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i see a lot of you with fancy setups with xbox connected to your monitors and such it looks like, how do you do that? is it some sort of dvi/vga adapter?

You can get:

HDMI Cable to You Monitor - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16874103073&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Xbox+360+-+Accessories-_-Microsoft-_-74103073

Or an HDMI to DVI Cable - http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10419&cs_id=1041902&p_id=2029&seq=1&format=2


Or a VGA Cable for the Xbox - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16874103025&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Xbox+360+-+Accessories-_-Microsoft-_-74103025

Or a Component to VGA Box - http://vpgames.com/p-6201-high-resolution-component-input-vga-box-for-ps3-xbox-360-psp-2000-and-more.aspx?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Froogle&utm_campaign=M04468

Or Composite to VGA Box (I don't Recommended) - http://www.hdtvsupply.com/video-to-vga.html

EDIT: Added URLS

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thanks for the quick reply, i dont see an hdmi slot in back or is just an adapter, maybe a link to a adapter? thanks

Monoprice.com

I added urls. But some better shopping will find you better prices than what i found you.

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i appreciate it, im probably getting

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16874103073&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Xbox+360+-+Accessories-_-Microsoft-_-74103073

im guessing you just plug in a couple of the colored cables into that and right to monitor and be g2g

i appreciate it, im probably getting

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16874103073&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Xbox+360+-+Accessories-_-Microsoft-_-74103073

im guessing you just plug in a couple of the colored cables into that and right to monitor and be g2g

As long as your monitor has HDMI , you should be good. The audio dongle is for surround sound or RCA output. But if your monitor has speakers and HDMI, you should be okay.

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thanks for the quick reply, i dont see an hdmi slot in back or is just an adapter, maybe a link to a adapter? thanks

Remember that the older Xbox 360s don't have an HDMI port in the back, so depending on when you bought it you might want to check that.

I used a $5 HDMI -> DVI cable to my DVI monitor, and a $5 Xbox 360 RCA audio adapter.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10231&cs_id=1023104&p_id=2404&seq=1&format=2
http://cgi.ebay.com/Xbox-360-AUDIO-R-L-RCA-Adapter-CABLE-Gaming-Cables-/200475247602?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item2ead4183f2

The RCA audio plugin is small enough to fit under the HDMI plugin. It normally comes with the $40 360 HDMI kit you linked but you can buy it separately off ebay for $5 and use any HDMI or HDMI->DVI cable from monoprice for 5 bucks.

I had to get the audio adapter cuz my monitor didn't have speakers or audio out, so I used the adapter to go to my computer speakers w/RCA -> 3.5mm minijack.

I now have a monitor with HDMI, speakers and audio out so I'm able to just use a HDMI cable to my monitor then output to my computer speakers from there.

[quote]thanks for the quick reply, i dont see an hdmi slot in back or is just an adapter, maybe a link to a adapter? thanks

Remember that the older Xbox 360s don't have an HDMI port in the back, so depending on when you bought it you might want to check that.


yea mine does not have the hdmi port but my monitor does have one open i should be good to go then fellas i appreciate it