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    XBOX cables

    I've just seen an XBOX for £30 but want to know what cables they have... and whether or not I could actually use it.

    Is it VGA? SCART? HDMI? Or something else?

    Prehaps, more importantly, what adapters could I get to use it with a VGA monitor or a HDMI monitor? They are all computer monitors... will these work? I presume so, but hey - never having had an XBOX before, it's always worth checking..
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    Question Re: XBOX cables

    For £30... I presume you're talking about an original Xbox, as opposed to a 360... right?

    Assuming it is an original... it should have a RGB cable set with it?

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    Re: XBOX cables

    the standard XBOX video cable is a composite video cable

    and there is no digital video out (i.e. no hdmi), and no official VGA options (some people have hacked support in, but don';t anticipate game support)

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    Re: XBOX cables

    Non PAL Xboxes put out a signal (and have the pins) that can easily to changed to VGA via the use of something like ::: XBOX.1 - X2VGA by Neoya reviewed! It's a must have purchase :::

    Thats not a cheap converter either. The quality is by far the highest you will get out of the Xbox.
    Sadly that either means you need to buy one of them (Not cheap ~£50 I paid for mine) or mod it in yourself like Xbox-Scene Tutorial: Xbox VGA-cable tutorial.

    More detail: Xbox VGA HOWTO - Xbox-Linux

    As said though, you need a non-PAL (NTSC) Xbox to do this, or the use of a mod-chip to enable it (which we'll leave there please )
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    Re: XBOX cables

    I've got the (hard to get hold of now) Component Cable. XBMC looks good at 720p.

    Best looking of any xbox cable available (and some games were even written with that connection in mind), however, most ways of enabling it, as Agent says, I can't talk more about.
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