360 Component swap for VGA cable (Offical M$ only)

[Acejon]

Cant be doing with buying the VGA then selling my component on ebay, so anyone want to do a straight swap??

 

[McBunny]

its only £15 why not just keep one

 

[tomdbomb61_djtj]

Why is the VGA any better??

 

[Acejon]

Tell me where to get a VGA cable for £15 and i will!

Having said that, it seems pointless to keep it - it wont be used

Not sure if its any better, id imagine its personal preference however the advantage of upscaling DVDs and the fact my actual DVD player uses components meaning im having to swap them means, for me at least, its better

 

[Rhino172]

VGA is sooo much better....

I didn't think it would be but I was most impressed...think it was £20 for Currys

 

[Iain C]

Tell me where to get a VGA cable for £15 and i will!

Having said that, it seems pointless to keep it - it wont be used

Not sure if its any better, id imagine its personal preference however the advantage of upscaling DVDs and the fact my actual DVD player uses components meaning im having to swap them means, for me at least, its better

pc world...madcats av cable + free optical link for the surround
Vga is much better.
Ill think u need the component for old xbox games

 

[nosluom]

when i saw the comparison of component to vga i thought the colours of the vga looked a lot washier. Definately didnt have the vividness and brightness of the component cable. I know one good thing with the vga cable is you can set the resolution best matched to your screen as opposed to the console just stretching the image

 

[tomdbomb61_djtj]

I know one good thing with the vga cable is you can set the resolution best matched to your screen as opposed to the console just stretching the image

Explain... as that sounds a load of bollox , in the nicest possible way?!

 

[nosluom]

lol when you have the vga cable connected mate and you go into the visual settings bit on the 360 dashboard you can actually set the resolution which is an option that isnt available when you have the component connected up. Its just 720p, 1080i etc with this. sure someone with the cable will confirm

 

[tomdbomb61_djtj]

lol when you have the vga cable connected mate and you go into the visual settings bit on the 360 dashboard you can actually set the resolution which is an option that isnt available when you have the component connected up. Its just 720p, 1080i etc with this. sure someone with the cable will confirm

oooo I see, sorry I thought you were referring to beign able to select 720i etc, I didnt know there were secret settings, well obviously I wouldnt without a VGA cable ! :rasp:

 

[Jonesy]

on my sony 42" lcd tv the component cable doesnt work properly, i have to use vga but it looks s**t hot on 1080. I was reading that its a sony/microsoft beef thats why it dont work!

 

[KDF]

lol when you have the vga cable connected mate and you go into the visual settings bit on the 360 dashboard you can actually set the resolution which is an option that isnt available when you have the component connected up. Its just 720p, 1080i etc with this. sure someone with the cable will confirm

Yep that is true, i use the vga cable on my plasma.. the quality is top notch.

You can select from about 5 different resolutions including widescreen ones and 4:3 ones.. up to about 1300 and something x something ..

 

[miketheman2k]

I use the component cable with my projector because I heard the VGA does indeed look a little washed out and fake - can any projector owners confirm or deny? I'd quite like to go VGA because it upscales DVD's and allows true 1080p.

 

[McBunny]

imho 360 via component looks like its been drawn my a child very garish
360 seems alot more realistic to me and id never use the component cable again

 

[Guy]

mcb - which vga cable did you get and where from?

 

[McBunny]

i got the ms one from toys r us when i bought the xbox a few months ago

 

[McBunny]

Tell me where to get a VGA cable for £15 and i will!

Having said that, it seems pointless to keep it - it wont be used

Not sure if its any better, id imagine its personal preference however the advantage of upscaling DVDs and the fact my actual DVD player uses components meaning im having to swap them means, for me at least, its better

oh and you can get it for 15.50 here
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-de-49-en-15-360+vga-70-190j.html

 

[Guy]

does optical plug directly into xbox for audio to amp?

 

[Guy]

just bought one for 20 quid from currys..

 

[Adam K]

i have game's own brand vga cable which i think cost me £14.99

 

[wozzaa]

Saying one cable looks better than the other is a little iffy. It depends on your tv. I have more adjustment on mine via vga input than i do via component hence it looks better.

Some tv's have limited adjustment via vga input and more via component.

Also depends on how the tv is setup. You cant tell which is better until you try it seen plenty of sets that look very dark and blurry when using the vga cable.

 

[Gareth]

i've been using a non-official one off ebay (because the MS one at the time was something stupid like £50), it is much improved over the component setup, I've just ordered the MS VGA one though as the one I have currently is playing up (surprise, surprise)

 

[Tiger]

this is interestin, i always thought component was better than vga but tbh i dont know anything about vga, my 360 looks fantastic on my samsung 74BDX via component with game mode turned on at 720p, i wouldnt mind seeing vga tho to see the difference...

 

[Guy]

well b uy a vga cable then. ha

 

[J273]

Ive just got a madcatz cable today...Just tried it and all it displays on the tv is

VGA Signal out of range

Any ideas guys as to what the problem could be?

 

[Mike_182]

The VGA Signal is out of range?

As for quality, I can't make a comparison on them. I know my Plasma screen is only a 1024x768 panel, so through VGA only allows that resolution and as such haven't tried.

My only gripe is I can't set the resolution of the 360 to the native resolution of my Dell 2007

 

[Gareth]

with the component I found (for example on PGR3) that the edges of the cars were very blocky (pixely), switched to the VGA and they are perfectly sharp. BIG difference. The VGA i also found to give a much brighter picture.

 

[scott8629]

Ive just got a madcatz cable today...Just tried it and all it displays on the tv is

VGA Signal out of range

Any ideas guys as to what the problem could be?

The resolution setting is too high.

What I did was configure it blind, start your 360 up.

1-Press right 4 times to get to the set up menu.
2-Press A 3 times
3-Press up say twice (gets to a lower resolution)
4-Press A
5-Press up once
6-Press A
7-Wait a few seconds

After this you should see the screen, now you have to find the max resolution you screen can cope with my trying each one!

I use component set to 1080i as VGA looks arse on my TV (Sharp X1DE).

Scott

 

[J273]

Ive just got a madcatz cable today...Just tried it and all it displays on the tv is

VGA Signal out of range

Any ideas guys as to what the problem could be?

The resolution setting is too high.

What I did was configure it blind, start your 360 up.

1-Press right 4 times to get to the set up menu.
2-Press A 3 times
3-Press up say twice (gets to a lower resolution)
4-Press A
5-Press up once
6-Press A
7-Wait a few seconds

After this you should see the screen, now you have to find the max resolution you screen can cope with my trying each one!

I use component set to 1080i as VGA looks arse on my TV (Sharp X1DE).

Scott

Excellent thanks alot

 

[Tiger]

Ive just got a madcatz cable today...Just tried it and all it displays on the tv is

VGA Signal out of range

Any ideas guys as to what the problem could be?

The resolution setting is too high.

What I did was configure it blind, start your 360 up.

1-Press right 4 times to get to the set up menu.
2-Press A 3 times
3-Press up say twice (gets to a lower resolution)
4-Press A
5-Press up once
6-Press A
7-Wait a few seconds

After this you should see the screen, now you have to find the max resolution you screen can cope with my trying each one!

I use component set to 1080i as VGA looks arse on my TV (Sharp X1DE).

Scott

gimme your vga cable then till i test mine!!! lol

 

[Guy]

what res are you VGA'ers set to?

1360x768 ?

 

[Gareth]

1024 x 768 for me.

 

[wozzaa]

1360x768 for me.

 

[McBunny]

1920x1080

 

[Guy]

mcb - that just flickers on my screen

does that mean my screen isnt 1080 compatible?

 

[McBunny]

yes if you select 1080 on component it will display fine tho as the tosh will accept 1080i inputs then rescale them to 1366x766 or something but via vga it does progressive only so your stuck with 768 max

mine is 1080p tho

 

[Guy]

will that effect the quality of HD dvd's too?

or will they still be signficantly better on 768 than standard dvds are?

 

[tomdbomb61_djtj]

will that effect the quality of HD dvd's too?

or will they still be signficantly better on 768 than standard dvds are?

It wont make you any better on PGR what ever resolution you go on

 

[Guy]

sunday night, you going down!

 

[Guy]

what would you say is best?

768p via VGA
or 1080i via component