HDMI --> DVI-D --> D-Sub/VGA

[Ksanti]

Is it possible to switch an HDMI source (Xbox 360 S) to D-Sub? From what I can tell, HDMI --> D-Sub is impossible due to Analogue/digital, but in the jungle there's a "Cabling4Less DVI to VGA (HD15) Adaptor (M-F)"

Would this work to put on the end of an HDMI/DVI-D adapter, to plug into my iiyama E2710? I could just use the HDMI/DVI-D cable, but it would be nice if I could have both my xbox and pc plugged in at the same time

 

[cmndr_andi]

That adapter you mentioned just converts between DVI-I and VGA. DVI-I can carry both digital and analogue video signals and is the connection that most graphics cards use

This allows simple and cheap pin-swapping adapters (like the one you mentioned) to create a VGA output without including the connector on the card. This means that the video signal sent out of the DVI-I port (and into the VGA) is analogue and the adapter doesn't do any processing or digital to analogue conversion.

If you tried to use this with a DVI-D (digital) to HDMI adapter you just wouldn't get any signal.

There are ways of doing this, however it requires a box to process the digital video signal and output an analogue one and these usually cost ~£100.


However, for you uses a "xbox 360 vga hd av cable" would work fine and doesn't cost much. Or alternatively a HDMI switch box like this and a HDMI to DVI-D adapter to hook it up to your monitor (this is prefered option as the digital output of the 360 is being used).

 

[Ksanti]

Ah okay thanks for that. I'll see if swapping over the DVI-D inputs gets unbearably tedious, and consider the VGA cable if it does. There aren't any Xbox games (past the menu system) that actually play in 1080p, right? If I remember correctly practically everything is less than 720p upscaled?

 

[KiiYzOo]

I use the vga cable for my xbox and an my old monitor which had hdmi the vga quality was actually better!