I think its ridiculous to charge $90 for HDMI when new systems already have it. Its like taxing your loyal early adopters IMO. I mean, its cool to have that option for people with old boxes, but damn, that price is ridiculous.
Hmm i really want to dump my crappy component cables for my setup so i might be interested in this. Or so what jeff says and just buy a new one (probably a better bet since xboxs tend not to last to long)
exactly what I was thinking , I wonder who they are planning on targeting with this? too much money for an adapter for an old system that will die on you , plus what are the odds of MS saying that your warranty is void due to modification of 360? too risky , too much money.... no thanks.
Don't you think it would be better to just buy the DVI cable ( I think that is right) if you have the input. I use that cable on my Samsung 50' and to me it looks sharper than the component cables. It certainly is a lot cheaper than that conversion kit.
yeah, I have no interest in this. Especially if someone bought it and then there xbox needed to be replaced, then this unit would become useless. Also I would be concerned with the quality of it too.
What a waste of money. This is compounded by the fact that the 360 does not support lossless audio over HDMI (which, aside from 1080p for those without VGA inputs, is the only other real advantage on the consumer end of HDMI), so you're basically paying $90 for a gimped output.
So which is better in your opinion? HDMI or the VGA input? I was fortunate to get the HDMI 360 model after my last one tanked, but haven't decided to spend $100 on a cable yet.
Heh. My advice: Purge your brain that $100 cables exist, and trudge on over to http://www.monoprice.com, where you can find a very good quality HDMI cable for about $6 ($8 or so shipped). I would pick HDMI over VGA, but not if there's a $90 gap (for people without HDMI 360's).
After I pick up my new receiver I will get some HDMI cables for the HD Receiver and 360. My Samsung DLP only has a single HDMI input on it now, and it's taken by the cable. Thanks for the link Xpress.
The resolutions chart goes like this RCA - Low Quality Red White Yellow (red and white stero outs Yellow Video) 480i 480p S-Vido - Slightly better (no audio) 480i 480 p RGB (component) Good quality (no Audio) 720p HDMI - BEST QUALITY ( ALSO UTILIZES HI DEF AUDIO) 1080i (1080p someday??) The top three use seperate cables for audio coax and fiber - better audio then RCA HDMI is one solid cable for both. As with everything else the beteer the cable the better the quality. Monster cables are best but cost a good amount. I would be happy to help anyone who has any questions about this or computers. For those of you who know this already I appologise just trying to help.
Okay this is news to me. From memory my DLP has the HDMI input, but it also has the audio ports right next to it. Is this a new development (last year or two) or has HDMI always been both audio and video? edit: I think the reason I have audio ports connected is that I'm going from DVI to HDMI on my cable box. The newer Comcast boxes have HDMI...so maybe it's time for an upgrade? Maybe with the new receiver it would be easier to manage the surround sound too.
DVI is video only. It was the in thing for a very short time. My TV only has DVI inputs. So for DirecTV I go from HDMI and convert to DVI for the tv, then go to my receiver with a digital optical cable.
Your order of video quality is basically correct, but Component/VGA (RGB in your list) are both capable of 1080p. On most HDTVs there will be very little difference in quality between component and HDMI assuming the same source material. That being said HDMI is nice as it is only one cable so if you have the option that is normally best, but don't assume it will make things look much better than component did.
No worries, I'd just hate for people to run out and buy an HDMI cable to use instead of the component cable (or VGA) they are currently using and expecting a big difference in video quality.
Yea, I'm going to buy an Elite in a month or 2. It'll be my 3rd 360 I've actually purchased...and my 5th overall. wuuttttaaaayaaa gonna do?
yea I need HDMI...cuz I'm like that. plus I just got surround sound and HDMI is good input for that... plus 120 GB!!
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=981566 Heh, looks like it provides absolutely zero advantage over component and is basically there to ... heck, I have no idea. Maybe if your TV has 1 component input and 7 HDMI inputs and you need the component for something else... or something.
