Topic: Where To Buy Msft Av Hdtv Pack (Read 53 times)

Morninglight · « **on:** April 09, 2006, 03:27:00 AM »

Why don't you search the good old ebay, much cheaper that the m$$$ pack

Mr Ed · « **Reply #1 on:** April 10, 2006, 09:39:00 AM »

Yeah the MS pack or the Monster Cable pack are the only ones I'd consider. The rest have too many reports of problems on this site and others. There's no point in buying a cheap HDTV pack. That's like asking if you can by a cheap Ferrari. I mean, HDTV is high quality. High quality and cheap do not go together.

The MS pack has become very hard to locate too. Which is a shame.

The Zep Man · « **Reply #2 on:** April 10, 2006, 09:58:00 AM »

Tried Lik-Sang?

WolfieXbox · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2006, 01:24:00 PM »

I answered my own question with the Monster Cable option: $80 basically total.

Hookup documentation is here:
http://www.monsterca...xbox_hookup.jpg

Basically you need the LW 100X for $29.95 and the 400x cable for $49.95.

This is the same cost that I paid for a used Xbox right now. So I am leaning towards the Lik-Sang option right now if there won't be any conversion issues US/Asia like I noted above.

The Zep Man · « **Reply #4 on:** April 10, 2006, 02:04:00 PM »

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My questions with this one are very noob, so I am prepared for flames of "you idiot" or whatever here.

Never assume the worst.

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But this does list itself as the japanese version, do the whole european/asian PAL vs NTSC go away with the new HDTV/Component video world?

Lik-Sang's website states "Japanese version compatible with all US and JAP Xbox consoles sold worldwide".

Normally said: the cable will always work at 480i. If you have a PAL Xbox, you should convert it to NTSC by using Enigmah Video Switcher. When your Xbox is NTSC and the cable is connected, you will see the extra options (480p, 720p and 1080i) in MS Dashboard.

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What will the Japanese version do when a game doesn't support HD?

Display the game in 480i. Most games support 480p, though (when enabled in MS Dashboard and when the Xbox is NTSC).

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I would suspect this is a function of the system and not the cables, but wanted to make 100% sure.

You are correct. Note that the cable tells it's a HD-cable by grounding some pins. Some 3rd-party cables do this wrong. Obviously, MS cables don't have this flaw. I also never heard anything bad about this with Monster cables.

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Second part is the Monster Video setup. I haven't seen any pics on any of the sites about how this additional cable to support the digital audio works etc. If I am paying $40 I can have the Monstor Cable pack and the additional cable and I can go get it today (think I saw one at local stores). Anybody have any details about this, or a link to a forum post that talks about it (search isn't working for me too well on here right now).

If you can get that today (Gamelink 400 X), I would buy that. I'm not pro-Monster, but if those are the only cables that were directly available for me then I would buy them.

Mr Ed · « **Reply #5 on:** April 10, 2006, 02:08:00 PM »

Dude the optical connection for the Monster cable setup is a standard mini 3.5mm optical jack, so you can use any optical cable that includes adapters for the standard mini jack. I got mine at Circuit City for under $10.

For example, this cable:
http://store.digital...jasav22684.html

irfan · « **Reply #6 on:** April 10, 2006, 02:13:00 PM »

i got mine at Cicruit city. they had plenty of them in store but not listed online

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