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4Gamers VGA HD AV Cable (Xbox 360) | 
| From: 4Gamers
Category: Video Games
List Price: £14.99
Buy New: £10.08
You Save: £4.91 (33%)
New (4) from £7.45
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1087
Platform: Xbox 360
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 3 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 7.8 x 2.6
EAN: 5060015457164
ASIN: B000F0ERF4
Release Date: April 14, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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VGA October 2, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
When I was deciding on which VGA cable to get to run an Xbox 360 console through a PC monitor, I looked at dozens of different ones from many different manufacturers. This was by far the best cable out there, and when you can buy it for 5, as opposed to the 20+ that Microsoft are charging for the EXACTLY the same "official" cable, it's an absolute bargain.
The cable gives you a high definition picture on a plasma television or PC monitor (both old and new monitors). It has gold connections - meaning it has a much criper transfer, and the screen quality is absolutely superb. I've seen the 360 run on a full HD, 40" telvision, through HDMI, and there is absolutely no difference in quality. If anything, this cable on the monitor looked better because it had smoother edges. The colour depth is what you would expect from a high-definition transfer, and it also comes with two audio sockets so that you can plug your computer speakers in.
It all works really well, and it's by far the easiest thing I've ever had to set up in my life. I plugged it into my monitor, into the Xbox 360, and turned on the console. It came up instantaneously with the screen setting up on the screen. All you have to do then is put in your monitor's resolution from the drop down menu that pops up on screen. Bare in mind the HD setting you can set your 360 at through a monitor depends on your resolution. Monitor's that run at 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1360 x 768, etc, your average monitor basically, will run at 720p definition. Any resolution above 1600 x 1200 will run at 1080p. To be honest, the difference between the two is minimal unless your running it on a HD television so it's no problem at all.
Just two things to bare in mind. One, if your monitor is not a widescreen monitor you may get the 'stretch' effect. The screen won't fit onto your screen meaning it will be all squashed together and look horrible. And the other problem i came across was that when running the cable on 1280 x 1024 resolution there was a shimmering effect on the screen with ghosting coming from the writing. This was easily rid by changing the resolution to the next setting (in this case 1360 x 768). This does NOT affect your picture quality at all, the two settings are basically the same.
Hope this was of help.
clear cut high quality cable February 5, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I got an xbox 360 arcade that i wanted to plug into my 24inch dell monitor as im a uni student without a tv. I wanted to have the highest picture quality available as theoretically my monitor supports better than hd resolutions. After having a look on amazon for VGA cables i decided to get this one. The cable plugs into the back of the A/V socket on the xbox and into the back of the VGA port on my monitor, i was worried that picture quality would be poor as its not hdmi. But luckily i was wrong. once u plug it in, simply go to the xbox settings and choose your monitors resolution and the screen refreshes to the best quality. I am glad i got this cable as i would not have been happy with a second rate picture quality.
The cable is of a long length, not sure how long but fine for a xbox under a student's desk. the quality of the cable and the connectors seem first rate. Gold plated connections and a strong woven, shielded cable that does not interfere with other electrical equipment. I reccommend this highly.
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