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Saturday, December 03, 2005

Xbox 360 VGA HD AV Cable Review

"The AV cable we demanded from Microsoft back during the previous generation has finally arrived. Our cries were heard in Redmond and with the new Xbox 360, a cable that outputs the console’s video signal in VGA format is, at last, a reality.

Is the cable what we were asking for? How does it perform? Continue reading to find out.

Available at launch (and really hard to find – at least in our area), the Xbox 360 VGA HD AV cable is a first-party AV cable that has a DV-15S VGA connector, stereo audio cables, and a Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound optical output similar to the one found on the Xbox 360 Component HD AV Cable.

Why the need of a VGA cable you may ask? Well, aside from the fact that many HDTVs have VGA inputs, many of us are stuck to a computer monitor and having the possibility to attach a console to the same monitor that you use with your desktop computer is definitely a relief. Back in the previous generation, it was a great experience to play the Xbox on a widescreen LCD monitor and now that the Xbox 360 plays all games, even the backward compatible Xbox ones, in high resolution, a VGA cable is more than welcomed." [more]

¶ D.Vader // 12/03/2005 04:14:00 PM // PermaLink