Finally, a well thought-out product made by MS.

So my HDTV died and is in the stages of RMA. In the mean time I wanted to play my xbox 360 elite. Since the DVI port on my monitor is already occupied, and the HDMI port is used by my new PS3, I bought this cable. It has the standard TOSlink optical audio jack (like the component cables do) which I used to hook up to my stereo system. But what I did notice is that MS goes the extra mile by including A. the little stereo RCA to 3.5mm converter and B. the Gender changer which would be useful to hook this think up to a CRT that does not have an interchangeable VGA cord. Microsoft could probably get by without including these, but they did and it makes life a whole lot easier. There are many complaints about washed out colors through the VGA connection, but in the spring dashboard update, MS included a feature that fixed that issue and now the colors are as vibrant as component and much sharper. This is a great cable to own. Just make sure not to buy the cheap knock-offs because there is a  more

The best cable to get for your 360

I read all sorts of reviews about this cable providing a "washed out" image compared to component. This has nothing at all to do with the cable but everything to do with the display being used.

If you examine the XBOX 360 output, you'll find that the same RGB pins are used to create component or VGA outputs. VGA adds the HSYNC and VSYNC pins already present in RGB signal for component.

So why do people complain about the "washed out" effect? That's because they haven't calibrated the display properly or their display can't be calibrated properly using the VGA input (my display and probably most displays have different calibration settings and processing hardware for each input). My display only allows me to set contrast, brightness, sharpness and color temperature on the VGA input, however, the hue and saturation are almost spot on from the factory so the VGA cable is the best for me since I can make use of the DVD upconversion and the XBOX 360 seems to do a better job of scaling 720p/1080i  more

Great Quality and Fair Price

I am really pleased with the image quality that comes from using this cable. I am somewhat of an A/V newbie and could definitly tell the difference. One thing that I was unsure of is the fact that my TV manufacturer labeled the port PC Input and so I was unsure whether this was compatible and yes it is. I know some of you might be saying "oh what an idiot." but this was something I wasn't sure about. I think the only differance between the PC and VGA inputs is the way they input sound. In the VGA type it is the two red and white cables in the PC or RGB input it is the headphone or small speaker type jack. See, I don't even know their names!!! It works great and the quality is unmatched to the component and regular AV inputs, in my opinion.

The price is fairly reasonable for Xbox, I say this mainly because they are charging a whopping 99.99 for the wireless adapter and 49.99 for a wireless controller!!! I am not a college student I still think these things are a little pricey. Overall  more