Alternative Xbox360 HDMI cables?
Monday, May 5th, 2008 - 4:00pm
Hey guys,
I really do not want to shell out a ton of money on the "official xbox 360 HDMI cable" because I just spent over $400 on the system and a game.
I want to use HDMI so are there other cables out there that work for the 360?
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If you just need an HDMI cable, go to www.monoprice.com and buy a $6 HDMI cable.
If you want to use optical audio too, though, it gets more complicated. The 360 HDMI package is an HDMI cable and an AV dongle that gives you the optical audio port.
If your audio is going straight to your TV via HDMI, though, then all you need is any plain HDMI cable.
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I know about monoprice because I get the cables there all the time. I'm just not sure if they carry audio or are even compatible with the 360
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HDMI carries audio, yes.
HDMI is HDMI, there's no 360 special HDMI.
Again, though, the question is if you need optical audio to connect to an external receiver. Then, you'd be buying the 360 HDMI pack, not for their HDMI cable, but for the audio dongle.
If you're running audio and video straight to the TV, then get a cable at monoprice.
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Alright, I have my 360 going to the TV and the TV audio to the reciever.
So I guess I will get the basic cable.
Anyone do this with their 360? Thanks for the fast response Legion.
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Found this one and the people in the reviews say it works.
Very cool. I thought Microsoft would put some proprietary crap in there.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240&cs_id...
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I have a cheapo monoprice HDMI cable connecting my 360 to my TV, with the sound then passed to my receiver. It works fine.
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Same thing here - my cable wasn't monoprice (I bought mine off of ebay for about $10), but a similar situation. Check your TV also; many relatively new sets have audio out, so you can pass the audio back to a receiver. I'm using the optical out on my TV to feed back into my receiver and everything works great.
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HDMI is a standard, so if Microsoft screwed with it, they couldn't call it HDMI anymore. Besides, HDMI pretty much already caters to any proprietary needs MS might have, or any other company for that matter. That's what it was designed for, essentially. Not to make it easier for the consumer, but to "plug the analog hole," which, by the way, it doesn't do as long as analog is permitted.
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