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Xbox 360 HDMI Cable (Xbox 360)

from: Microsoft

September 01, 2007
It is not necessary to buy this cable, there is a cheaper way around it. The problem is that Microsoft make the AV cable that comes with the newer version HDMI Xbox 360s too big deliberately. You'll see when you plug in the av cable, it blocks the socket for the HDMI lead, meaning you can't plug both in at the same time.

HOWEVER, Microsoft didn't foresee this when they FIRST released the console (i.e. before the HDMI versions - arcade/elite), so the ORIGINAL AV cable (i.e. red white and yellow), is small enough so that you CAN fit both the AV and HDMI cables into the back at the same time. Oh - and it works for the HD DVD drive getting over HDCP compliance issues etc.

So, in summary, get hold of a standard HDMI cable ... Read More: