Xbox 360 VGA Cable?

1337z0r · 3 Jun 2007 at 19:54

Hi,

I am probably going to be picking one of these up tomorrow, I am going to now be using my xbox on my 19" LCD screen. When I plug the yellow red and white plugs into it the picture is very unclear. But when I have my pc plugged into it the picture is great in games ect very sharp. When I plug my telewest box into my pc screen aswell with the yellow red and white cables the picture is bad. So do you think a VGA cable would be my best bet. The screen is not HD btw.

Thanks.

Memphis · 3 Jun 2007 at 19:55

The VGA cable will be better.

Zefan · 3 Jun 2007 at 19:56

If your screen is a 19" LCD then it is HD.

HD is just a resolution, that monitor should be able to display 720p no probs, unless you have some freaky screen which doesn't run at 1280x1024 :\

Kreeeee · 3 Jun 2007 at 20:03

Make sure you only get the official cable no matter what the shop assistants say!

1337z0r · 3 Jun 2007 at 21:55

Whats wrong with the cheaper ones? :confused:

Kreeeee · 3 Jun 2007 at 21:56

1337z0r said:
Whats wrong with the cheaper ones?

They're all crap.

Zefan · 3 Jun 2007 at 21:56

1337z0r said:
Whats wrong with the cheaper ones?

They are very succeptable to interferance and as a result can give a pretty shoddy picture quality.

Kreeeee · 3 Jun 2007 at 21:58

Zefan said:
They are very succeptable to interferance and as a result can give a pretty shoddy picture quality.

Not just that. They use inferior wire that often doesn't meet the VGA specifications resulting in green tints, ghosting etc.

Zefan · 3 Jun 2007 at 21:58

Kreeeee said:
Not just that. They use inferior wire that often doesn't meet the VGA specifications resulting in green tints, ghosting etc.

Nasty!

RuMp3l4$k1n · 3 Jun 2007 at 21:58

Most cheaper ones are reported to have terrible quality compaired to the official cable, Shop assistants will tell you otherwise so that you buy their brand.
A video cable should not be somewhere you skimp on cost imo.

Plus the M$ one gives fantastic quality.

BenST · 3 Jun 2007 at 23:55

The cheaper ones often lack proper shielding and this can cause problems with the high bandwidth vga signal. I got an MS one from the bay a week ago for £12. Give it a go

Shamikebab · 4 Jun 2007 at 02:14

tbh I have both the Joytech 3rd party one and the official one and they both work perfectly for me.

brakeinup · 4 Jun 2007 at 12:12

I went from component to VGA (official) on my 360 connected to a 32" LCD tv.

Played a DVD and you know you have a win when the wife notices the difference in quality

dbailey10 · 4 Jun 2007 at 13:37

Joytech vga lead works fine for me, perfect quality

scratch · 4 Jun 2007 at 16:39

I bought a £3.99 VGA cable off eBay. Had a few problems with a fuzzy pattern very slightly visable when the screen was black. I just assumed this was because I was using a cheapo cable so went out and bought the official one at the weekend.

Surprisingly the problem is still there and I can see zero difference in the picture quality between the two cables! I guess the fuzziness must be the TFT, although I can't notice it when I have my laptop hooked up..wierd :confused:

The most annoying thing is that MS see fit to pack all their accessories in blister packs which you have to destroy to get the product out. I now can't take the official cable back for a refund and it'll only sell for around a tenner on the MM

Andy

miracleboy · 4 Jun 2007 at 17:15

I have the official one, but have just switched back to the component cable.

The issue I found on my TV is that with the VGA I couldn't switch screen sizes (for example to force a 4:3 DVD into widescreen).

Not sure if the picture was any better, my eyes aren't that good.

But the 3 downsides I found to VGA on 360 (for me personally);

1) The resizing thing above.
2) VGA socket on my Pioneer media box is round the front.
3) Dead Rising has a nasty VGA tear bug.