Unofficial 360 VGA cables

Keylow · 26 Feb 2006 at 12:06

Will be getting a 360 shortly and ill be needing a VGA cable for it. Now I still udnerstand that the official ones are still hard to get hold of and rather pricey. Now ive seen loads on a certain auction site, unofficial ones that is. Are these just as good as the official ones and will provide a decent picture on a TFT monitor?

Memphis · 26 Feb 2006 at 12:11

The official ones aren't that hard to get ahold of now and while they may be slightly more expensive, I would suggest it's worth it. The cheaper, unofficial cables have been reported to wash out colours and have generally not so good image quality. That said, a lot of people have no issues with them what so ever.

Keylow · 26 Feb 2006 at 12:20

Cheers. Also, my monitor won't do 1280x720without a video mode not supported message. Will this be a problem if I try and run the xbox on my monitor? Can it be done in 1280x1024? Also my monitor can do 1280x768. Would I notice much difference between that and 1280x720 in terms of picture quality and distortion?

Jabbs · 26 Feb 2006 at 12:30

Yes 1024x768, 1280x1024 supported and a few more, but ill warn you now you will get borders top and bottom unless you on a widescreen, but it does look fantastic.

Keylow · 26 Feb 2006 at 13:04

Thanks. Just one more thing. I will use just this one TFT between my 360 and my PC, so I will need a KVM switch so I can still use ventrilo (voice chat on PC) and play the 360 at the same time. First of all, will a KVM and a 360 work and if it does, will there be any nasty side effects?

Hilly · 26 Feb 2006 at 13:25

I use the logitech cable, and have had no problems. Really good picture.

Sagalout · 26 Feb 2006 at 14:17

hilly said:
I use the logitech cable, and have had no problems. Really good picture.

Same.

bigbilly50 · 26 Feb 2006 at 14:27

Joytech ones here and great picture.

People who have complained about washed out colours are just as likely to be using the official cables from my experience.

Keylow · 26 Feb 2006 at 15:09

Cheers for the responses. Might go for the joytech one. Anyone know any more about the 360 and KVM switches?

geordie10 · 26 Feb 2006 at 15:30

i use madcatz cable no problems at all using sony monitor.
i use my pc and xbox360 on same monitor using switch i got from ******s.
cheers ian

Dancake(uk) · 26 Feb 2006 at 18:31

Joytech here. No probs at all. And it comes with an optical cable.

gord · 26 Feb 2006 at 18:36

Blaze here, and its disappointing. Dont know if i was expecting too much to start with, but id been using a normal telly before, and frankly prefer that over the HD...

Getting a new screen soon LCD HD TV so wont be a problem... but i wouldnt get Blaze...

Keylow · 26 Feb 2006 at 18:40

Blaze being one of the cables I take it?

McDaniel · 26 Feb 2006 at 18:45

i got one on fleabay delivered for £17.50

not bad i thought?

(an official one)

Keylow · 26 Feb 2006 at 18:45

Thinking about it, I also have a 17" Dell crt lying around here. Would the picture on that be as good with a VGA cable as my TFT?

gord · 26 Feb 2006 at 19:32

Keylow said:
Blaze being one of the cables I take it?

Aye

cokecan · 26 Feb 2006 at 20:46

mad katz one here, handy for the length of the cable (15ft) but no optical cable included. still good pic quality.

i just use a standard vga switch to switch between displays. works a treat

lordrobs · 26 Feb 2006 at 20:58

I've got a Mad Catz and I get some shadowing

its really noticable with things like black text on white background.

I've got a Blaze cable on the way so i'll see how that compares.

Keylow · 26 Feb 2006 at 21:44

Anyone run the 360 on a CRT PC monitor? How does it look?

Buzza · 26 Feb 2006 at 21:55

i have a madcatz and it shadows too, it sucks....it must be faulty. I bought this one to replace the faulty Joytech one, which ive waited 2 months for a replacement so far :/