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 Post subject: Xbox vga cable
PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 18:30 
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I can't search for one without it coming up with 360 ones or :nerd: instructions how to make one.

Anyone got one or know where's best to get one?

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 Post subject: Re: Xbox vga cable
PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 18:51 
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http://www.thegametrain.com/xbox-one-vg ... mksi41ava4

Needs the BIOS patching or summat though. What's it for?


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 Post subject: Re: Xbox vga cable
PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 19:33 
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Adapter-PS2-XBOX-GC-3-IN-1-VGA-box-for-playing-on-PC-TV_W0QQitemZ250352612950QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_VideoGames_VideoGameAccessories_VideoGameAccessories_JN?hash=item250352612950&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

try this?

edit: Stupid long link, sorry dudes. It works though


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 Post subject: Re: Xbox vga cable
PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:38 
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markg wrote:
Needs the BIOS patching or summat though. What's it for?


Got my Xbox in the loft doing nothing so just thought I might hook it up to my computer monitor. If its a faff I'll leave it. I thought it would be just a case of plugging in a lead.

Ta for the info folks.

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 Post subject: Re: Xbox vga cable
PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:39 
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DavPaz wrote:
try this?


Ooh! PS2 too!

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 Post subject: Re: Xbox vga cable
PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 20:40 
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Zardoz wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
try this?


Ooh! PS2 too!

Except that any VGA cable which requires that it occupy one of the PS2's memory card slots before it'll even display a picture should send alarm bells ringing from the off.


Yes, I purchased this. Yes, I tried it out. The results make me want to cry emo tears.


It took lots of faffing about before I could get it to display PS2-ness on my HDTV (which shares similar technology with PC LCD monitors if I'm led to believe) - and even then it resembled poor quality to me. It started off shunted to one side (so I had to adjust the picture manually), and there appears to be no way of making it take up the whole screen. And it looked too bright everywhere - particularly in the black/dark palette (usually the PS2 BIOS background, natch).

On the Gamecube, it was even worse. It didn't require I insert a special port into a memory card slot, but the picture looked very "ghostly", even after I adjusted the TV's settings again (it looks like you'll need to re-adjust it every time you switch consoles). I could hardly get anything as nice-looking as what the older Dreamcast could produce. Suffice to say, I didn't bother testing the cable out with my Xbox. I'd had enough of this mass of cables taking up space in my bedroom already.

So yes, what a senseless waste of £23.89. I really hope I can flog the thing on eBay somehow. I'm going to try and blag me an HD component cable for the PS2 instead, and I wouldn't mind some assistance in finding a better HD solution for the GC. Any suggestions?


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 Post subject: Re: Xbox vga cable
PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 20:42 
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Well, if DavPaz was still here, I'm sure he'd make a timely apology.


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 Post subject: Re: Xbox vga cable
PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 21:15 
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Joans wrote:
Well, if DavPaz was still here, I'm sure he'd make a timely apology.


I doubt he'd be welcome back now, after that..


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 Post subject: Re: Xbox vga cable
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:33 
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This DavPaz should do his research better. Who in their right mind would recommend a cable from ebay? Fool.


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 Post subject: Re: Xbox vga cable
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:51 
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DavPaz? LeadSpaz, more like.

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 Post subject: Re: Xbox vga cable
PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 14:40 
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4thDimension wrote:
This DavPaz should do his research better. Who in their right mind would recommend a cable from ebay? Fool.

Cheeky bastard. Who do you think you're talking to?


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