Am I losing my mind, or does my XBox 360 not have an HDMI port?

Asked by mrrich724 (8550

) June 9th, 2010

I just got my new Samsung, 120hz full 1080p LED!!!

So naturally, I want to hook up my XBox 360 via HDMI so I can project it with the highest resolution possible. I looked in the back, and there is only the standard A/V slot for the component cables that come with the system.

Does anyone know if there is a difference between the older 360 (3–4 years old) and the newer ones regarding this?

I don’t think I’m going nuts, but for the life of me I can’t locate an HDMI slot, but I’m having a hard time accepting the fact that my 360 doesn’t have one . . .

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According to this, it is indeed only on newer (after 2007) premium 360s. Sorry :-/

BhacSsylan (9534

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Great answer! Thanks.

mrrich724 (8550

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yeah you will not be able to reach full 1080p but be able to use composite cables to get 720p/1080i

asawilliams (368

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“use composite cables to get 720p/1080i”
And, you won’t notice the difference.

CMaz (26313

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You can use VGA cables on most HD TVs to get quality up to 1360×768 resolution. Not sure how this compares with 1080p but when I used my old 360 (sans HDMI) on an HD TV with the VGA connector it looked great.

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Also it’s worth noting that there are pricey HDMI converters for older 360’s which claim to up the resolution. Don’t get it though, they just up-res the low-res image, in other words it’s not any better.

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