X-Box connection help (1 Viewer)

[Brook K]

I'm getting an X-Box for Christmas and I'm wondering how I'm going to plug the thing in? I have 2 HD component inputs on my 57H84 Tosh, one currently used by my DVD player, the other for my cable box. Is there some sort of splitter or adapter or something that will allow me to connect all 3? I don't want to have to switch out plugs everytime I want to play.

 

[Citizen87645]

You'll need a component switcher. There are various options made by third party video game accessory makers. Some people have had good results with the standard audio-video switch boxes at Radio Shack and wind up paying around 15.00.

 

[PerryD]

Does your receiver do component switching? That would be the easiest solution.

 

[Jay Mitchosky]

Either of the above are your only solutions. If your cable box is running HD as well then opt to run that straight into a dedicated input, and the DVD/Xbox through a switcher. Reason being many switchers and receivers cannot support the full bandwidth of HDTV so you will see signal loss, whereas 480p from your DVD player or Xbox will be fine. There are a handful of 1080i Xbox games but if you are forced to choose what signal you are going to preserve HDTV is a better bet in my opinion. YMMV.

 

[Mark Shannon]

Cameron, if one were to follow your suggestion, wouldn't they also need a digital audio switcher?

If so, could they opt to use the coaxial cable for audio and use something like this:

http://www.radioshack.ca/estore/Prod...roduct=1501217

 

[Citizen87645]

If you have a receiver, no. It means you have to switch multiple items (receiver for audio, component switcher for video and then the TV set for component). If you have a receiver with component switching, then that solves messing with multiple selectors. The higher end component switchers from Audio Authority and Zektor have component and digital audio inputs but those are 200.00 and up. I believe one of the third party video game peripheral makers released a 100.00 unit with component and digital audio switching. Can't remember the brand though.

You could probably use that switch for coax, but then the XBox has optical for its digital audio. Plus you'd have to have one end adapted for RF connection and the other RCA.

 

[Mark Shannon]

Oh yeah. I forgot that digital coaxial connections for audio are of a different connector.

I think i was thinking something a bit different from waht you stated. My bad.

 

[MikeGee]

sorta off topic here.. but my brother was going to be getting that same tv... any one run eitehr an Xbox off a RPTV? I just was wondering what the picture quality is like when you play on those.. i heard horror stories about burning the screen when you play games.

 

[Mark Shannon]

Heh, Mike, I can see you're a new member so I'm sure everyone will go easy on you with that question. It all depends on how you calibrate the set. If you set the contrast and brightness levels properly for your RPTV, you wont have to worry about Burn-in.

 

[Brook K]

Thanks, I didn't have time to go to Radio Shack. I picked up a Component kit with a plug-in box and cable at Fry's, but I don't think this is really a switcher since it only has one pair of component inputs as well. I'll probably just end up taking it back.

My receiver has no component inputs at all and only one optical audio input which I use for DVD. I'm still using one I bought back in '98. I really should upgrade, but I kept replacing other stuff instead and never got around to the receiver.