Xbox to PC monitor looks terrible!

youcancallmeal

I bought an xbox vga adapter so I could play using my pc monitor (Dell 2007wfp). This is the cable I bought. Anyway the image quality is terrible, not usable at all. It flickers and is very dark especially around the edges and corners?? I thought maybe I got a crappy cable so hooked it up to my 40" Samsung tv and image quality was fine, not as good as using a HDMI cable but thats to be expected. I messed around with loads of the display settings on the xbox and my monitor but nothing helped

I thought it might be my monitor but I found this old discussion where people are saying the quality is fine with the 2007wfp, although they do mention using the official cable. Should I just return the cable and try getting the official one to see if it makes any difference or is there anything else I can try?

justsomebloke

I have a xbox in work and use a VGA cable to connect it to one of my 22" screens and it plays grand so it might just be the cable itself

youcancallmeal

Yeah I'm going to send it back and get an official Microsoft cable. Do shops like gamestop/HMV even sell them anymore with the advent of HDtvs?

stephendevlin

Does your Samsung TV have a pc input?? You could try the cable again there. see if its actually the cable thats at fault..

youcancallmeal

stephendevlin wrote: »

Does your Samsung TV have a pc input?? You could try the cable again there. see if its actually the cable thats at fault..

Thats exactly what I did and like I said the image quality was fine, definitely usable. I tried the cable on 2 different Dell 2007WFP monitors and it looked the exact same on both i.e. Horrible

user1842

Do an autodetect/autosettings on the monitor

youcancallmeal

dmclean1842 wrote: »

Do an autodetect/autosettings on the monitor

Yup did that. Also reset the monitor to factory defaults(I think thats what it was at anyway).

justsomebloke

just to make sure you have tried the dell as a monitor using the same port with a computer and I presume it was fine?

ciaburkie

I got an unofficial VA cable in HMV for 6.99 back in August when I got my Xbox...works perfectly on my 22inch monitor

justsomebloke

ciaburkie wrote: »

I got an unofficial VA cable in HMV for 6.99 back in August when I got my Xbox...works perfectly on my 22inch monitor

that is the one I am using however I was in HMV in swords last night and they were €24 odd

stephendevlin

youcancallme>al wrote: »

Thats exactly what I did and like I said the image quality was fine, definitely usable. I tried the cable on 2 different Dell 2007WFP monitors and it looked the exact same on both i.e. Horrible

Sorry misread what you said at the start. I read (I used HDMI with the XBOX and it was fine)

Sorry!:P

tman

Are you definitely using the monitor's correct native resolution? (1680x1050 according to google...)

I'd say go for the official cable if you've tried that already

Venom

OP can you check the Xbox/cable with another Monitor or cable with another Xbox/monitor as I used the cheap AV cable from HMV with no problems.

zero19

Joe the Santa wrote: »

I have a xbox in work and use a VGA cable to connect it to one of my 22" screens and it plays grand so it might just be the cable itself

Hmmm where do you work and can you hook me up with a job?