xbox 360 played thru media center?

I haven't connected my pc to my xbox yet (because it's not mine) but I'm
wondering if you can play the Xbox 360 thru media center on a pc. I see it's
very easy to access media on the pc thru the Xbox, but is the reverse
possible?

"cavey00" <> wrote in message
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>I haven't connected my pc to my xbox yet (because it's not mine) but I'm
> wondering if you can play the Xbox 360 thru media center on a pc. I see
> it's
> very easy to access media on the pc thru the Xbox, but is the reverse
> possible?

Nope, and even if it was, with existing technologies the performance would
be terrible, and there would be a second or two lag time.

Closest thing you can do is plug your Xbox 360 into your monitor, using a
VGA cable for instance.

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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"Paul Smith" <> wrote in message
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> "cavey00" <> wrote in message
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>>I haven't connected my pc to my xbox yet (because it's not mine) but I'm
>> wondering if you can play the Xbox 360 thru media center on a pc. I see
>> it's
>> very easy to access media on the pc thru the Xbox, but is the reverse
>> possible?
>
> Nope, and even if it was, with existing technologies the performance would
> be terrible, and there would be a second or two lag time.
>
> Closest thing you can do is plug your Xbox 360 into your monitor, using a
> VGA cable for instance.

Lag would be aweful, even plugging an XBox to your computer via a TV Tuner
would give you about a second lag. My monitor has a component input so I can
do PIP with my 360 while on my computer. I wouldn't recommend doing anything
of the sort, but that's one option if you must play your 360 while on your
computer on the same monitor.

Good luck.

Thank you guys, I was about to purchase a TV tuner and go that way with the
settup, but if the lag is going to be what you say it is, well... Guess I am
going to be using a switch to route the signals between my theater and my
monitor. Any suggestions on a good monitor that can handle the mentioned
separate signals?

"Andy [YaYa]" wrote:

> "Paul Smith" <> wrote in message
> news:A707E8E0-BF44-42E9-8352-...
> > "cavey00" <> wrote in message
> > news:A2B73F60-CCA7-41AF-ABB3-...
> >>I haven't connected my pc to my xbox yet (because it's not mine) but I'm
> >> wondering if you can play the Xbox 360 thru media center on a pc. I see
> >> it's
> >> very easy to access media on the pc thru the Xbox, but is the reverse
> >> possible?
> >
> > Nope, and even if it was, with existing technologies the performance would
> > be terrible, and there would be a second or two lag time.
> >
> > Closest thing you can do is plug your Xbox 360 into your monitor, using a
> > VGA cable for instance.
>
> Lag would be aweful, even plugging an XBox to your computer via a TV Tuner
> would give you about a second lag. My monitor has a component input so I can
> do PIP with my 360 while on my computer. I wouldn't recommend doing anything
> of the sort, but that's one option if you must play your 360 while on your
> computer on the same monitor.
>
> Good luck.
>

"cavey00" <> wrote in message
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> Thank you guys, I was about to purchase a TV tuner and go that way with
> the
> settup, but if the lag is going to be what you say it is, well... Guess I
> am
> going to be using a switch to route the signals between my theater and my
> monitor. Any suggestions on a good monitor that can handle the mentioned
> separate signals?

I've got an old 24 inch Dell, it's got DVI, VGA, component, composite and
S-video inputs. Not sure if the newer models still have all of those
inputs, but they probably have at least DVI and VGA.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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"Paul Smith" <> wrote in message
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> "cavey00" <> wrote in message
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>> Thank you guys, I was about to purchase a TV tuner and go that way with
>> the
>> settup, but if the lag is going to be what you say it is, well... Guess I
>> am
>> going to be using a switch to route the signals between my theater and my
>> monitor. Any suggestions on a good monitor that can handle the mentioned
>> separate signals?
>
> I've got an old 24 inch Dell, it's got DVI, VGA, component, composite and
> S-video inputs. Not sure if the newer models still have all of those
> inputs, but they probably have at least DVI and VGA.

There's lots of TV/computer monitors out there. Some people buy those $800
37" Westinghouse LCD TVs, wall mount them and plug them into their
computers. Big monitor, small price, 1920x1080 resolution, and more desk
space.

Yeah, if you use a TV Tuner, there's like a 1-3 second delay from live to
when the image actually appears on your screen. Since your video game has to
get instant feedback, a 1 second delay is basically unplayable.

I keep a CRT on hand for gaming, even plugging straight into a LCD HDTV
produces a 30ms-60ms "lag" with older Standard Def gaming, like PS2. Time it
takes to process the image to fit the high resolution LCD can be annoying
with games like Guitar Hero, DDR, anything where timing has to be spot on.

There's tons of experiments on the internet with HDTV lag, it's kindda
interesting.

-A.