360 lead to a monitor?

[Malc]

I need to connect my Xbox 360 to output on my PC monitor, What lead do i need and where is the cheapest place to get one?

Cheers for any help.

[tom-nook]

The 360 vga lead mate....not sure where's cheapest but Play seem pretty reasonable:

http://www.play.com/Search.aspx?searchtype=allproducts&searchstring=360+vga&page=search&pa=search

Official lead is best but some of the 3rd party leads are pretty decent too (& cheaper). I've used one of the Joytech leads Play are doing for a tenner & they're ok......unless you have a huge widescreen monitor then the difference in picture quality in comparison to the official lead is pretty negligible.

The leads have stereo phono connectors (red/white) to hook up to a sound system if your monitor doesn't have speakers.

[Malc]

Whats the difference between the joytech and the gamexpert packs, provided in the link?

[tom-nook]

No difference in terms of what they do...they'll both let you hook up to a monitor.

I haven't heard anything or tried the Gamexpert lead so can't say how good or bad it is in comparison to the Joytech or official lead.

Edit: from memory the Joytech lead comes bundled with a (cheap) optical audio lead if you have a 5.1 sound system.

[Malc]

I can get a dolby 5.1 setup for ?30 so maybe i should get the joytech one, as i can't be bothered to pay more than a tenner when a cheaper one does the same thing.

[tom-nook]

For the sake of an extra quid it's probably worth getting the Joytech as you suggest. It'd at least get you started & you can always buy a better quality optical lead at a later on.

Worth double checking that the 5.1 setup your looking at can definitely handle an optical input though as I'm not sure how commonplace it is in cheaper systems.