to have any additional inputs.
 
Ok. I'm trying to output my Mac Pro to a 24" BenQ monitor now, via DVI. Keeps saying no signal detected. Is that some other restriction at play from Apple or have I missed something?

Anybody?

Don't like to quote my own post but would like to resolve this. The monitor I'm trying to get the Mac Pro working through is the BenQ FP241W.
 
Sorted a solution. Ended up using a VGA cable (with DVI-VGA adapter) from the Mac Pro to the BenQ. Might well have been a dodgy DVI cable I was trying to use before, I seem to remember it being fault before and didn't chuck it.
 
Sorted a solution. Ended up using a VGA cable (with DVI-VGA adapter) from the Mac Pro to the BenQ. Might well have been a dodgy DVI cable I was trying to use before, I seem to remember it being fault before and didn't chuck it.

The Apple cable converts to DVI-D digital signal. A quick Google shows that your monitor has some problems with DVI-D input signals... :(
 
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