Not sure about trade-in deals, but Circuit City is having a sale on Gears of War starting Sunday ($44.99).Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne
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Not sure about trade-in deals, but Circuit City is having a sale on Gears of War starting Sunday ($44.99).Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne
YES get the VGA cable. And what about Viva Pinata? I'll give you $35 shipped for it if you don't want it. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne
I'm in a similar boat (monitor, no TV), and I hear that the official VGA cable comes with a headphone adapter and a female-female VGA adapter.
Are the third party VGA cables notoriously shitty? I'm thinking I'll just get one of those, a female-female adapter from radioshack or something, and I'll run the audio through my PC line-in for headphones. It'd probably be under $20 total.
I would avoid the 3rd party cables and go with the first-party one. Microsoft's VGA cable has a digital audio jack for surround sound--not sure about 3rd parties (except for Monster Cable, but they charge $20 MORE than Microsoft).Quote:
Originally Posted by Tain
However, although Microsoft was smart to include a female-female VGA adapter, they didn't include a female-female adapter for the computer speakers. This is a stupid oversight because
a) some computer speakers don't have a female plug
b) even if the computer speakers did have a female plug, the small and horrid design of the VGA cable speaker plug ensures that you don't get a secure connection to your computer speakers.
3.5mm female-female adapters are not easy to find, so I had to hit eBay and order a Steren 3.5mm Coupler for under $4 (with shipping).
That's not gonna do a thing for me, though. headphones 4 (dorm) lyfeQuote:
Microsoft's VGA cable has a digital audio jack for surround sound--not sure about 3rd parties (except for Monster Cable, but they charge $20 MORE than Microsoft).
I don't think you can find a third-party VGA adapter for the 360 (except for the Monster Cable one). Those that claim that they work for the 360 aren't licensed by Microsoft, so chances are they won't work. Get the first-party cable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tain
Pelican makes a 3rd party VGA cable. It's what I use to connect my 360 to my monitor, so I can vouch for it working. Quality seems fine for me, but I doubt I'd notice the difference between that and the MS one either way.
Link for the cable at TNL store.
Interesting. Most of the game stores aren't carrying this brand of cable anymore, so caveat emptor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikhal
Why would a cable need to be licensed to work? Not like it's a controller or anything.
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Pelican makes a 3rd party VGA cable. It's what I use to connect my 360 to my monitor, so I can vouch for it working. Quality seems fine for me, but I doubt I'd notice the difference between that and the MS one either way.
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