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GnomeWizardd
8 Jul 2007, 8:00pm
Is there any way to run my x box 360 through my monitor so i can play it while my wife plays her Gamecube? Any tv tuners or anything?
Armo
8 Jul 2007, 8:07pm
yes, they make a xbox360 to *edit* VGA *edit* cable, a firnd of mine has one :)

here it is: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360vgahdcable/

my friend got his from bestbuy so.. just shop around :)
GnomeWizardd
8 Jul 2007, 8:22pm
problem my Monitor only does dvi
RWB
8 Jul 2007, 9:38pm
they make DVI to HDMI cables... found them at Walmart even, kinda expencive though the cheapest I found was like $25
pseudonym
9 Jul 2007, 4:11am
There should be a VGA to DVI converter out there somewhere I think. I have the VGA cable and it works great.
RWB
9 Jul 2007, 5:04am
Doesn't the XBOX 360 have a damned HDMI port? Why convert from that to VGA to DVI? Or am I missing something... I don't have a 360, nor have I actually seen one in person :p
pseudonym
9 Jul 2007, 5:10am
Doesn't the XBOX 360 have a damned HDMI port? Why convert from that to VGA to DVI? Or am I missing something... I don't have a 360, nor have I actually seen one in person :p

Only the 360 Elite has the HDMI port. Extra 90 bucks and a 120 gig HD.
tmh88
9 Jul 2007, 5:17am
I want an elite for the hdmi, could care less about the black case....mines blue already ;)
Sledgehammer70
9 Jul 2007, 3:03pm
Genome they even make Componet Cable to DVI connectors :)
GnomeWizardd
9 Jul 2007, 5:29pm
duh i forgot i have one lol
CB
10 Jul 2007, 4:23pm
When I read the thread title, I was afraid that a Wii-esk tossing error had been made. :P
checkmate
11 Jul 2007, 2:40am
Is it possible to do this with a PS2?
rapture
14 Jul 2007, 7:17pm
PS2 doesnt have an official VGA cable but there should be plenty of 3rd party cables on the market.

I remember seeing them on lik sang before they got shut down.

problem my Monitor only does dvi
Just use a DVI/VGA converter, the last 3 graphics cards I bought came with one and so did the monitor I think...

Just make sure there is enough space for the xbox vga cable which is really really long and a converter on the back of your monitor. I can only connect via VGA on mine, the xbox converter is just too big and the stand gets in the way.
GnomeWizardd
17 Jul 2007, 11:58pm
actually my 22in samsung had a reg vga plug on it I didnt even know about I bought one for 4 bucks off ebay