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Sorry, the first link to lik-sang you posted was a cheap Redant linedoubler that is beyond terrible. And this link here isn't even a VGA cable, its a Scart RGB cable, thus only interlace.
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Im thinking about ordering this "xbox to vga adapter".
Anyone tryed it? |
I haven't tried it, but followed the development of the german digital-x products. They sell 2 interesting things:
- a modified HD pack that will work with a PAL XBox. Only in 480p, not 720p or 1080i, though.
- a XVGA box, that is not a mear linedoubler (like the Lik-Sang/Redant crap) but an actual transcoder. I am not sure whether this box will allow higher than 480p even if combined with the US Xbox.
Both need to be ordered stating whether you have an US or PAL XBox.
As i said, i haven't tried it yet, but i have read reports of several german happy users.
cyborge1,
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Hehe, great link. That made my day! Everyone should read it
These guys are really clueless. They build a 'VGA' cable by connecting the Y lead (from the component YUV output of the XBox) to Green on the VGA connector and the U and V leads to Red and Blue.
Of course, they get a picture, because the Y (brightness) signal is now shown on Green and the 'sync on Y' is now used as 'sync on Green' by the monitor, and the color difference signals U and V bleed through as hints of colors (see the Tecmo screenshots).
So they are simply connecting YUV to RGB without transcoding and then they state:
"As you can see the video on the xbox is green. If you play the demo through some scenes have red and blue in them so the cable is wired correctly. I believe MS has disabled VGA support by changing the palette to mostly green."
This is the funniest **** i have read in month!
And then they write:
"If this is true then when the OS is hacked VGA output can be restored to full color, and the dashboard can be fixed to output at 31KHz."
Yup, you guys wait for the OS to be hacked.
gameboy,
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I am here to burst your bubble and to tell you that you will NEVER EVER see a licensed VGA connector for XBOX. Why? Because XBOX is basically a VERY VERY cheap PC that MS is losing money for every box sold. If VGA connector was available, it would give even more reasons for hackers to buy XBOX and use it as a PC (thus not getting the royalties from game titles). Not gonna happen. |
Hmmm, IMO, those are the least possible reasons. If they never release a VGA box, then because
a) there is no big market. Even the HD pack is a limited market for them, but making it HD cabable is a differentiator to the other consolose and makes a lot of sense in the mid to long haul. There are at least 10 times as many people interested in the HD pack compared to a possible VGA pack. With the deeper intrusion of HD displays this factor is going to get more like 100 to 1.
b) MS want to make a 'point' that this is really a game console and not a PC.
You don't honestly believe that even if the XBox got hacked the way that you could use a keyboard and mouse with it, that ANYONE except for a handful of freaks would use it as a PC? It IS true that they would loose the money on those without getting any royalities, but regarding the percentage of buyers how would do this, MS wouldn't give a damn. They might even be happy, because those folks are out of their warranty calculations for good.
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That is the reason why you are only seeing VGA connectors sold from oversea operators from Singapore, Hong Kong, and others. If you want to buy the connector from them, just remember two things:
1. Do you really have that much faith to give your credit card number to oversea dealers selling hacked products? |
Oh yeah, why not include Germany as one of those scumback countries that you should never trust. All thiefs, right?
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2. The XBOX OS has some built in protection to foil basic VGA connection hacks (you will only see green colors, for example). |
Oh, so at least one person believed the nonsense from the link above.
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Can't have everything, can't we... |
No we can't. The digital-x VGA box really works, though, and there will be more of the likes in the future, rest assured.
Regards
Bjoern