Xbox Component Cables

[scootermaster]

My lovely girlfriend just bought me an Xbox Elite. It's the first console I've owned since I had an SNES.

Soooo, I know it doesn't come with Component cables, and I know the original MS ones are too expensive. Monoprice is sold out. Is there another brand that y'alls recommend? Used (ebay/craigslist?) Wait for monoprice? Monster? 🙂-P) Does it matter?

Thanks!

 

[Shadowknight]

Monoprice is going to be your cheapest option by far, so you might want to consider waiting. Otherwise, you could check Amazon or even a used game store like Gamestop or Play N' Trade.

 

[slayer202]

do a couple searches and you'll find some nice lists of other cheap cable sites. I believe I started one not too long ago if thats easier

 

[JackBurton]

Here you go.

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/component/index.htm

Great cables at great prices. More expensive than Monoprice, but they're better quality cables too. I actually prefer them over Monoprice.

 

[cronos]

I actually just got the XBox 360 component cable set for <$15 at Buy.com (sold by some other store) a few weeks back but I believe that deal is dead now. As mentioned above I would go to local Gamestop/etc to find a used one for cheap.

Do you have any specific reason for not using HDMI?

 

[Pheran]

Here you go.

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/component/index.htm

Great cables at great prices. More expensive than Monoprice, but they're better quality cables too. I actually prefer them over Monoprice.

Sorry Jack, I love BJC but you are missing the point here, the Xbox needs a special adapter for component as the Xbox end is a proprietary video pack connector. Monoprice carries that, BJC does not.

But as cronos points out, you are better off using a standard HDMI cable unless the TV only supports component.

 

[scootermaster]

I have an older TV set that has, weirdly, a DVI input, but no HDMI. The bigger issue is the receiver I have, which doesn't have either. So, I could run an HDMI->DVI adapter to the TV, and then run the optical out to the receiver, but that just means the rest of the stuff switched from the receiver will be on a different input (i.e. more input switching on the TV than I'm used to) but I guess that's not the end of the world. But seeing as the point of HDMI is to do both audio and video in one cable, and I wouldn't be doing that, it probably doesn't make much sense, especially considering I might have to do one of those screwdriver tricks to get the block off the component cable so both it and the hdmi cable will fit (which is a good question: do the monoprice cables have enough room for that?)

Soooo, having said that, it looks like wait for monoprice to get it back in stock, or go to a gamestop or something?

 

[JackBurton]

Sorry Jack, I love BJC but you are missing the point here, the Xbox needs a special adapter for component as the Xbox end is a proprietary video pack connector. Monoprice carries that, BJC does not.

But as cronos points out, you are better off using a standard HDMI cable unless the TV only supports component.

Ah, I was unaware the 360 had a special cable for component. I know the original Xbox had a special connector for HD, but I thought the 360 was more standardized. I guess that's not the case. I always used HDMI with my Elite. Sorry about that OP.