Post by: grampasso on October 06, 2008, 05:26:00 AM
I'm new here and I would like to know if it is possible to have:
1) a Vga Output and how,
2) a hdmi output and how.
Clearly thanks in advance and ignore this message if is it wrong.
Post by: Heimdall on October 06, 2008, 06:05:00 AM
2. No. You can have component video output at up to 1080i, but not native HDMI.
However, you can buy external adapters for both, although judging by some of the reviews the quality seems to be a bit variable.
Post by: ldotsfan on October 06, 2008, 09:04:00 AM
QUOTE(Heimdall @ Oct 6 2008, 08:05 PM) 
1. I don't think you can on a 1.6. You need a VGA BIOS, and I don't think there's a 1.6 VGA BIOS. Someone else might be able to confirm or deny this........
No 1.6 VGA bios, there's no documentation for the xcalibur video encoder.
Post by: grampasso on October 07, 2008, 02:01:00 AM
http://forum.console-tribe.com/tutorial/t-...vga-129173.html
I know it's in italian, but in few words, the guy over there claim to have a v1.6 and with that hard mod. he adds a vga output on a xbox v1.6. Do you think it could work or not ?
Post by: Heimdall on October 07, 2008, 03:10:00 AM
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Post by: jakejm79 on October 07, 2008, 09:05:00 PM
Post by: grampasso on October 08, 2008, 02:02:00 AM
Post by: jakejm79 on October 08, 2008, 09:06:00 AM
Post by: ichigo3223 on February 02, 2020, 09:01:00 PM
The only suggestion I would have is get yourself a Component Cable and buy a Component to VGA Adapter. This way (depending on you monitor/tv) you can play most Xbox games in 720p and use most homebrews with 1080i. I think this is way easier and cheaper than building your own VGA RGB converter thingy.
Post by: jakejm79 on February 03, 2020, 10:31:00 AM
QUOTE(ichigo3223 @ Oct 12 2008, 12:01 AM)
VGA is very tricky in Xbox ver 1.6. The M$ guys just changed a lot to the Xbox in this version and one of those things is the Video Encoder thing.
The only suggestion I would have is get yourself a Component Cable and buy a Component to VGA Adapter. This way (depending on you monitor/tv) you can play most Xbox games in 720p and use most homebrews with 1080i. I think this is way easier and cheaper than building your own VGA RGB converter thingy.
That wont work, since the 1.6 will only be outputting color signals on the Blue and Red connectors (Pb&Pr) cos that is how component works, (color on red Pr and blue Pb wires and sync & luminance on green Y). The earlier versions have a bios available to make the xbox output the green color on the Y cable so you get:
Sync and green on Y (green cable), Red on Pr (red cable) and Blue on Pb (blue cable). So your two choices for a 1.6 is to build a separate YPrPb to RGB converter to get the green color from the PrPb channels and put it on the Y channel (like I already suggested), or play games with the missing green color signal, i.e. green tint.
Post by: ichigo3223 on February 03, 2020, 08:17:00 PM
Like in Here
Then all he need to do is connect the Xbox with Component or a HD pack to the box and use a VGA monitor like THIS.
I'm pretty sure this is gonna work for what the guy needs. Connecting a Monitor to his Xbox. If he's lucky his monitor might support 720p and play some games that way.