Is the 360 VGA cable the same picture quality as COMPONENT cables?

I have a LCD tv and it ONLY has 2 Component ports on the back, and I want to plug my Wii , Cable Box and 360 all into it with HD quality. Should I get the VGA cable for my 360?

I have a LCD tv and it ONLY has 2 Component ports on the back, and I want to plug my Wii , Cable Box and 360 all into it with HD quality. Should I get the VGA cable for my 360?

Gage_Creed

Depends on the screen size and native resolution...for higher sizes/resolutions, go for VGA. For smaller, lower res TV's, get the component.

[QUOTE="Gage_Creed"]

Depends on the screen size and native resolution

marinebro0306

It's 32 Inch

i have a 40" lcd and i found vga to make DVD's look WAYY better, but i think component made games look a little brighter. Im horrible at messing with tv settings so i can probably fix it.

But i did think the increase in performance with DVD's heavily outweighed the difference between the games, which is pretty much negligible. Biggest difference is that VGA makes the dashboard look a little fuzzy at first, but after a day i got used to it didnt look fuzzy to me anymore.

So i say if you have a VGA, just try it out. If not, only buy it if you watch dvd's a decent amount

[QUOTE="marinebro0306"][QUOTE="Gage_Creed"]

Depends on the screen size and native resolution

Gage_Creed

It's 32 Inch

Resolution?

A big giant YES!! I have a DELL 2407 rev. Ao4 and wanted the utmost clearest picture possible. I bought the MS brand VGA cable at Best Buy, so I could return it if it wasn't a difference. And let me tell you, the VGA is much better then component. BUT....it was only after the last big update for the 360. They finally got around to solving the problem of washed out colors when using the VGA cable. I read the tech info why it was washing the colors out, it had to do with the black level. Now you can set it, plus they turned up the bright level by default. I compared it for 3 days. Also the bigger your screen, the more difference you'll see. What I noticed when switching was, the colors look more vibrant and lush, the picture quality is WAY sharper, and objects in the distance were more defined. I could never go back to component after having the VGA cable. Oh, lastly, don't waste your money on the Monster brand....for the extra $20 you will see no difference in the MS brand to that.

I made this awhile ago.

I have a LCD tv and it ONLY has 2 Component ports on the back, and I want to plug my Wii , Cable Box and 360 all into it with HD quality. Should I get the VGA cable for my 360?

Gage_Creed

I have a Sony 32" Bravia LCD and all I can say is that VGA cable did make games look a lot better. Component cables make the game look brighter but the quality is not as good as VGA. It also enhances DVD movies as well.

I would say vga is going to be much better. Before the recent spring update I would have said no because the blacks were being output more as gray due to the vga signal not giving a correct signal. After the spring update though there is an option to set black levels from standard level, intermediate and extended. Extended is what vga black levels should be at. All of this was found here: http://www.dailytech.com/Xbox+360+Spring+Update+Improves+VGA+Image+Quality/article7216.htm