Xbox 360 HDMI AV Cable
by Microsoft Software
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Video Game Reviews of Xbox 360 HDMI AV Cable
Customer Review: The Only Audio Dongle Available if You Need It
Summary: 5 Stars
If your sound system setup can simply read the digital audio through an HDMI cable, then you can buy and use any HDMI cable which should cost significantly less.
However, if you need to split digital audio separately from HDMI such as to a receiver that has only HDMI pass-through, then you need this dongle if you want to use HDMI for the video. This is the only cable that doesn't block the HDMI port. It as a digital optical out on the dongle.
If you only need the RCA output, then I suggest you just plug the HDMI into your TV and then use the RCA out from your TV. But given reports of some problems with digital out from TV, you might not want to leave it to the TV to send the digital out as it might be PCM, not full Dolby/DTS even though the HDMI does it. Some setups detect or are set to send PCM through HDMI when connected to a TV that doesn't have its own Dolby Digital or DTS decoder, which might explain why you end up with only PCM out.
So the dongle works perfectly. The HDMI cable works as best as I can tell. I am very happy with it. The price is steep, but it might be your only choice. So just try to find a deal.
Customer Review: only bought it for the audio adapter.
Summary: 3 Stars
only bought it for the audio adapter.
it does it's job... you will need this if u HDMI display doesn't have speakers or you want digital out (optical) from the xbox to connect to your 5.1 (or 2.1, or 7.1) system.
the HDMI cable is a typical hdmi cable. nothing special.
5 stars for the audio adapter.
-5 stars for microsoft for not putting digital out audio port on the xbox itself (like ps3) and making us buy this over priced thing.
Customer Review: Rip-off
Summary: 1 Stars
Nowhere in the description of this does it tell you it does NOT work with the Original XBox 360.
The dongle that this gives you does NOT have an HDMI connection on it. This product assumes you have an HDMI port on your XBox. The only XBox 360's that have an HDMI connection are the Premium and the Elite.
If you do not have one of these systems you need this product, http://www.madcatz.com/Default.asp?Page=411
Customer Review: Loser Microsoft
Summary: 1 Stars
So I wanted to use Optical Toslink cable along with HDMI, well guess what? I can't! why you ask? MS made the A/V port so close to the HDMI port it's impossible to use them both because of the huge plastic square on the A/V cable. Microsoft then tries to sell you on more cables that will allow you to use both HDMI and A/V so you can use your toslink cable, otherwise you can only choose either to use A/V with component or HDMI with sound bound to your tv speakers. SHADY MOVE! this is what makes the PS3 a better buy after its all said and done, at least Sony doesn't make you buy tons of accessories just to use what the system was designed to do.Customer Review: Works as promised.
Summary: 5 Stars
It's pricey but it does exactly what its meant to do. I can watch movies and have my surround sound system hooked up with out modification.