xbox 360 vga question

jigman · 5 Apr 2006 at 15:20

Thinking about gettting a xbox 360 in the next next week or so (shh dont tell the girlfriend

) i am planning on hooking it up most of the time to my tft which i will share with my pc.

Is there any way to plug my pc and the xbox 360 into the same monitor at the same time? i dont have to keep swapping cables around if i can help it. my tft only has vga input so cannot plug one into dvi and vga

can any one help

Nismo · 5 Apr 2006 at 15:23

Should be able to get some sort of switchbox for 2x VGA > 1 monitor I would have thought.

jigman · 5 Apr 2006 at 15:24

cheers i will have a google

Sagalout · 5 Apr 2006 at 15:25

I've got a belkin KVM, on the recommendation of someone here and it works great.

FeFiDoh · 5 Apr 2006 at 15:26

ocuk do kvm switches

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/cgi-b...rs___KVM_s.html#aNW_2d012_2dDL#aNW_2d012_2dDL

£40

Nismo · 5 Apr 2006 at 15:28

R5Rich said:
ocuk do kvm switches

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/cgi-b...rs___KVM_s.html#aNW_2d012_2dDL#aNW_2d012_2dDL

£40

That would work, but a tad overkill for what he wants.

Edit - your link doesn't work BTW, but I know what your talking about.

jigman · 5 Apr 2006 at 15:30

Kvm now why didnt i think of that. thanks a lot

Sagalout · 5 Apr 2006 at 16:36

yeah they do/did one for about £20 (belkin).

gord · 5 Apr 2006 at 17:21

So do you then just flick a switch and it changes the input from one to the other?

I dont want to pay £40.. so whats the product of choice for such a situation.

Sagalout · 5 Apr 2006 at 17:35

yeah, the monitor plugs into the belkin, then the 360 and pc plugs into it by VGA cable and USB (the usb is just for power i think). Then just press the button on the belkin divice to toggle sources to the monitor

Wyrdo · 5 Apr 2006 at 18:01

Belkin Omniview 2-Port KVM Switch

Did a quick search and found them for £20, that's what you need. May find them cheaper too.

gord · 5 Apr 2006 at 18:08

wyrdo said:
Belkin Omniview 2-Port KVM Switch

Did a quick search and found them for £20, that's what you need. May find them cheaper too.

top shout..

PS: not advertising the gamerscore no more?

Wyrdo · 5 Apr 2006 at 18:17

gord said:
top shout..

PS: not advertising the gamerscore no more?

No, to be honest I got sick of people making a big deal out of it so decided to remove my sig.

I'm still on the leaderboard, just figured this way it's easier than me feeling I have to defend myself everytime someone makes a comment about how I'm supposedly living my life of which they know nothing about.

Maybe I'll put it back for a while once I break 20k

jimmyob · 5 Apr 2006 at 19:15

My samsung monitor has a normal VGA port and a DVI port and there's a button for switching between the two if both sockets are plugged into something.
But obviously depends if you have that kind of monitor...

cokecan · 5 Apr 2006 at 19:25

i bought a simple VGA switch from an electronic retailer for about a tenner, works a treat with the 360 and my sammy 913N