Xbox to VGA

[drezha]

Looking to try and connect my Xbox to my PC monitor.

Well firstly I'm not sure whether to bother or just buy a cheap second hand TV. You can get some second hand 24" CRT ones off eBay for £40 within 10 miles of Leeds at the minute. Thats a bit larger than my 17" LCD. Room size next year should be fine depending on the web I accquire in the house.

It currently resides in the front room but next year we'll have Sky, Xbox 360, N64, Xbox, PS2, Gamecube and I think a Snes. 4 guys trying to fight over that in the front room? I think not Also feel like moving it to my room now so I can get some good playing time in

Anyhow, would the 360 cable work?
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360vgahdcable/

If not, does anyone know of a decent way I can do it without splitting and soldering cables myself? Preferably cheap. Or should I just get a TV?

[spikey_richie]

The problem you have is that both ends will be female. The lead is intended for TFT/plasma screens with a male socket on the back (rather like that on a graphics card)

You COULD hack the ends apart and solder the associated wires together, but I don't know how that would affect your H/V sync and image quality. It'd be a shame to waste the lead if it doesn't work...

Anyway, here's a wiring diagram showing the pin locations:

http://www.nullmodem.com/HD-DB-15.htm

[meshmar]

One option, is to get one of the TV capture cards for your PC. I knew of a couple of adapters that came out not long after the XBox, but I'm sure they were NTSC and not PAL ...

Try google and see what comes up that will work - they weren't too expensive back then ...

[Big Whiskey]

looking for something like this GameBridge (http://www.memoryexpress.com/index.php?PageTag=&page=file&memx_menu=EmbedProductDetail.php&DisplayProductID=8955&SID=)

[meshmar]

The only problem with the Gamebridge ... NTSC. Unless I'm mistaken, the UK uses PAL.

[drezha]

UK does indeed use PAL.

Cheers for the help guys.
The TV card option was raised on TPR and while it's a good idea, I cant get it to work on linux so it's a no go option.

Easiest and cheapest way is to purchase myself a cheap second hand TV. Then either a RF convertor so I can send the signal down the aerial or normal leads (with or without a convertor)

@ spikey, nice idea, but I don't want to cut cables as I have no soldering iron etc etc so to go that route would require more kit and thus extar costs.