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Nov 21, 2006 | 06:20 PM

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Mogsi

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I just can't wait until everything is finally setup and I can use the 360

Agreed, stop pi55ing around with the damned thing and bl00dy play it

Nov 21, 2006 | 06:26 PM

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I found one of these in the loft VGA Monitor Manual Switch Box, 2-port: $12.95 and it works perfectly

Got the audio stuff sorted out from Maplin. Just plugged it all in and now have a 360 with sound, a pc monitor and Freeview TV all running off one screen with no swapping of cables. Took me a while to sort it out but well happy with this setup now

Thanks for everyones help it IS appreciated

Nov 21, 2006 | 06:27 PM

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Agreed, stop pi55ing around with the damned thing and bl00dy play it

LOL I will be from now on

Got to watch the footie first and then read the instructions and see if I get a months free Live with the Premium pack?

Nov 21, 2006 | 06:53 PM

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I've got a couple of 48 hour Gold trials with Gears of War and Call of Duty 3, I can PM the codes if there any use....

Nov 21, 2006 | 07:03 PM

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LOL I will be from now on

Got to watch the footie first and then read the instructions and see if I get a months free Live with the Premium pack?

Yep, when you set up your Live account you'll get your free Gold month

Nov 21, 2006 | 07:21 PM

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Cheers guys, looking forward to it. So you need to buy a gold package first and then get the month free? Or do you get the month free as a 'taster' and then they continue it on for 12 months unless you cancel it?

Nov 21, 2006 | 08:35 PM

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ive got a dell 24 inch flat pc screen ..and been pondering about this for a while..where do i get the sound from.to play the 360 on it .cheers for the links ..

Nov 21, 2006 | 10:10 PM

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I got the rca phono to 3.5mm jack adapter in Maplins then you can plug the audio leads of the Xbox 360 vga cable into the audio socket on your monitor - they look like this (a couple of types to choose from)

2 Phono to 3.5mm Stereo Adaptor

Nov 22, 2006 | 12:28 AM

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ive got a dell 24 inch flat pc screen ..and been pondering about this for a while..where do i get the sound from.to play the 360 on it .cheers for the links ..

I originally had my 360 connected to my 2005 Dell monitor via the official vga lead (No component input on mine unlike the 2405) but wasn't overly impressed as I had to scale the image (Using the monitor settings) for it to fill the screen.This made the image less sharp but it did fill the screen.As it was p1ssing me off I ended up buying a Samsung 940MW (19in hd ready tv/monitor) and connecting my 360 directly into that via component.Picture quality is spot on now plus I paid £229 for it from Argos having read the excellent reviews on the 940MW on AVForums

Samsung 940MW

Nov 22, 2006 | 12:31 AM

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Anybody connected their 360's into a 5.1 system and if so, is it that much better than using say, a 2.1 system via rca leads.
I'm considering one of the Logitech 5400,5450 or 5500 5.1 systems but I kind of hope there could be a price reduction in the near future!!

Nov 22, 2006 | 06:33 AM

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Samsung 940MW

I looked for one of those but couldn't find one in stock anywhere locally at home or at work so had to find something else, the PC Worlds one looked the best alternative.

Nov 22, 2006 | 07:20 AM

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I've got the 360 hooked into a 5.1 system via an optical lead. Some games make better use of the 5.1 than others, Condemned, Call of Duty, PGR3 are superb, on the other hand Gears of War doesn't appear to use it very much indeed..

I paid around £80 for my system from good old Argoose

Nov 22, 2006 | 09:31 AM

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I paid around £80 for my system from good old Argoose

This one then??

Nov 22, 2006 | 09:33 AM

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I looked for one of those but couldn't find one in stock anywhere locally at home or at work so had to find something else, the PC Worlds one looked the best alternative.

Hmmmm,I did my research one night on that model number, checked the Argos website and my local store had stock so collected it.Couldn't you have booked it for home delivery? (Or are you like me in that when you want something you want it NOW?

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Nov 22, 2006 | 09:53 AM

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Yep can't wait for home delivery lol but also I don't trust getting monitors posted to me, especially from Argos. I also liked the fact the PC World one was widescreen.