Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 11:34 am Post subject: Connecting my 360 to my computer monitor?
Okay here is the deal I have my computer connected to my hdtv now and my computer monitor is sitting over in the corner all lonely and all. My question is this I was hoping I could use my computer monitor all by itself to play my 360 on but it looks like all the 360 vga cables are made to plug into a vga input. What I want to do is run my 360 signal straight to my computer monitor and not into a tv or a computer. I thought this would be fairly easy to use just the computer monitor but have found no 360 cables with a female end just male end. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! _________________________________________________________
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Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 11:59 am Post subject:
You just need to purchase a VGA Xbox 360 AV Pack.
Ill link you to the one i use on my 22" LCD monitor..
You just need to purchase a VGA Xbox 360 AV Pack.
Ill link you to the one i use on my 22" LCD monitor..
I have the official microsoft ones myself and they work great, if you don't have a high definition tv I would recommend these as it makes your games look a lot better. _________________________________________________________ 360-HQ Toolbar | 360-hq Digg news | 360-HQ Active Topics | 360-HQ Boxxet Page | My Setup
Okay well I don't know if this will work because what I want to do is connect my monitor which doesn't have vga input it just has the cable that comes out of it which has a vga male that needs to be plug into a vga input female. What I am looking for is a cable that will come out of the a/v port of 360 and have a female input end on it so I can plug the male vga connector to it from the monitor. Is that what that cable is I couldn't tell because the picture doesn't show the end very well. _________________________________________________________
joho5 360-HQ Freak
Joined: Jan 22, 2007 Posts: 699 Location: Texas XP: 962
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject:
if you buy the microsoft vga cord, it comes with a male to female adapter to tie the two lines. Just buy the Microsoft brand and buy it new and you will have everything you need. Take in mind you will need something to supply the sound.
Thanks guys for all the help! It is much appreciated! _________________________________________________________
arch 360-HQ Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 13, 2007 Posts: 48 Location: New Delhi, India XP: 22
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 5:08 pm Post subject:
hey rebelcharm i've hooked up my 360 to my LCD monitor and faced the same problem, all i did was that i bought a female to female vga adapter which cost me 50 cents (converted from indian rupees) and it works great. its cheap and easy solution to your problem
hey rebelcharm i've hooked up my 360 to my LCD monitor and faced the same problem, all i did was that i bought a female to female vga adapter which cost me 50 cents (converted from indian rupees) and it works great. its cheap and easy solution to your problem
Thanks arch I think that is what I am going to do. I can save myself a whole lot of money getting a third party 360 vga cable and getting the female to female vga adapter versus buying the microsoft vga cable. _________________________________________________________
As far as getting sound from the setup I am going to use my old surround sound setup for the computer monitor and I am hooking up a 5.1 dolby surround sound system to my main gaming area. _________________________________________________________
As far as getting sound from the setup I am going to use my old surround sound setup for the computer monitor and I am hooking up a 5.1 dolby surround sound system to my main gaming area.
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My question is this I was hoping I could use my computer monitor all by itself to play my 360 on but it looks like all the 360 vga cables are made to plug into a vga input. What I want to do is run my 360 signal straight to my computer monitor and not into a tv or a computer. I thought this would be fairly easy to use just the computer monitor but have found no 360 cables with a female end just male end. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! 
