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    Default Is there a VGA Adapter for The Original Xbox?

    After seeing this video on how to get the dreamcast to display in 720P through a VGA cord and an upscaler, it gave me an idea.

    Could this be done with the original XBOX? Did the original xbox even HAVE a VGA adapter?

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OR1m83NbHs

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    Without building your own VGA box, no there isn't. The best signal you can get from the original Xbox is with a component cable at either 480p 720p or 1080i and the best cable for that is this thing right here:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-HD...-/140700926706

    It allows you to have component video with stereo audio and it has a toslink connector to allow you to have 5.1 sound with Dolby Digital and/or DTS. Once you get the cable these options will show up and you have to go into the menu on the Dashboard and enable the resolutions, of course change the video mode to Widescreen not Letterbox and then select the audio output you would like. If you have an HDTV, it should support all of these resolutions.





    Now if you live in Europe and have a RGB SCART Xbox, I couldn't tell you what to do there, since I live in the US.
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    I'm not exactly sure. I believe SCART works on all Xbox models worldwide. But that type of RGB doesn't follow VGA standards so most monitors wouldn't like it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by theclaw View Post
    I'm not exactly sure. I believe SCART works on all Xbox models worldwide. But that type of RGB doesn't follow VGA standards so most monitors wouldn't like it.
    I believe it would unless Microsoft cut the pins to those connectors on NTSC AV Ports. The only problem is RGB SCART will only support up to 480i since SCART is a SDTV standard right?

    I'm not sure about 480p over SCART, but I still think the best thing to go is just go with component save alot of headaches, not to mention be able to have 480p, 720p and 1080i signals with the 5.1 audio toslink out. Also component and RGB are very close to each other in quality, so if you have an HDTV go with Component Video.

    Now all that being said, not all games will run in 720p, infact looks like only a handful of games run in 1080i. They have to support the resolution. Most games on the Xbox however do run in 480p. Widescreen is of course a hit or miss as well. Here's the list:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ith_HD_support
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    Bummer, really wanted to play some outrun 2006 in HD.

    Does any system besides the dreamcast have a VGA adapter? Would be cool to use that upscaling box for something besides dreamcast.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wingzrow View Post
    Bummer, really wanted to play some outrun 2006 in HD.

    Does any system besides the dreamcast have a VGA adapter? Would be cool to use that upscaling box for something besides dreamcast.
    Not to my knowledge they don't and if they do, they have 3rd party crap shoots.

    Depending on your TV, it's going to upscale the 480p signal anyway to your TV's native resolution so in tern you will be playing it in upscaled "HD". Same if you have a 360, it upscales old Xbox games as well, although playing on the original Xbox to me at least looks better.

    Of course if you really wanna upscale the image using that VGA upscaler box, you're gonna have to spend some money on cables and another convertor box. It includes getting RGB SCART cables for the systems you wanna upscale (systems that support RGB SCART such as SNES, Genesis, PS2, Xbox) and getting an arcade RGB SCART to VGA box. So around $75 to $100 to get all that done.
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