While I was waiting for my HD-DVD add-on drive to arrive, I did some research on getting full 1080p from my XBOX 360 to my television (since the television seemingly only allowed 1080p over HDMI, not component or the PC input port, the latter would only support more standard 4:3 resolutions according to the manual). After shifting through several, long threads over at AVS Forum, I ran across several posts about using the VGA cable for the XBOX 360 and getting 1080p that way.

So I picked up the VGA cable, which was a bit spendy at around $40 but it is the price for wanting 1080p, wired up the console and, lo and behold, it worked! Well, the console reset the resolution back to 480p/widescreen but I was able to switch it to 1920x1080. After a couple of minutes of messing around with the settings on the television, I got to the point where the picture quality was as optimal (to me) as possible.

As you may have read in one of my previous blog posts, I have already taken two steps into the world of HDTV: purchasing a 1080p television and a Playstation 3 console. I am continually awed at the quality of HD broadcasts in 720p or 1080i as well as Blu-Ray content in either 1080i or 1080p.

With the release of more content that interests me on the HD-DVD format, I decided to order an HD-DVD add-on drive for the XBOX 360.