How to use Monitor as TV... if possible
Getting an Xbox 360 soon but in September I'm moving back on campus at University where the rooms are very small so I don't want to have things I don't need. Which is why I would like to use my current monitor for my PC and for my Xbox 360. Also by not having a TV I wouldn't have to pay a TV license fee.
I know you can use TVs as outputs for the PC but haven't seen a monitor used as a screen for a games console so not 100% sure if this is even possible. The only problem I can see is that the connection from my monitor to my PC looks unique and it doesn't have your typical AV connections.
So are there adapters out there that I could use to plug the 360 connections into?
I know you can use TVs as outputs for the PC but haven't seen a monitor used as a screen for a games console so not 100% sure if this is even possible. The only problem I can see is that the connection from my monitor to my PC looks unique and it doesn't have your typical AV connections.
So are there adapters out there that I could use to plug the 360 connections into?
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Just VGA? DVI? Composite?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/15-Advent-ADV15T-TFT-Monitor-Boxed-in-Original-Package_W0QQitemZ160125849644QQihZ006QQcategoryZ174QQcmdZViewItem
So that guy has most of the details.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360vgahdcable/
Or any way to attach something to the end of the monitor cable? I know this is all a bit of a stretch but would be great if I could get something to work.
Good link though shwaip that was the kind of idea I had in mind before I realised the cable is permanently stuck.
Any recommendations on a half decent monitor with better connections at the back without being too pricey?
EDIT: No need, just been speaking to my friend who's a bit of an Xbox 360 know-it-all and he assured me that the cable linked above can still be connected to the end of the monitors cable with a female-female connector.
Thanks for the link!
The thing that I don't know is if you find one with two inputs (DVI from your computer and adapter cable to the sub-D from the Xbox) can you switch between them?