Instead of paying $200 for one of those converter boxes, would this work?

1. Get a MS VGA cable for the 360 ($40)
2. Attach the VGA cable to a VGA (male) to DVI (female) adapter ($15)
3. Attach the female DVI end to a male DVI to male HDMI adapter or cable ($15)

$70...would this work, and would it deliver the 1080p output?

I ask because I have a Sony that only accepts 1080p via HDMI

thanks,
Rob

I doubt it. You would need a dvi-d connector, a dvi-a is for analog, and hdmi is digital, also dvi- d is digital. Somewhere you would need a converter to convert an anlog signal to digital, and by switching plug ends, it doen't do it. Your hdmi will probably not work with it.

that makes sense..thanks

so I am crazy after all :D

The 360 outputs VGA which can only be converted to DVI-A.

Most PC graphics cards on the other hand support DVI-I which has both analog and digital.

DVI-D is the same as HDMI (excluding audio) only shifted in color space slightly.

DVI-X Knowledge (http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/DVI_info.html)

Already tried that. It does not work!

...........and this post is 6 months old.

Why people try to go to this great of lengths to get 1080p is beyond me. Most TV's are better at de-interlacing anyways, so just send 1080i via component and let your TV do the rest. I suppose DVD upconvert is one good reason though if you dont have a dedicated DVD player.