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anyone play their xbox on a PC monitor?

quarryman · 2004-05-28 10:28:12

I've looked around xbox scene but can't find the perfect solution. I remember reading a thread where you could do a mod to the cable and input the signal to a VGA (PC) monitor. Twould be a handy feature if it worked well.

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28-05-2004 11:28am

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quarryman

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I've looked around xbox scene but can't find the perfect solution. I remember reading a thread where you could do a mod to the cable and input the signal to a VGA (PC) monitor.

Twould be a handy feature if it worked well.

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#2 28-05-2004 11:45am
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Well, if you have a TV-in on your graphics card you could do it much easier that way.
Have you looked at this thread?

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#3 28-05-2004 11:51am
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read through the thread.

don't have tv-in on my card.

i did find this though. but not sure if it works on European xboxsess.

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#4 28-05-2004 12:23pm
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i have a thing i have in the house for this and its for sale if you want it..

cost me €120 from peats and you can play whatever you want through it onto your monitor

dvd player/video player/tv/xbox/ps2 etc etc..

ill post a pic up of it tonight of what it looks like if you want

its yours if you want to buy it to, still in perfect condition as i only used it a handful of times really

the max res on it is 1024x768 though, but means you can change your xbox res to the above ^

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#5 28-05-2004 12:32pm
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yup interested. pm'ing you.

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#6 28-05-2004 3:01pm
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http://www.lik-sang.com/list.php?nav=over&category=222&PHPSESSID=19e78f0cbc4db704f4ad5fb961603f56

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#7 28-05-2004 3:53pm
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Originally posted by jesus_thats_gre
http://www.lik-sang.com/list.php?nav=over&category=222&PHPSESSID=19e78f0cbc4db704f4ad5fb961603f56

that's a sweet link, thanks. i wonder about shipping and customs charges etc.....

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#8 28-05-2004 4:12pm
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Originally posted by quarryman
i wonder about shipping and customs charges etc.....

Free worldwide shipping, and it should pass customs undeterred.

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#9 28-05-2004 4:50pm
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I use a Solarism 15" LCD panel that has S-Video and 2 composite inputs as well as VGA in. It works pretty well

Ciarán.

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#10 28-05-2004 5:00pm
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Originally posted by quarryman
that's a sweet link, thanks. i wonder about shipping and customs charges etc.....

dope!

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#11 28-05-2004 10:06pm
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You'll only get the XBox to output a proper VGA signal with games that have Progressive Scan as a feature, and then you'll probably have to use an adaptor to convert the component signal into VGA, which is just a simple little box, I think. That will be VGA quality.

For other games you could use the XRGB-2 but it's $180. Be careful though, because without the aid of the XRGB-2, non-progressive scan games will probably look crap through those VGA boxes.

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#12 28-05-2004 10:38pm
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Originally posted by jesus_thats_gre
dope!

no thanks. i don't even smoke.

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