VGA, No Way!

[The Free man]

I am going to be getting a vga cable for my Xbox 360 quite soon so I can run it through my moniter. But the issue is that I dont want to have to swap cables about every time I want to switch between my pc and Xbox. Please can you tell me the ways in which you overcame this problem.

[Hakaryu]

You might be able to purchase a splitter.

[The Free man]

Internets links woul be apreciated...

[Elomin Sha]

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=vga+splitter&x=0&y=0

I think this may be right.

[Hakaryu]

http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ ... 1&format=2

I'm guessing something like that.

[Elomin Sha]

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw_1_ ... refix=vga+

And here.

[Sable]

If you have a newer 360 and a DVI monitor you should be able to do this:

HDMI switch (40-80USD at Radio Shack)
Port 1 - HDMI to HDMI cable (360)
Port 2 - HDMI to DVI cable (PC)
Port 3 - HDMI to DVI cable (output to monitor)

I'm doing something very similar with my TV, PC and HD-DVD player.

[The Free man]

Thanks for the help.

[Tim]

I bought a monitor with multiple input types. My monitor has Component input, so I run my 360 into that and switch inputs when I want to use it. Then I have my Wii in the Composite ports, and the computer in the DVI.

[Paul]

If your monitor has VGA and DVI inputs, you can usually use a really cheap VGA->DVI adaptor (they come with most video cards) to get two VGA ports.

[tamaness]

use a USB-compliant KVM switch. I've used this one, and it should also allow you to hook up a USB keyboard and mouse to your 360.

A splitter used as a combiner would cause problems, I think. Splitters are to split outputs, not to duplicate inputs. Feedback on VGA lines can cause some wonky issues.

[dark_realm]

a KVM switch is the way to go, can pick them up quite cheap on ebay..