Wal-Mart Clearance: $15 Monster Component Xbox 360 Cables

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Sorry, I don't have a part number or even a UPC (yet--I'll probably go by in the next day or two) but the local Wal-Mart has Monster Licensed X Box 360 component cables for just $15 and of course YMMV. A picture or UPC soon....

I think it's this one but I'm not sure.

Sorry again I don't have more specifics but as a Xbox-less CAGer, I didn't really take long to look.... :roll:
 
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Yeah I have them they make a subtle difference if any with how the signal looks, and if you have digital sound then you should get them. I don’t know what cable to get so I can just plug in normal audio cables so I don’t use them because of there’s no sound! But yeah if anyone could explain what cable to get I would appreciate it seeing as I want to put my monster cables to work.
 
[quote name='skeletontoucher']Yeah I have them they make a subtle difference if any with how the signal looks, and if you have digital sound then you should get them. I don’t know what cable to get so I can just plug in normal audio cables so I don’t use them because of there’s no sound! But yeah if anyone could explain what cable to get I would appreciate it seeing as I want to put my monster cables to work.
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I know you have to buy this cable here

It comes with the correct connector. Sucks you have to buy theirs, but it does work.

"Included appropriate TOSLINK adapter necessary for digital surround sound" -taken from Amazon's description.
 
[quote name='grimlock49']I know you have to buy this cable here

It comes with the correct connector. Sucks you have to buy theirs, but it does work.

"Included appropriate TOSLINK adapter necessary for digital surround sound" -taken from Amazon's description.[/QUOTE]

There were 2 versions of the component 360 cables from Monster. One that includes the optical audio cable and one that doesn't. Which one is this deal for?
 
component of course but if you have to ask you should check to make sure your TV has the inputs for it
 
[quote name='crazyj']component of course but if you have to ask you should check to make sure your TV has the inputs for it[/quote]

VGA is superior to component. Having RGB and the horizontal and vertical sync seperated is superior to having a compressed color difference signal. Not much of a dfference in quality, but VGA is better.
 
No point in buying these unless you have a core 360; they will not increase your picture quality at all.
 
Hi I would have to disagree with you stating that vga is better, I own both Monster VGA and Monster component cables for the Xbox 360 and the color is washed out over the vga input on both my 32 lcd and 20 inch 1080P lcd where as connected via component, the colors are alot more vibrant and black is black. :lol:perhaps in another use besides the xbox 360 VGA could be better. But as far as video quality in playing games on the 360 is concerned component is a lot better. As for regular DVD viewing if you have the VGA cables you can upscale the DVD to whatever resolution your display supports. But keep in mind that picture will still look washed out on both HD DVD and DVD when using VGA cables instead of component cables.
-Shane
 
As far as this goes, the price will be YMMV, but all stores should have clearanced these out, as they've been deleted for a couple months.

My store only clearanced them down to $52, but we sold them, somehow.
 
[quote name='shaneatlh']Hi I would have to disagree with you stating that vga is better, I own both Monster VGA and Monster component cables for the Xbox 360 and the color is washed out over the vga input on both my 32 lcd and 20 inch 1080P lcd where as connected via component, the colors are alot more vibrant and black is black. :lol:perhaps in another use besides the xbox 360 VGA could be better. But as far as video quality in playing games on the 360 is concerned component is a lot better. As for regular DVD viewing if you have the VGA cables you can upscale the DVD to whatever resolution your display supports. But keep in mind that picture will still look washed out on both HD DVD and DVD when using VGA cables instead of component cables.
-Shane[/quote]

I would have to disagree with you. What you describe is the complete opposite for me. The MS vga cable gives a much crisper picture for games. The landscape and characters are much more detailed using vga. After I got the vga cable and saw what a big diffrence it made I went back and played games over again to see what I'd missed.:)
 
[quote name='shaneatlh']Hi I would have to disagree with you stating that vga is better, I own both Monster VGA and Monster component cables for the Xbox 360 and the color is washed out over the vga input on both my 32 lcd and 20 inch 1080P lcd where as connected via component, the colors are alot more vibrant and black is black. :lol:perhaps in another use besides the xbox 360 VGA could be better. But as far as video quality in playing games on the 360 is concerned component is a lot better. As for regular DVD viewing if you have the VGA cables you can upscale the DVD to whatever resolution your display supports. But keep in mind that picture will still look washed out on both HD DVD and DVD when using VGA cables instead of component cables.
-Shane[/quote]

A 20'' 1080p exists?
 
Vga looks a little more detailed, barely noticeable, but what I mentioned was the color which i guarantee if you hook back up your component you will deffinately see a difference being that vga cannot poduce the same color darkness,brightness and so forth compared to the component cable. To me that is way more important than the minute detail vga has over component. Could be my monitors but I would have to recommend component over vga. As for 1080p monitors check http://www.sceptre.com/Products/LCD/x-index.htm I must note These monitors are only 1080p ready and that there native resolution is not 1920x1080 but they do output in 1080p via component or dvi which is extremely rare. Kind of like they were made for the xbox 360.
Anywaays sceptre makes excellent monitors. You can get them at costco for a really good price.
 
[quote name='shaneatlh']Vga looks a little more detailed, barely noticeable, but what I mentioned was the color which i guarantee if you hook back up your component you will deffinately see a difference being that vga cannot poduce the same color darkness,brightness and so forth compared to the component cable. To me that is way more important than the minute detail vga has over component. Could be my monitors but I would have to recommend component over vga. As for 1080p monitors check http://www.sceptre.com/Products/LCD/x-index.htm
They make excellent monitors. You can get them at costco for a really good price.[/quote]

This is wrong. VGA is a superior connection to component. VGA is perfectly capable of producing color that is just as vibrant as component. The problem you are having is with your TV, not the VGA cable. TVs and PC monitors handle colors differently. It sounds to me like your TV interprets any VGA source as being from a PC and therefore the colors seem washed out. You need to calibrate your TV's VGA input to play nicely with an HDTV source; unfortunately, some TVs don't allow you to do this.
 
Yes, some HDTVs have washed out colors while using the VGA cable. This does not mean VGA is inferior to component. It all depends on your particular display which look will better, and generally it will be VGA.
 
[quote name='HarassmentPanda']This is wrong. VGA is a superior connection to component. VGA is perfectly capable of producing color that is just as vibrant as component. The problem you are having is with your TV, not the VGA cable. TVs and PC monitors handle colors differently. It sounds to me like your TV interprets any VGA source as being from a PC and therefore the colors seem washed out. You need to calibrate your TV's VGA input to play nicely with an HDTV source; unfortunately, some TVs don't allow you to do this.[/QUOTE]


TONS of people complain about the washed out VGA look on HDTVs, everyone I know who has tried that set up has had the exact same result on different TVs


Question: do XBOX360 component cables work on XBOX1 systems?
 
Slightly off-topic, but are all component cables created equal? I am a firm believer that cables are not equal when it comes to sound quality, but if I were to get these component cables or the components that are sold on Ebay for slightly less....would I get the same picture quality?
 
[quote name='lurknomore']Slightly off-topic, but are all component cables created equal? I am a firm believer that cables are not equal when it comes to sound quality, but if I were to get these component cables or the components that are sold on Ebay for slightly less....would I get the same picture quality?[/QUOTE]


they aren't all necessarily of the same quality, no. especially for $15 vs. a random manufacturer on ebay. but between these and the microsoft cables, it's doubtful you'll see any difference.

it's a good rule to never pay more than $30 for monster cables, unless you have no choice. with stereo & a/v components (receivers, tvs, etc), far better alternatives are available at a fraction of monster's price thanks to the industry-wide standard connectors.

with game consoles, however, we're stuck using the officially licensed, overpriced cables due to the proprietary adapter.
 
So there is no other good option for component + optical audio for the 360? I just got one, but didn't open it yet. Didn't know I'd have to spring extra to use optical audio. The original Xbox HD pack supported optical audio... why would MS drop that from their component cables?

On a side note, is there any sort of VGA cable for the 360 that also supports optical audio?
 
[quote name='gorgo']So there is no other good option for component + optical audio for the 360? I just got one, but didn't open it yet. Didn't know I'd have to spring extra to use optical audio. The original Xbox HD pack supported optical audio... why would MS drop that from their component cables?

On a side note, is there any sort of VGA cable for the 360 that also supports optical audio?[/QUOTE]

The ones that come in the box have a port for optical audio. You DO NOT need the Monster cables.
 
Yeah, NOBODY should be buying this unless they got a core 360, since the in-box cables for the premium have the SAME FUNCTIONALITY.

If this was for the VGA cable, that would be another story, but don't be stupid and buy this for the Monster brand of snake oil upgrades to your cable. Any cable worth it's salt will give the SAME PERFORMANCE as a Monster.
 
Thanks so much for clearing that up! Yes, I know that Monster is overpriced, and didn't expect to see a difference on the picture. Just needed the optical audio.
 
the only reason i want this is b/c i have my 360 in my room (and use the cables that come with it), but also sometimes want to bring my 360 outside to my living room to use the plasma TV but don't want to keep moving the plasma in order to connect the component cables to the back of it (the plasma is on a tv shelf thing)...hmm...maybe i should just get standard cables for my regular tv in my room and just leave the component cables outside?
 
If anyone can pick me up a set of these, PM me. My local Walmart is flush out of anything that isn't Philips branded. I guess that is the reason why the Monsters are being clearanced out. Ironically, there weren't any 360 cables anyway. Anyhow, if anyone could pick a set of these up, please PM me.
 
This is definitely YMMV greatly. I stopped by my local Walmart on the way home and scanned them using the price scanner thingy and they rang up over 50 bucks. Not worth it unless you really need them. I would of picked them up for 15 bucks just for the heck of it.
 
Beware!!!! Don't make the mistake I did. If you are expecting to buy the 360 Monster cable with the stereo plugs (red+white) and adding your own optical cable, think again. Monster forces you to buy their optical cable. There is no toslink port on the Monster Component cable (as there is on the microsoft brand component cable), but a 1/8th jack. When you buy the monster 360 optical cable, it comes with a 1/8th to toslink adapter. In a nutshell they are forcing you to buy their products. On top of this, their optical cable is garbage. It doesn't snap into place when plugging it into the toslink port so it will randomly fall out of the port. I have tried 3 different 360 monster optical cables and they all had the same problem. The third one was a direct replacement from Monster. This is the first and last purchase from Monster that I will ever make. I bought them when they first came out and I spent $70 on the component with Stereo cables and $30 for the monster optical. I don't see one bit of a difference except in my wallet.
 
[quote name='Hardware']Beware!!!! Don't make the mistake I did. If you are expecting to buy the 360 Monster cable with the stereo plugs (red+white) and adding your own optical cable, think again. Monster forces you to buy their optical cable. There is no toslink port on the Monster Component cable (as there is on the microsoft brand component cable), but a 1/8th jack. When you buy the monster 360 optical cable, it comes with a 1/8th to toslink adapter. In a nutshell they are forcing you to buy their products. On top of this, their optical cable is garbage. It doesn't snap into place when plugging it into the toslink port so it will randomly fall out of the port. I have tried 3 different 360 monster optical cables and they all had the same problem. The third one was a direct replacement from Monster. This is the first and last purchase from Monster that I will ever make. I bought them when they first came out and I spent $70 on the component with Stereo cables and $30 for the monster optical. I don't see one bit of a difference except in my wallet.[/QUOTE]

Is that Toslink 1/8th adapter standard? I needed one of those for a sound card... if it's the same thing, you can get it for $1.74 at monoprice.com, and therefore use whatever toslink cable you want. http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=toslink&x=0&y=0
 
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