Where's the Xbox 360 HDMI cable?

There were two things that we thought would be a lock for Microsoft's Xbox 360 lineup last week at E3: their HD DVD drive (which they delivered on, insofar as a mockup can), and an accompanying HDMI cable for actually watching those movies without fear of the deadly image constraint token. We assumed the latter would actually make it to market first, being that there's already an obviously pent up demand for a 360 HDMI cable, but we thought wrong -- Microsoft announced no such thing. Then along comes Lik-Sang, claiming they've got the skinny on the "official" MS HDMI cable, which would also feature component HD, and Dolby 5.1. Now, what are the chances that this is actually the real deal and not just a product stub in anticipation of an accessory that may or may not yet actually exist? Probably pretty slim, but it is Lik-Sang, after all, and they've been known to raise a few eyebrows.

[Thanks, GhostDoggy]

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 11th 2007 3:00PM]

HDMI will be introduced in a new version of the xbox360 that has the connection built right in. I have a native 1080p hdtv with hdmi. for those who think the talk about hdmi is pointless because analog is just as good need not post. Wanting all digital hd video natively is reasonable, its what alot of high end hardware is being designed for. Component RGB cables are great, but analog will eventually phase out and we should not miss them. until the hdmi version comes out, feel good about your component cables which can also output 1080p through analog upconversion without copyright restrictions. my samsung 40 lcd displays 1080p through component just fine until hdmi replaces them with all digital/native 1080p.

here is the link to the new version of xbox 360 w/hdmi

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/01/05/MS_2nd_gen_xbox_360_hdmi_65nm/

hope this answers alot of doubts

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2007 2:08PM]

I think I may have solved this issue for some of you. Check out this product if you want to convert RGB to HDMI to get 1080p on your nice new sets. This should also include the Xbox 360 HD DVD player. Slightly costly though.

http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=3569#buy

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2007 7:14PM]

that port on the back of the 360 can output anything it wants, depending whats on the other side of the cable. That is a digital output that is a proprietery plugin for microsoft, they could make it another hard drive plugin if they wanted too, as the plug is not limited to one thing or another. Also, the 360 outputs in DVI, which is digital, so it could easily output HDMI

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2007 7:48AM]

I'm a little confused, i've ordered a xbox 360 to go with my HD ready LCD TV. The xbox adverts says it's a "next generation high def gaming console" but if there no HDMI lead connection how can this be a high def console, (i'm under the impression the only way to get high def is through a HDMI cable) I know the xboxs comes with a multi lead with yellow, or red, green and blue video connections. Will high def signal work with a red, green and blue connection?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 21st 2007 1:26PM]

VGA achieves 1080p on sets that let it. Component cable will get you 1080i on almost all hi def sets... HDMI let you have graphics and sound in one cable and lets you have hi-def at most resolutions and provides a pure digital signal much like DVI, but also with encryption to allow you to watch movies that require such protection...

I purposely made this techno-friendly...