Want to connect 360 to comp monitor

[ech0]

Okay, so I just took the 360 plunge to play with my friends who are all too poor to own uber computers...
And I've been pondering how I can hook up the 360 to my computer monitor. Its got extra component, s-video, and VGA connectors. (Gateway 21" 1680x1050 16:9) I figure that I can get video onto the monitor easily, but how to get audio? I ponder on how I will connect it to my computer speakers...

How do I make it happen?

[Hannibal888]

simple 3.5mm adapter would work. my speakers came with one. I'm sure you can find one at radioshack or something for a few bucks at most

[LilYang]

Exactly what I did, head to radioshack and find a component audo to headset convertor and buy a coupler and then your good to go

P.S. I wouldn't bank on them being able to help you, the guy there was a toal nub.

[ech0]

So what would this converter do? I assume you plug it into the component audio cable and then into the speakers?

[Relly]

Dopefish guided me through the process of being able to play on my PC LCD and using my headphones for sound via my sound card.

First used a HDMI to DVI adapter for the video and a RCA to Y cable.. or something like that. lol.. I forget what it's called.. but I wrote it down somewhere when I bought it.

I think it's mentioned in my thread when I asked if I could play XBOX 360 on my LCD.

Good luck.

BTW, save up for a 720p monitor. For some stupid reason, XBOX 360 doesn't support 16:10 resolutions and everything looks fuzzy sometimes. For example, in GTA IV, buildings in the background look distorted and in the day time when the sun is beaming, and HDR lighting is shining through, the shadows look horrible. I try not to pay attention to that though

P.S. 1680x1050 isn't 16:9 it's 16:10

1680 divided by 1050 = 1.6

If a width divided by a height gives you 1.6, then that's a 16:10 resolution. 16:9 resolutions are a little harder to determine since you get lots of decimal points.

1440 divided by 1.6 = 900

Works for any 16:10 resolution. This is a great tip for when creating custom resolutions and you want to keep the correct aspect ratio.

Anyway, sorry for kind of going off topic.

[ech0]

What if I want to play the xbox through my computer speakers?? I have an separate input/output receiver because my headphones require it, so could i plug the xbox audio into the receivers input and then it would be play through the speakers, and i could aswell hear it through my headphones if i wanted to. I just need to know which cables i have to get, because im unsure of what cables i need at this point.