Xbox 360: Xbox compatibility and VGA

Posted by Scott Laird Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:13:14 GMT

Gizmodo has a link to a big set of Xbox 360 marketing material. It’s mostly glossy marketing dreck, but there are a couple useful details hiding in there:

  • There will be a VGA cable available for the Xbox 360. It’ll cost $40, but that means that the 360 will be playable with existing computer monitors and projectors. This is something that Microsoft screwed up with the original Xbox design–they worked so hard to convince people that it wasn’t a PC that they left out a number of features that would have been useful, like real USB ports and a VGA connector.
  • The Xbox 360/Xbox 360 Core System comparison chart in the middle shows “Play Original Xbox Games” as one of the comparison items. The hard drive is required for Xbox compatibility. This has been rumored for months, but this is the first official statement that I’ve seen. Further down is says that “top-selling” games can be played on the 360, including Halo 2.

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  1. bfletcher76@hotmail.com said 15 days later:

    If you can hook up your 360 to your computer monitor, what do you do about audio? Do you need to plug the other cables into a stereo, or will it work with standard sound card inputs?

  2. null said 2 months later:

    which will be a better picture I am using a Sony LCD V40XBR1 There is a delay when using component(HD) but vga seems to be ok. Regular composite works fine too. I tried to play MLB in hd component but the lag for the pitching was really bad. please help

  3. andy said 3 months later:

    hey is there a vga output for the xbox not the x360

  4. Hey said 8 months later:

    WII:D WII:D !!! Whee Whee

  5. dareycow@hotmail.com said about 1 year later:

    Hey, I’ve been trying to find how to play my ‘original’ xbox through my computer monitor. I’ve find sites that says you can do it, but not ‘how’ you do it, which is what I’m looking for. Could you give me a step by step guide or direct me to where I could find one? I’m not computer literate so saying stuff like ‘use a VGA cable’ doesn’t really sum it up for me. If I put it in, where do I go from there etc etc? :) Any help would be great thanks.

  6. Scott Laird said about 1 year later:

    You can’t just plug a monitor into the original Xbox, because it doesn’t have the right sort of output available. A couple companies make adapter boxes, but they were $70-$100, which didn’t seem worth it to me.

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