Topic: Hd A/v Connections To Tv And Monitor With Also A Kvm Switch (Read 63 times)

Glycem · « **on:** March 08, 2008, 09:03:00 AM »

Ive got roughly a 2yr old Core 360. I'm getting a new 22 LCD Widescreen Monitor soon & Id like to play in HD with it. The Monitor Im looking at has DVI & D-Sub hookups.

My TV is just a 48 Projector and the 360 wires are hooked in by composite, so composite is what I have to work with on the TV. My Graphics Card in PC has 2 DVI Ports. My TV Tuner Card in PC has got composite hookups.

Right now I have the composite cables split up. One set going to TV and the other to my TV card in pc from the 360. So I can view the 360 on TV and PC CRT Monitor, Id like to start enjoying HD quality ATM, but I dont think I can do that with a CRT?

I also have a 2-Port KVM Switch that I use for PC Repair.

Here are the Items Im looking at, so you will know any specs info:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824009094
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360vgahdcable/

http://www.geniatech.com/pa/superacolorhd.htm
That last thing, looks like it would be perfect for me, but it has VGA out, when I think I need VGA in.

So, basically what Im asking is what do I need to have the 360 available to view on both TV and PC Monitor with the XBOX360 HD AV Cable and my VGA D-Sub 2-Port KVM Switch & still of course have monitor hooked to PC in the Graphics Card.

Appreciate your help and I hope I didnt just give you a brain tumor.

-Gly

AliasCT · « **Reply #1 on:** March 08, 2008, 11:47:00 AM »

I'll go for the easy answer; why wouldn't a CRT be able to do HD? It would just be... sharper. With no dead pixels. Now, I don't think you'd find a widescreen CRT, and it'd be easier to find a higher resolution LCD, but really its just a matter of preference (size, resolution, price). My old CRT did up to 1280x1024, which is still capable of 720p. It was also huge, so I had to ditch it.

For the rest of it, I kind of blanked out. I'm not sure what I read. Do you *have* to use composite for the tv/projector/whatever it is? If it has *any* kind of HD input then it makes this a lot easier.

Glycem · « **Reply #2 on:** March 08, 2008, 01:22:00 PM »

I just wasn't sure if a CRT Monitor even was capable of HD. I am already planning on getting a 22" LCD Widescreen pretty soon.

The TV is not HD and only has composite and coaxial inputs.

Glycem · « **Reply #3 on:** March 21, 2008, 07:14:00 PM »

Would this device, http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=506238 be all I need to have signal going to tv and monitor? Just flip the switch for whichever device I want to view on?

Sorry, I'm referring to the XCM 360 – 5 Output Cable on that link above.

Thx

brandogg · « **Reply #4 on:** March 21, 2008, 09:28:00 PM »

What resolution does the monitor go up to? Most CRT PC monitors are HD (and even provide resolutions way higher than just about any LCD can. A 21" CRT would easily do 1080p. Just get an Xbox 360 VGA cable (the MS brand cable is very good and comes with a 3.5mm to RCA adapter, and a female-female VGA adapter.

Glycem · « **Reply #5 on:** March 23, 2008, 02:26:00 AM »

Looks like once I get the MS 360 Component HD AV Cable in, I could just order the X2VGA 2 and use that. Unless I'm missing something, that seems to be a solution for all my trouble. Will post back after getting.

Glycem · « **Reply #6 on:** April 03, 2008, 03:43:00 AM »

The X2VGA solved it all, with the MS HD AV Component Cable, composite going to TV and component going to X2VGA and then have audio split off going to TV and line-in on PC, I can now switch between TV and PC monitor with just a couple flips of the switch. Only extra problem was with audio being split it would come out of both TV stereo and PC all the time, but a simple mute of the line-in took care of that.

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