Question about hooking my Wii up to an HDMI Monitor

[xXLeadFarmerXx]

Hey guys, I have a quick question for anyone willing to listen and/or help. I have a 24" HDMI Dell monitor and external speakers that I use to play my 360 and my PS3 in my college dorm. I have really wanted to bring my Wii back to college with me but am not sure if there's any way to hook it up to my current set up. Does anyone know of a cheap converter that I can use to hook the Wii up to an HDMI or DVI port? I'd appreciate any help. Thanks!

 

[Gden]

Umm the only thing I can find is a male component to HDMI cable, if you can find a wii cable that connects to a female end. There's also this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...fdb2900&itemid=360090814497&ff4=263602_263622 with a component female to DVI cable.

 

[maximumzero]

Does the monitor have VGA? If so, you can get a cable from VDigi Electronics It's a bit pricey and will only work with games thar run in progressive scan, but it otherwise is perfect.

If there's no VGA on your monitor I guess you could try the VGA cable with a VGA to DVI adapter

Good luck either way.

 

[Droenixjpn]

This was my question as well, but really... I don't think it's possible to play the Wii on an HDTV Monitor. :/ I really wish it was true though, but meh...... I wish I had a better TV that can at least do 720p.

 

[sighrex]

theres component to hdmi converter devices, so its possible just really expensive.

 

[xXLeadFarmerXx]

Thanks for the responses guys, I appreciate it. It looks like my best bet would be the component female to DVI male adapter, but I'm not quite sure how I'd get the sound to work with that. I'm not too familiar with this stuff but my monitor doesn't have internal speakers- I'm just using some crappy external speakers that plug into the headphone jack. Is there any remedy for that? Thanks again guys.

 

[maximumzero]

[quote name='xXLeadFarmerXx']Thanks for the responses guys, I appreciate it. It looks like my best bet would be the component female to DVI male adapter, but I'm not quite sure how I'd get the sound to work with that. I'm not too familiar with this stuff but my monitor doesn't have internal speakers- I'm just using some crappy external speakers that plug into the headphone jack. Is there any remedy for that? Thanks again guys.[/QUOTE]

Well, how is your 360 currently connected to the speakers, so I can suggest from there?

 

[UncleBob]

For the audio, go to your local Walmart/RadioShack/Best Buy. You'll easily find both adapters that turn a male RCA plug into a female RCA plug. Get two of those. Then, you'll easily find a cable that's got two male RCA plugs on one end and the 3.5mm jack on the other end that I assume you can plug into your speakers (at the very least, could splice into them).

Alternatively, check some of the stuff at Monoprice.com.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...d=10218&cs_id=1021804&p_id=666&seq=1&format=2

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10218&cs_id=1021804&p_id=5612&seq=1&format=2

 

[xXLeadFarmerXx]

MaximumZero, the speakers are plugged into the headphone jack on the monitor which supply the sound for both my PS3 and 360 that are hooked up via HDMI.

UncleBob, I'll look into that. Since I'm not very tech savvy in this particular area I think I will just head to Best Buy and annoy the employees there. Thanks!