What X-Box cable?

[Pavey]

Morning gents,

Ive have just got my friend Simon (you'll like him) a modded X-Box from Tom-Nook.

Simon has a plasma. What i wanted to know as im a bit clueless is what is the best display cable i should get him,as all this talk of VGA,Prog Scan,480,720 etc has me confused as the best i can manage is rgb so never ventured into that world.

I heard talk of modded X-Box's being able to display prog scan,and PAL ones not. How do i activate this,and does it work for the X-Box full stop,or is it game specific?

Is any sort of adaptor needed,vga box etc..?

Thanks.

[sj33]

It's relatively painless actually.

With a PAL XBox, you just have to download a program called Enigmah Video Switcher. This will patch his EEPROM to set his machine to NTSC. Not only will you get a true NTSC output (rather than PAL60), but it'll unlock all the HD modes for you.

In order to use the HD modes, you need a Component cable. Also known as the Advanced HD Pack on the XBox.
If his TV lacks a Component input, you can use the VD-Z3 transcoder to hook it up to VGA or DVI-I, but I strongly suspect he will have a Component input.

EDIT - Here you go http://www.consolesandgadgets.com/ca...oducts_id/1864
That's the official MS one. As per usual, official cables are the best.

[Pavey]

Thanks pal,as you say that seems pretty straight forward. I shall do a wanted post.


Cheers shakey. A pint's on its way.

[tom-nook]

Hi Nick,

As Shakey says it's really pretty simple to set up. I'll pm you with a quick tutorial just in case you need it.

Cheers.

[anephric]

EDIT - Here you go http://www.consolesandgadgets.com/ca...oducts_id/1864
That's the official MS one. As per usual, official cables are the best.

That's third party - it just says some gumpf about only having the MS one in stock on the page.

http://www.consolesandgadgets.com/ca...oducts_id/2010

Bit cheaper here.