I just bought a Toshiba TDP-T45U projector for my house. I'm wanting to use it to watch HDTV and play Xbox 360 for a game room I'm setting up. It does not have the input RGB cables on the back, it has the 15 pin computer RGB input. What cables do I need to hook up to my HDTV digital cable box. The cable box has RGB hookups on the back. Where do I find a 15 pin to RGB cable? Next question is since my Xbox 360 is also the RGB cables, how will I hook that up to the projector. I'm a noob to projectors but Best Buy was offering this unit for such a good price I had to jump on it because I have always wanted a projector for gaming.

 

Are they HDMI? 19 or 29 connector? Or DVI? 24 plus a blade? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI

Not knowing, this might help:http://www.audioauthority.com/produc...ideo_Converter

 

Try www.monoprice.com

I get all my cables there, and they may have what you need.

 

You cannot use Component (RGB) to VGA (computer type 15 pin D-sub) cables unless the projector supports Sync-On-Green (SOG). Many display devices typically used for PC applications (monitors, projectors) do not support SOG. Without SOG support, you must use a Component to VGA transcoder, which is a seperate little powered box.

Personally I use a Neoya X2VGA v2 (http://www.x2vga.com/) to hook game systems up to a PC monitor. It works very well and supports all HD formats.

Another popular transcoder is the VDigi VD-Z3, but I have no experience with that one.

 

Can i buy the neoya transcoder at a retail store or do i have to order online? i will be using this projector for xbox 360 but i would like to watch the Sooners play tonight in HDTV on my projector. also if i buy this will my 360 on my projector look as good or even comparable to my 50" plasma? i picked this projector up for $680+3 yr service plan for $150 and it retails for $800 but now im starting to think i should have went another route. i just dont know anything about projectors but i couldnt pass up a deal like that. i just want my xbox 360 to look great on a 80-100" screen.

 

Well, your xbox has VGA out, so you could just hook it up directly. That projector is really for business presentations, which is why it's limited in home theater applications. It can accept a 720p or 1080i signal, or a PC signal up to 1600x1200.. however, native resolution is 1024x768, so all the inputs will be scaled down (or up) to this resolution. And therein lies the big problem. I imagine it's going to fill the entire screen, regardless of input resolution. I.e. if you input a 720p signal from your xbox or HD cable box (thats 1280x720, a 16:9 aspect ratio), it's going to scale (stretch) the image out to fill 1024x768 pixels, which is 4:3.

Those transcoders can only be purchased online IIRC.. and they won't help with scaling the image.

 

I looked up the specs on that projector and it's not really a home theater projector. The resolution on it is 1024 x 768. 720P HD broadcasts are 1280 x 720 and 1080i is 1920 x 1080. So when you take into account that the projector has a 4:3 aspect ratio and HD content has a 16:9, then you will not even be getting close to using HD resolution when you watch it since it will have black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. Then you're having to try and cobble together a system so that it will work with the xbox and cable box. I would take it back and save for a real home theater projector, not a powerpoint projector.

 

I don't think it will display black bars. I think it will scale the input signal to fill the entire 4:3 screen. All HD content will look stretched unless its coming from a PC.

 

Sorry, forgot one important item.


Go Mountaineers!!!!

 

Yeah, you're probably right. Either way is going to make it look bad.