Connecting an Xbox 360 to a HP ZR30W

[Cykoth]

Hopefully someone here has tried this.....I'm normally a PC gamer, but I picked up an xbox 360 fairly cheap and I wanted to us my HP ZR30W monitor as the display. This monitor is great, but doesn't have many video outputs. My DVI port is used by my PC running at 2560X1600 resolution. I have just one other available Display Port. I bought an HDMI cable and a HDMI - DP connector. My problem is, when I hook up the xbox all I get is a blank screen upon touching the "source" button. I have a little TV on my desk with HDMI inputs, and when I hook the xbox up to it I get signal. So, I'm guessing that this converter is not driving enough pixels thru the DP to get a screen on the ZR30W? I don't want to use a DVI splitter, as I fear a reduction in the resolution/image quality from my video card to my monitor.

Any suggestions?

 

[vbuggy]

I'm not exactly au fait with when you need single-link and when you need dual-link in terms of connecting non-PC stuff to a 30", but it may be that this has something to do with the problem.

 

[Viper GTS]

Did you buy an active adapter or is it a simple physical converter? Displayport does not use the same signaling as DVI/HDMI, so you can't do a simple physical conversion. The displayport to HDMI adapters are designed to be used with a displayport SOURCE, where the device knows how to speak HDMI it just needs the physical change.

What you're looking to do requires an active adapter like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-H.../dp/B004I6IYSM

Viper GTS

 

[Griffinhart]

That's a tough one, the 360 only supports specific resolutions, so you have to make sure that your display to start. It looks like your display only has DVI and Display Port on it as well, so you can't use the xbox VGA adapter.

I would bet that Viper is pointing you in the right direction though.