Xbox 360 Elite HDMI Question

stncttr908 · 12-05-09, 12:07 PM

Hey guys, long time no see. I just bought a 360 Elite which should arrive sometime next week. Can I use regular standard HDMI cable to my Onkyo receiver and still get full 5.1 surround? I know there's that crappy official HDMI kit but I'm hoping I won't need something like that. My receiver should handle everything fine as long as the 360 is capable of passing it through the HDMI cable. Surprisingly this answer is not as easy to find as you might think, so I figured I'd stop in and ask over in these parts. Thanks!

Redshirt #24 · 12-05-09, 01:02 PM

In the general sense, an HDMI cable is an HDMI cable is an HDMI cable (QC issues aside).

So you should be just fine with something like this.

**crainger** · 12-05-09, 02:15 PM

My 360 is old and none HDMI, but I can say this...

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Lyme · 12-06-09, 03:40 AM

Short answer: yes.
Long answer: Yes, so long as your cable isn't crap, and even crappy cables under 8' typically are fine.

stncttr908 · 12-06-09, 10:26 AM

Thanks, dudes (except crainger!)

**crainger** · 12-06-09, 01:07 PM

12-05-09, 12:07 PM	#1
stncttr908 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 4,496	Xbox 360 Elite HDMI Question Hey guys, long time no see. I just bought a 360 Elite which should arrive sometime next week. Can I use regular standard HDMI cable to my Onkyo receiver and still get full 5.1 surround? I know there's that crappy official HDMI kit but I'm hoping I won't need something like that. My receiver should handle everything fine as long as the 360 is capable of passing it through the HDMI cable. Surprisingly this answer is not as easy to find as you might think, so I figured I'd stop in and ask over in these parts. Thanks! __________________ PC - \| Core i7-2600K @ stock \| Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 \| 4GB Patriot Sector 5 DDR3 \| Galaxy GTX 460 1GB @ stock \| Corsair Force 120GB SSD \| Seagate 1TB 7200RPM \| 320GB Seagate 7200.10 \| 2x Seagate 500GB USB 2.0 \| Lite-On 20x SATA DVD+RW \| Silverstone TJ-09 \| Corsair 620W PSU \| Logitech Z-5500s \| Sennheiser HD-570 headphones \| Samsung 2494LW \| Laptop - \| Dell Inspiron 1420 \| C2D T7300 (2.0GHz, 4MB cache) \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| 160GB 7200RPM HDD \| DVD +/- RW \| 14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900) \| Broadcom 802.11g \| NVIDIA 8400M GS 128MB \|

12-05-09, 02:15 PM	#3
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: Xbox 360 Elite HDMI Question My 360 is old and none HDMI, but I can say this... ::

12-06-09, 03:40 AM	#4
Lyme Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,682	Re: Xbox 360 Elite HDMI Question Short answer: yes. Long answer: Yes, so long as your cable isn't crap, and even crappy cables under 8' typically are fine.

12-06-09, 10:26 AM	#5
stncttr908 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 4,496	Re: Xbox 360 Elite HDMI Question Thanks, dudes (except crainger!) __________________ PC - \| Core i7-2600K @ stock \| Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 \| 4GB Patriot Sector 5 DDR3 \| Galaxy GTX 460 1GB @ stock \| Corsair Force 120GB SSD \| Seagate 1TB 7200RPM \| 320GB Seagate 7200.10 \| 2x Seagate 500GB USB 2.0 \| Lite-On 20x SATA DVD+RW \| Silverstone TJ-09 \| Corsair 620W PSU \| Logitech Z-5500s \| Sennheiser HD-570 headphones \| Samsung 2494LW \| Laptop - \| Dell Inspiron 1420 \| C2D T7300 (2.0GHz, 4MB cache) \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| 160GB 7200RPM HDD \| DVD +/- RW \| 14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900) \| Broadcom 802.11g \| NVIDIA 8400M GS 128MB \|

12-06-09, 01:07 PM	#6
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: Xbox 360 Elite HDMI Question ::

12-05-09, 01:02 PM	#2
Redshirt #24 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 248	Re: Xbox 360 Elite HDMI Question In the general sense, an HDMI cable is an HDMI cable is an HDMI cable (QC issues aside). So you should be just fine with something like this. __________________ Asus P6T6 WS Revolution \| Core i7 950 \| 6GB Corsair PC3-1600 Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 \| Asus Xonar D2X \| TSC MM51.6 5.1 Hitachi 1TB + WD & Maxtor 500GB SATA2 \| PCP&C Quad Silencer 750W Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Apple 30" Cinema Display CM HAF X Ever notice how the more people talk about something, the more you tend to hate it?