Questions regarding XBOX 360 and Dell 24" monitor

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arachn1d

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I have a dell, 24" monitor (2407wfp) and I noticed there are composite cables in the back. I was wondering if I could hook up a xbox360 to the DVI or Composite? I don't have one yet so I'm not sure.

Would the 360 look good on this monitor? How would I get sound out of this? Because the monitor obviously doesn't have any speakers.
 
I have that monitor too, and the xbox 360 looks great on it. I run it through the VGA adaptor on the rear of the monitor (i use the DVI for the PC). I strongly recommend you use the VGA connector (and subsequent VGA lead from the 360 that's available at any store that stocks 360 games and accessories), since this will allow you to run at 1080i/1080p. Composite only allows for 720p if i recall. Running it at 1080p is a few pixels off the native screen resolution, so it looks excellent at a 1:1 ratio. :)

As far as sound goes, you will find that the VGA cable for the 360 comes with stereo left and right RCA leads. I'd recommend picking up an adaptor that has 2 female RCA connectors that lead to 1 female 3.5mm Stereo plug. That will let you plug in headphones or standard PC speakers so you can get audio set up easily for it.
 
VGA is better than composite? Really? I thought it was the other way around, well thank you for clearing that up. You just removed part of my ignorance with cabling!

The VGA cable doesn't come with the 360? The female adapter doesn't either, so I could get both at the store ya? Like Best Buy or something?

Thanks!
 
Composite is very bad.
Component is a lot better.
On that monitor though VGA will give you 1080p. Get the official xbox vga cable at Bestbuy or whatever and it comes with all the adapters you should need for video and audio.
 
Using 2405 now. Connecting the Xbox360 via VGA = great image quality.
 
i have the same question, but i have a 2007wfp, i believe the xbox does not support its native res of 1680x1050?
 
Anyone know is there a VGA for PS3 that can go 1080p?

(don't kill me for saying ps3 on a xbox topic :()
 
Blindside said:
I have that monitor too, and the xbox 360 looks great on it. I run it through the VGA adaptor on the rear of the monitor (i use the DVI for the PC). I strongly recommend you use the VGA connector (and subsequent VGA lead from the 360 that's available at any store that stocks 360 games and accessories), since this will allow you to run at 1080i/1080p. Composite only allows for 720p if i recall. Running it at 1080p is a few pixels off the native screen resolution, so it looks excellent at a 1:1 ratio. :)

As far as sound goes, you will find that the VGA cable for the 360 comes with stereo left and right RCA leads. I'd recommend picking up an adaptor that has 2 female RCA connectors that lead to 1 female 3.5mm Stereo plug. That will let you plug in headphones or standard PC speakers so you can get audio set up easily for it.
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I'm running the exact same set-up as what Blindside suggested and recommend it 100%. I was also a bit apprehensive of using VGA in lieu of composite, but this is the ideal solution for 1080p.

Regarding sound: rather than a RCA to female stereo adapter, consider an RCA to male adapter instead if you'd rather use your soundcard. This allows you to permanently hook up the Xbox to the audio in/auxiliary port on your soundcard. The only real drawback being that the your computer has to be on for this to work.
 
Don't use composite it will give you the worst picture and it is not HD.
The VGA connection is 1080p capable and will give you most natural and crisp picture.
Compotent is very good also but you can only go as high as 1080i and I find the picture to be too dark and too colourful for my tastes, especially on the Dell 24".
If you decide to go with the VGA cable make sure you do the following for the best picture.
Go to System settings, console settings, display, references levels and change it to extended.
That will give you the most natural picture.
Hope that helps.
 
Unless things have changed since I last checked, the VGA's picture is super washed out and lifeless. I'd thus have stuck to my component cables.
 
Blindside said:
I don't think so, no. However i think that 720p should still look good in that res.
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Yes it does. I have my hdmi 360 set to 1360x768 on the 2007wfp and it looks fantastic.
To the OP: if you havent purchased your 360 yet you should consider making sure you get one with the hdmi output. It is the best image quality and they arent supposed to have as many issues with overheating and such.
 
arachn1d said:
VGA is better than composite? Really? I thought it was the other way around, well thank you for clearing that up. You just removed part of my ignorance with cabling!

The VGA cable doesn't come with the 360? The female adapter doesn't either, so I could get both at the store ya? Like Best Buy or something?

Thanks!
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I have a set of Microsoft VGA's I used before we got our HD TV a couple months ago. If you are interested I would be willing to sell them cheap. Send me a PM.
 
Hey, is this the right cable to hook up to my speakers?


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arachn1d said:
Hey, is this the right cable to hook up to my speakers?


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That's the same cable/adaptor that i'm using. I plug my headphones or speakers directly into that and it works like a treat. :)
(as far as the speaker setup goes, it's a set of good 2.1's. Obviously some surround speaker setups use more than one output.)
 
sakurakana1003 said:
Unless things have changed since I last checked, the VGA's picture is super washed out and lifeless. I'd thus have stuck to my component cables.
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Things have indeed changed. Now you can select different contrast level when using VGA cable. Personally, this solved the washed out problem for me. Image quality is good and acceptable.
 
Allos said:
Things have indeed changed. Now you can select different contrast level when using VGA cable. Personally, this solved the washed out problem for me. Image quality is good and acceptable.
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That definitely changes things for me, I assume this was a software update which allowed this, so any VGA adapter sold by MS should work?
 
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