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ymeaga1n on 02 December 2008
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rajendra82 said:
BengaBenga said:

Question:

What gives the best quality on my LCD TV (Full HD). I can input both component and VGA cables (and DVI, which unfortunately no console supports afaik).

In theory VGA should give the better results, because it's true RGB, which component is not. But I've heard some complaints about using the VGA cable on the 360.

Does anyone know what's best?

I would prefer to use a VGA cable so I can keep my Wii on the component input. I can always use a splitter of course.

 

DVI and HDMI are cable compatible.  Just get a cable with a DVI plug on one end and HDMI plug on the other, and then output sound seperately.  In terms of quality VGA and component are equal as they are both analog connections that split the video signal into three (RGB in the case of VGA and YPbPr in the case of component).  That's why the video quality of them is about the same and better than composite (which carries the entire video signal over a single cable).  HDMI and DVI-D are both digital, and therefore better theoretically than either VGA or component.

 P.S.: Don't pay big money on the DVI/HDMI cable.  A cheap one will work just as well as the rip offs.  (i.e., Monster Cable)

This is what I would do. You can find a cheap DVI to HDMI cable from www.newegg.com. Make sure you've got the proper male/female connector on DVI end. Then you'd need to jerry-rig the component cable that comes with the x360 (remove the plastic housing) so you can have both the hdmi plugged in and the component plugged in at the same time. The component will be used for audio.