This article will show you how to connect a Wii, PS3, PS2, and Xbox 360 to an HDTV via component AND a LCD computer monitor via VGA at the same time. Both displays will show the exact same thing. The sweet thing about this setup is that you will not have to unplug or switch any wires when you want to use a particular display.
At some point you may find yourself wanting to have ALL your game consoles (PS3, XBOX 360, Wii etc.) hooked up to multiple displays at once. In my case I wanted to be able to run my game consoles on my computer LCD display in my office in addition to my HDTV in the Living room. I noticed that hardly any game websites go into ways to pimp your gaming setup so this is the first of a new series on this site about how to configure a killer gaming setup. Read the rest of this entry »
You may finding yourself needing a Component to VGA converter at some point as I did. In my case I also wanted to be able to run my game consoles on my computer LCD display in addition to my HDTV.
The thought of buying VGA cables for each console sucked. Also running all the extra VGA wires and switching to VGA cables every time I want to play on the Computer LCD did not sound ideal. I had all my consoles (Xbox 360, Wii etc.) already connected to my HDTV via component cables so I set out to get a component to VGA converter so I would not have to swap component and VGA cables on each console every time I wanted to play on my computer LCD display. I searched for a converter and chose the High-Box because it also supported 480i signals which I noticed that many component to VGA converters did not. Read the rest of this entry »
