quick TFT Question (360)

MNuTz · 11 Jul 2007 at 21:37

Hi all,

Got my little brother coming for a few days next week and he is bringing his xbox 360 round. We will be using the TV for my Wii and i was wondering if i could attach the 360 directly to a 19" Hp TFT? What would i need to do this? how do you do it?

May as well ask these as well:

Is the 360 wifi capable or does it have to be wired to the router?

He has not got a live account yet, is there a free one going or do you have to pay for them all?

Monkey Puzzle · 11 Jul 2007 at 21:42

Hi, he'll need a VGA cable to connect it to the TFT (or component if the TFT has that).

Only Wifi capable if he's bought the wifi kit, which is sold separately (costs about £60 I think)

WRT xbox live - he could use the free 1 month Gold membership trial if he hasn't already used it. Otherwise he'd have to pay for a subscription.

NokkonWud · 11 Jul 2007 at 21:53

You want a 'Microsoft Xbox360 VGA Adaptor" cable which will connect the 360 to the monitor in the same way you'd connect a PC.

The Xbox360 is wireless supported, but you have to buy the adaptor for it, it can be had for £35 or alternatively, you could cable it for free.

When you connect to Xbox Live you will get 1 month free, however once this runs out it will go from 'Gold' to 'Silver', on both you can download demos, pictures, videos etc.. Send/View messages and download and play Xbox Live Arcade games. On Gold however you can play multiplayer games.

ste_bla · 11 Jul 2007 at 22:43

if you create a new account then it auto gives you a free month @ gold

MNuTz · 12 Jul 2007 at 01:48

I cant believe the price of 360 additional equipment!

found the vga connector for £15 so ill order that tomoz. £60 for the wifi adapter is taking the pee tho!

Nikolic · 12 Jul 2007 at 20:37

It can be had for £50 at well known large store =D So just look around.

NokkonWud · 12 Jul 2007 at 23:43

MNuTz said:
I cant believe the price of 360 additional equipment!

found the vga connector for £15 so ill order that tomoz. £60 for the wifi adapter is taking the pee tho!

As I said, it can be had for much cheaper.

MNuTz · 13 Jul 2007 at 00:57

Ive ordered a vga adapter, ill just set it up next to my pc and plug it into the router!

even the games are overpriced, im used to cheap pc games

fish99 · 13 Jul 2007 at 01:07

MNuTz said:
Ive ordered a vga adapter, ill just set it up next to my pc and plug it into the router!

Make sure you get the official MS VGA cable, it's reckoned to be better than the 3rd party ones.

MNuTz · 13 Jul 2007 at 01:16

fish99 said:
Make sure you get the official MS VGA cable, it's reckoned to be better than the 3rd party ones.

yeah ive ordered the ms one.

NokkonWud · 13 Jul 2007 at 08:13

MNuTz said:
even the games are overpriced, im used to cheap pc games

What, downloaded for free?
You can get a lot of the games for around £32 now, that's not too expensive, it's less than a night out.