Can you use old 360 HD component cable with 360 slim?

KNiVES · 14 Sep 2010 at 20:31

I don't want to buy a HDMI cable if I don't have to.

Nymins · 14 Sep 2010 at 20:34

HDMI cables cost £1 tbh.

KNiVES · 14 Sep 2010 at 20:37

I don't have £1. Just answer the bleedin' question fool! :mad:

Nymins · 14 Sep 2010 at 20:39

Then yes it will work*

*probably

KNiVES · 14 Sep 2010 at 20:41

Good enough for me!

BringTheRain · 14 Sep 2010 at 21:09

its the same connection mate, using my old one on my slim.

Cant believe you dont get any hd cables with the slim!

KNiVES · 14 Sep 2010 at 21:11

It is rather odd, my old Xbox 360 20GB from yonks ago came with HD-component, yet the s****y new 360 S 250GB doesn't. Ah well.

Thanks for the confirmation

edit: that's a rather unfortunate bout of censorship there. It's mean to say 's w a n k y'

BringTheRain · 14 Sep 2010 at 23:25

Lol but when u compare what u get 250 gig wifi etc. It makes up for it

Memphis · 14 Sep 2010 at 23:33

KNiVES said:
It is rather odd, my old Xbox 360 20GB from yonks ago came with HD-component, yet the s****y new 360 S 250GB doesn't. Ah well.

Thanks for the confirmation

edit: that's a rather unfortunate bout of censorship there. It's mean to say 's w a n k y'

In the big bad corporate world, it makes financial sense to only include one cable, and because you don't want to end up with a customer who can't use their shiny new toy without buying another cable, they include the SD one that all users can use, even if for 90% it means they end up with a garbage picture on their nice big HD TV.

Worse is that a large percentage of those consumers with a nice big HD TV end up connecting their shiny new toy with the SD cable... and don't realise they're not looking at an HD image... :rolleyes:

KNiVES · 14 Sep 2010 at 23:47

Memphis said:
In the big bad corporate world, it makes financial sense to only include one cable, and because you don't want to end up with a customer who can't use their shiny new toy without buying another cable, they include the SD one that all users can use, even if for 90% it means they end up with a garbage picture on their nice big HD TV.

Worse is that a large percentage of those consumers with a nice big HD TV end up connecting their shiny new toy with the SD cable... and don't realise they're not looking at an HD image...

It's a fair point, but the Component HD cable can be used on SDTVs too - the only difference between Component and Component HD is that the latter has red green & blue inputs in addition to the original yellow white & red.

Component HD cables really should be packaged with 360s - they are marketed as a HD console after all.

Memphis · 15 Sep 2010 at 00:01

KNiVES said:
It's a fair point, but the Component HD cable can be used on SDTVs too - the only difference between Component and Component HD is that the latter has red green & blue inputs in addition to the original yellow white & red.

Ah you're right, I forgot about that. It's probably still a cost thing between a cable with 6 connectors or one with 3!

TheVoice · 15 Sep 2010 at 00:11

KNiVES said:
Component HD cables really should be packaged with 360s - they are marketed as a HD console after all.

If anything they should come with HDMI, but given they're so cheap it's not something I'm too bothered about them omitting.