Post by: Geirskogul on November 15, 2006, 01:26:00 PM
Post by: Geirskogul on November 15, 2006, 08:56:00 PM
QUOTE(Fatz_z @ Nov 16 2006, 01:45 AM) 
Thanks for the reply. You may be right, hard to wait for them to come out with an HDMI cable though.
It wouldn't be a simple "cable". It's been stated many times that the 360 simply isn't capable of digital output. It can't be just "enabled" through a FW update, it's just not possible. HDMI is PURELY digital. It would have to be a cable that had a converter for the VGA signal as well as circuitry to encode the HDCP encryption to the converted VGA signal built in.
In short: I think it's HIGHLY unlikely. Of course, I may be proven wrong in the future, but there aren't any plans for it right now.
Post by: elmo_sni on November 17, 2006, 02:30:00 PM
QUOTE(Geirskogul @ Nov 15 2006, 03:33 PM)
VGA is analog, and DVI is purely digital. To both convert it to digital while keeping the resolutions and doing it fast enough not to loose video/sound sync while having lagless gameplay will cost a pretty penny. You may have better luck just buying an upscaling dvd player.
DVI-d is purley digital... most TV's that use the DVI connection are DVI-I (hybrid), but since you're only going to go from DVI-I <-> HDMI it's not possible.
hmm what are the pricing ranges of signal conversion units anyway? pretty high... especially at that resolution
and this is more along the lines of a " a/v forum " question