Can I hookup a 360 to a pc monitor?

and will it be HD?

or to my laptop screen?

Thanx for the info

i have mine set up this way, tho you might want to invest in a switch to change from your comp to 360, the monitor cord gets some real wear and tear. truth be told its awesome, im gonna buy a new monitor soon cuz mine isnt wide screen.

Yeah, im running my 360 on my samsung syncmaster and looks great, dont buy a cheap VGA lead though, get the microsoft one or monster VGA....stiv1987

I bought a cheap ebay one, and the quality is better on my screen than that on my friends which uses official MS cables.

[QUOTE="stiv1987"]Yeah, im running my 360 on my samsung syncmaster and looks great, dont buy a cheap VGA lead though, get the microsoft one or monster VGA....boostud

I bought a cheap ebay one, and the quality is better on my screen than that on my friends which uses official MS cables.

My first one was a cheap eBay one and it was horrible!

Yeah the official Xbox 360 VGA cables output at HD resolutions although you will need a PC monitor thats HDCP compliant. 1nverted

You're right about the VGA calbes and HD resolutions but the monitor does not need to be HDCP compliant for VGA, just for HDMI. I learned this the hard way with my PS3 since it wouldn't display on my monitor at work which was not HDCP compliant. The 360 with VGA worked just fine.

Just buy the offical Xbox 360 VGA cable and you can't go wrong. You will need something to output the sound from though don't forget.

Anything with a resolution of over 1280x720 is HD. With PC monitors HD is nothing new, PC gamers have been playing games in HD for the past decade!

Just buy the offical Xbox 360 VGA cable and you can't go wrong. You will need something to output the sound from though don't forget.

Anything with a resolution of over 1280x720 is HD. With PC monitors HD is nothing new, PC gamers have been playing games in HD for the past decade!

Bond007uk

Okay. I have a 19" Widescreen LG monitor. I'm almost positive that it'll be fine. But I don't think I have the proper speakers. The speakers for my comp. have only ONE audio plug but my sound system in my room have both red/white audio plugs. The thing is, it's hooked up to a 32" TV. I think I might just save $40 and stick with my setup I have now.

and will it be HD?

or to my laptop screen?

Thanx for the info

Belgium_1830

It depends you most likely will need a vga cable and it really depends on your resoultion capability of ur monitor.

[QUOTE="Bond007uk"]

Just buy the offical Xbox 360 VGA cable and you can't go wrong. You will need something to output the sound from though don't forget.

Anything with a resolution of over 1280x720 is HD. With PC monitors HD is nothing new, PC gamers have been playing games in HD for the past decade!

zypher315

Okay. I have a 19" Widescreen LG monitor. I'm almost positive that it'll be fine. But I don't think I have the proper speakers. The speakers for my comp. have only ONE audio plug but my sound system in my room have both red/white audio plugs. The thing is, it's hooked up to a 32" TV. I think I might just save $40 and stick with my setup I have now.

For the speakers, you'll be fine. The official Microsoft VGA cables come with an adapter for sound. The VGA cords themselves look like this:

http://www.breakitdownblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/xbox_360_vga_cable.jpg

The red/white plugs do the audio. You can plug them right into things that take the red/white set up. If yours does not, the adapter that comes with the VGA cables looks like this:

http://rsk.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pRS1C-2266317w345.jpg

The red/white plugs go into the back and makes the sound into a 1/8" audio plug. From there you can plug it into something or get another female to female 1/8" adapter that will let you plug in headphones or connect speakers that have the same plug as the adapter above. It's really easy to do and once you go HD, you'll never go back to SD. Also, when you do get a larger HDTV one day, they all accept VGA inputs now. You'll be able to use this same cord with the new TV and get 1080p out of the 360. It's win win.

Hooked everything up yesterday thanks to your guys' help. It was like playing COD4 on a completely revamped console or something. The graphics were a-****ing-mazing.zypher315

lol, welcome to HD. Things will be alot better now.

Yeah, im running my 360 on my samsung syncmaster and looks great, dont buy a cheap VGA lead though, get the microsoft one or monster VGA....stiv1987

I have a DVI input for my monitor which doesn't fit the VGA cable I think ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

Suggestions ...

i believe there are adapters out there, somewhere.