Do consoles take HDMI yet?

Pawnless Endgame · 26 Aug 2013 at 21:47

Hi gamers out there :-)

Apart from the Sega Megadrive, I have always been a PC gamer. Everything was SCART back then, and when I posted a thread here back in 2004 about hooking a Gamecube to a monitor, the fact was you couldn't and you needed a VIVO (video-in video-out) card. Have consoles transitioned to HDMI yet? Can you wire up a Wii or Wii:U to monitors?

I now have an all-in-one PC that takes both HDMI-in and HDMI-out. If you use HDMI-out, it means that you can go dual-screen, which is what I'm using now with a Dell U2412. If you use HDMI-in however, it means you can hook a Raspberry Pi and use the all-in-one as a monitor only.

geuben · 26 Aug 2013 at 21:50

Nope. They all use RF modulators.

d_brennen · 26 Aug 2013 at 21:52

geuben said:
Nope. They all use RF modulators.

Heh. IIRC the original 360 didn't have HDMI, did it?

Davey_Pitch · 26 Aug 2013 at 21:54

The short and simple answer is yes, consoles do now use HDMI.

Mason- · 26 Aug 2013 at 21:55

Is this question really not googleable (is that a word)?

Pawnless Endgame · 26 Aug 2013 at 21:57

Thanks Davey.

Mason- said:
Is this question really not googleable (is that a word)?

I did google it but got conflicting results. Some results said that the Xbox 360 (as an example) had HDMI, where other pages said it was S-video / SCART only. Got to check out the Playstation line as well, as I wouldn't mind hooking up a PS2 or PS3 and play the Final Fantasy games that never made it to the PC. Kingdom Hearts 1/2 as well.

OpenToSuggestions · 26 Aug 2013 at 21:58

Monserrat said:
Thanks Davey.

I did google it but got conflicting results. Some results said that the Xbox 360 (as an example) had HDMI, where other pages said it was S-video / SCART only.

The earlier 360 models did not have HDMI but they all do now.

GTO656 · 26 Aug 2013 at 22:53

lol all the current-gen consoles have been using HDMI for quite some years except the Wii.

mame · 27 Aug 2013 at 00:06

the Xbox 360/Ps3/Wii-u all Have HDMI as will the PS4 and Xbox one.

Suarez7 · 27 Aug 2013 at 00:07

Why am I still using SCART.

Buffman · 27 Aug 2013 at 00:19

All 360s can also use vga so still connectable to monitor

antijoke · 27 Aug 2013 at 07:26

Still rocking a 32" CRT TV with my 360 connected via scart.

Didn't even know about HDMI.

rigby93 · 27 Aug 2013 at 09:58

My first reaction to the title of this thread was "WOW!?" but yes consoles have taken HDMI for about 8 years at least

TheVoice · 27 Aug 2013 at 10:04

More like seven years. PS3 was the first console to have HDMI as standard.

The Wii doesn't have HDMI support, nor do the early 360s although RRoD has probably killed off most of those by now thankfully.