Gamestop is listing an Xbox 360 HDMI cable called the "GameStop Universal Premium HDMI Cable" for release Dec 1 at $79.99.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
10-21-2006 @ 4:53PM
Tim said...
At 79.99 it better suck my dongle too.
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10-21-2006 @ 4:59PM
Saocom said...
dude every HDMI cable that i have seen costs $99 and up. so stop crying and suck my cock.
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10-21-2006 @ 5:02PM
RobK said...
Jesus Christ....No WAY....I was jsut about to post this because i have known about it for about a month or 2 and as soon as i refresh the page...its already been submitted...no shit
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10-21-2006 @ 5:14PM
Edge of Blade said...
HOT TIP!
If you order this online and enter the coupon code "Diamond" (from the Xbox Live Diamond Card program), you can get 10 dollars off, at least negating the shipping.
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10-21-2006 @ 5:18PM
vid33nyc1 said...
Well SAOCOM you are wrong about that.I bought my HDMI cable from bettercables.com for 70 bucks and the are other places like monoprice.com(which is very popular)that sell these cables very cheap prices.
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10-21-2006 @ 5:19PM
Shamma Banks said...
I only have DVI on my TV. Is there going to be a DVI cable?
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10-21-2006 @ 5:46PM
vid33nyc1 said...
Shamma there are HDMI-DVI cable attachments you can buy so no worries.
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10-21-2006 @ 5:47PM
Tim said...
Saocom,
Well I hope you didn't buy one, because I got mine for 30 bucks. Canadian.
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10-21-2006 @ 6:28PM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
"dude every HDMI cable that i have seen costs $99 and up"
lol damn, I paid $15 (USD) at Target for mine.. Pays to look around!
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10-21-2006 @ 6:35PM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
And this cable was on their website a while back.. a few weeks or so and it got taken off. Wonder if this will stay up.
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10-21-2006 @ 6:41PM
Mike Burn said...
Cables have a markup of 80 percent.
Check out this site for prices. ehdmi.com
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10-21-2006 @ 7:22PM
geekinabox said...
So does this mean that the 360 with (this) HDMI can output 1080p native digital content, or is just some fancy-ass rewiring of component-output-signal-into-HDMI-signal and the 360 internally is gonna be outputing @ 720p/1080i (not 1080p) ???
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10-21-2006 @ 8:39PM
Jlemdon said...
I'm glad Gamestop is going to release it so I buy it for HDTV while watching my HD-DVD movies.
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10-21-2006 @ 10:50PM
puh_fifer said...
monoprice is the bomb diggity. I get all my hi def cables from them for under 15$ shipped.
Now from what I've read in forums it would be impossible for the 360 to just get a dvi/hdmi cable, something about the board being analog only or so many in/outs on it not letting it happen.
if thats the case, it'll just be a box that takes the 5 RCA cables and converts it to hdmi so you can have just one clean cable running to your tv or projector. the actual benefit of a true digital-digital connection, however, would be lost.
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10-22-2006 @ 12:33AM
Eric said...
Whats the point in this cable? It won't be HDCP compliant anyway. I'm fine with the component connection going to my 42" LCD at 720P. I see so many issues with A/V Receivers, cable boxes, Blu-Ray and HDDVD players running HDMI it makes me ill. I know for a fact it's a great digital connection, but these copyright restricitions make it lame. The media pirates will ALWAYS find a way to copy movies/music. Why does the honest consumer have to punished?
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10-22-2006 @ 1:11AM
ZeroCorpse said...
The 360 has the capability to utilize HDMI- All they're waiting for is market penetration of HDMI-capable HDTVs. Currently, most HDTVs in the wild (meaning, in gamers' homes) do not support HDMI, so the customer base for such a cable would be smaller than would justify a production run.
That being said, there's nothing special about HDMI. You can do HDCP on a DVI cable, and the 360 will allow 1080p (if your HDTV can even do that) with the VGA-HD cable. HDMI is not inherently "better" than the other cables. It's just another way to get the data from point A to point C. It doesn't carry "more" of the picture to your HDTV.
Try the VGA-HD cables, and watch some movies upscaled to 768p. They look great! Games look awesome at this level, too. I eagerly await the upgrade that will allow the 360 to output 1080i via VGA-HD cable.
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10-22-2006 @ 1:42PM
sincere7745 said...
this is crazy. i have an HDMI cable and just need a dongle. that's all they need to come out wit cause that price is not for me. i got my cable for $30(USD) at Wal-Mart.
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10-22-2006 @ 10:28PM
JJ said...
but wouldnt this be pointless because the 360 doesn't have a native Digital out to support the HDMI or something along the lines of the board inside it not having the right connectors? So wouldnt this be as pointless as a HDMI on the gamecube?
So far thats what i've heard from anyone that knows anything about high def and games on 360.
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10-24-2006 @ 6:08PM
DWells55 said...
Anyone whothinks this anything but a rediculous price is out of their mind. You can purchase a 10 foot HDMI certified double-shielded, gold-plated cable for under $10 these days, i.e. http://www.mycablemart.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=325
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11-15-2006 @ 1:11PM
burkey said...
How come the link takes you to a PS3 cable?
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