360 on LCD monitor? Possible? What cables?

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#1 diped
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Right now I am playing my xbox on a SDTV, when ight beisde it I have my computer with an LCD monitor.

Is there some way to hook my xbox up to my computer with a cable of some sort? Is it easy to do?

My xbox only came with the component cables, could I just hook these up to some adapter that plugs into my video card and it would work? The video card has a DVI port, so I would assume a component to DVI adapter would work? If I can't plug it into the video card, my monitor doesn't have any plugs anywhere, so I dont think it would work otherwise. Could I use the wire from the monitor and the component cables and find an adapter that plugs them together and it would work?

I just think its a waste to play my 360 in SD if I have a HD capable monitor sitting less than 2 feet away from it. I figured it couldn't hurt to ask.

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#2 theclint
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go to your local lookn ebgames or wherever you go, and ask them.

one of my buddies does it, not sure what the cable is called though.

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#3 RoganSarine
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go to your local lookn ebgames or wherever you go, and ask them.

one of my buddies does it, not sure what the cable is called though.

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HDMI to DVI cable would work...
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#4 swati67
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its called a vga cable
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#5 mike4realz
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yes...an hdmi to dvi cable or the xbox 360 vga cable
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#6 s84
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Like the above users said, get the Xbox 360 HD VGA cable. I'm currently using one to play my games and it looks amazing, way better than playing on a SDTV. The graphics look super sharp on a LCD monitor.
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#7 Joseph881
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Yes, use the official VGA HD Cable. I use it and it's excellent.