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| From: Microsoft Software
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $15.97
You Save: $24.02 (60%)
New (50) Used (6) from $15.97
Avg. Customer Rating:  99 reviews
Sales Rank: 753
Platform: Xbox 360
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.3 x 2.6
MPN: B4S00001
Model: VAMSFT 882224036955
UPC: 882224036955
EAN: 0882224036955
ASIN: B000B6MLTG
Release Date: November 15, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 decent December 15, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
a bit of distortion at the top of the picture, but otherwise nice stable conversion.
 A Must Have December 3, 2006
33 out of 36 found this review helpful
I, too, am a college student (seems to be a trend, eh?) and don't have a 50-inch X brand HD whatever. I got this cable to hook up to my flat-panel computer monitor which is of course better than my TV. My monitor isn't big, mind you, but the improvement is definitely noticable. I can harness my XBox 360's potential much more than with standard AV cables.
Also, as far as sound is concerned, if you're hooking this up to your computer system: the cable comes with a Y adapter that can be plugged into your standard audio card (the green, blue, and pink colored slots in the back). I have awesome speakers on my comp (not Dolby surround but a 200-watt 2.1 system) and had to look everywhere on the internet to see if this cable would be able to connect to them. I finally found it somewhere. In short, yes you can hook the audio adapter into your computer for sound (your computer has to be on to do so). My comp speakers plug into the green slot then the VGA cable (via the adapter) plugs into the blue one. Bingo, seat-rattling explosions and gunfire.
Even if you're not like some of the Richie Riches that are using this cable for their $2,000 TV and want to hook it up to your computer system, then you absolutely MUST buy this cable. You're really cheating yourself out of the full gaming experience if you stick with standard AV.
A fantastic solution at a rock bottom price. December 2, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a college student who can not afford the $1500 dollars to purchase an HDTV. Considering that I found my last T.V. in a dumpster, Microsoft's VGA HD Av cable is the perfect low cost soulution. Owning a decent 19 inch CRT moniter one can achive 720p (1280x720).
Also it is the only way (at the time of this review) that one can upscale DVDs on the xbox 360. I addition it frees up the stock AV cables for me to use without unhooking my system. My only critisism is the lack of this product for the original xbox.
A noticable improvment September 23, 2006
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
I was content with the cables the 360 came with, but kept hearing about the vga cables doing better so I figured I'd give it a try. I have a 37" westinghouse lcd flatpanel btw.
As far as games go there was a noticably improved picture, but not so much that I would have paid extra for the vga cable just for that.
Where it shines is that with a recent auto update over live, and when using the vga cable it will actually upscale dvds. Of course a dvd is never going to look high def whatever you do to it, but I compared the incredibles on my progressive scan dvd player to playing with the 360 and there was a significant difference. It just looked incredible. Same with a few others I tested.
Now the only problem is that 360s are unreliable overheating machines that don't require any excuse to have them die mysteriously, so I won't be using it for dvds very often. However when I do I can at least enjoy the best looking picture I've gotten yet out of my tv.
This GREAT!!! September 7, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have it hooked up to my Dell 2407FPW. I play a lot of Call of Duty 2 and SF2, everything looks crisp. As for the sound it depends on your computer speakers, mine rock! I can never go back to component mode or any other. To bad Microsoft does not support DVI connections.
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