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Originally Posted by joebloggs13 /forum/post/15526629
I just bought this in december. it's the xbox 360 pro with 60GB hard drive and it is HD capable
So it should have a built in HDMI port on it already!!! It should be right under the normal Video port your currently using for the component connection. Xboxes have had HDMI for quite a while now and before the 60 gig HDD upgrade. I sold my Original 360 to buy one with a HDMI port for my new 50" inch plasma. I really did that to get 1080P output when watching a HD DVD on the HD DVD drive. Games will output to 1080P anyway though a Component connection. Some HDTV's won't accept a 1080P signal though Component, if yours is already working then your really ok.
Some Surround sound receivers will go convert from Component to a HDMI output. I know on my NEW one, my old TIVO is plugged in using S-Video and it goes out though my HDMI cable. The only connection I need for my HDTV.
It all depends on the Receiver. I was until I got my new Xbox plugging it in using Component and a Optical connection in to the Optical port, and of course the Video was going out with Component to my HDTV. There's nothing really wrong with doing this.
Component is perfect capable of 1080P output. HDMI is around for a simpler hookup and to Copy Protect using HDCP which is part of the HDMI format. Better Copy protection with a Digital connection then a Analog one.
When I got my new HDTV and the New XBox, I tried going HDMI directly to my HDTV and from this the Optical from the HDTV to my Receiver, but the best it would get is Dolby Pro Logic II. Not true surround sound with Dolby Digital or DTS. It's the DRM of HDMI. That forced me to buy MS HDMI cable because it comes with the Audio Box that you plug into the Normal Video/Audio port. This will give you the Optical connection from the 360 to go directly to the Receiver so you get real Surround sound.
I NOW have a new Surround Sound Receiver I got just over a week ago with 5 HDMI inputs. So my 360 and everything else plugs into it using HDMI except for my TIVO(S-Video) and all goes out though a single HDMI cable to my HDTV. I no longer need MS little Audio Box since the HDMI cable is going directly to my Receiver so it can get True surround sound that way.
Did I confuse you any?!?!