X360 HDTV connection woes...

Lanz · 31 Jan 2006 at 11:58

My mate has finally got his 360 delivered. The thing is, his LCD TV only has one DVI, Scart and S-video. The Media centre is currently plugged into the DVI, so where would you plug in the Xbox to get HD? HD doesnt work through Scart or S-Video does it?

mightynimrod · 31 Jan 2006 at 12:01

Try it through scart

melchy · 31 Jan 2006 at 12:19

Unless your friends TV has component, the only way to get HD on the TV is via the DVi socket. For this he'll need the 360 VGA cable and an VGA to DVi adapter. Thats how im running mine.

Lanz · 31 Jan 2006 at 12:22

Can he use a vga box thing so his media centre and xbox work on the same dvi socket?

R0B75 · 31 Jan 2006 at 12:37

Lanz said:
Can he use a vga box thing so his media centre and xbox work on the same dvi socket?

Yes, he could use a VGA switch. 2 VGA inputs (1 for 360, 1 for PC) and one output, to LCD.

Some of these are very good with no signal loss and can be had for less than a tenner.

CodeThief · 31 Jan 2006 at 14:26

Lanz said:
Can he use a vga box thing so his media centre and xbox work on the same dvi socket?

Would he not want to use the Xbox360 Media Center extender capability now? Then put the Media Center in another room perhaps?

Dave

Energize · 31 Jan 2006 at 16:00

CodeThief said:
Would he not want to use the Xbox360 Media Center extender capability now? Then put the Media Center in another room perhaps?

Dave

Then that wouldnt be connected to a hdtv. An xbox cant play divx or xvid files and cant play ogg, flac, either.

Lanz · 31 Jan 2006 at 16:02

does the extender offer everything u can do on the proper mce interface over wifi?

DaveyD · 31 Jan 2006 at 16:08

Lanz said:
does the extender offer everything u can do on the proper mce interface over wifi?

Pretty much, except for that it will only play .WMV and windows media format video, no other formats directly.

Regarding connecting to the HDTV, a VGA switch is probably the best option to go for, as you're not goting to get HDTV via the SCART and S-Video.

R0B75 · 31 Jan 2006 at 16:08

Lanz said:
does the extender offer everything u can do on the proper mce interface over wifi?

No, you can only stream movies and music etc through it. You cant browse the web, play pc games, but I think you can use MSN messenger though.