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Xbox 360 Composite/Component AV Cable.

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[–] buh@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When I got the original xbox 360, my cousin thought I was joking when he saw the power brick

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

it had its own internal fan and if you put it on carpet it overheated and cut the power. just a masterpiece of industrial design.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A prelude to the system itself.

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

No wonder the Red Ring of Death was a thing back then. I still remember the people "fixing" the red right of death by wrapping the original Xbox 360 in a towel and heating it up/overheating it on purpose, to try "reflow the circuits" picard

[–] buh@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

tbf I tried something like that and it worked for another year lol

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Lasted long enough to trade it in.

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah apparently it would fix it and then the Xbox 360 would work for a few months to a year, but then the issue would return, and eventually the motherboard would warp from overheating and the console would stop working all together. So a temporary fix that would work a few times, until it completely stopped working. At least that's what I've heard, I've never owned an Xbox.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My 360 that broke because I had it sideways and I guess they didn't like to be played that way. Red ringed and ate my copy of Blue Dragon.

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I still have my original slim PlayStation 3. That thing must be around 13 years old now, maybe older. I've had to replace the thermal paste multiple times though. My original slim PlayStation 2 only broke because the ribbon cable for the disc drive got severed during a fall, I think I tripped over the wired controller, which caused it to fall.

[–] aaro@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

my Wii went through the washing machine three times, fell out of the back of my truck on the highway (couldn't find it for three days), and I had it in my front pocket when I got shot at and it blocked a couple .45 rounds, saving my life. Still plays guitar hero 3 and project M just fine. gigachad

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

You joke, but I remember having an original Motorola Droid and running over it in a car after leaving it on the bumper in a parking lot. Then a couple days later having it fall off the car again while driving on the beach and it still worked.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

My brother found out that just punching the top after you pulled the sides off fixed it. There were literal fist marks and broken plastic on top of his, but it worked.

Guess percussive maintenance would temporarily re-connect the circuit or something lol

[–] Taster_Of_Treats@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

People would do that also by putting the thing in an oven, iirc. And it fucking worked.

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

Using this to connect to an HDTV because your surround av receiver only has optical and coax so you gotta get that 5.1 somehow

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I had one of those component cables for my PlayStation 2 so I could play games in progressive scan/480p, and Gran Turismo 4 at 1080i. The exact same cable also worked on the Playstation 3 for HD gaming at 720p or 1080i, though it wasn't quite as crisp as HDMI.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

720p 1080i looks fine, I really don't get the hype over 4k maybe I'm just old shrug-outta-hecks

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I meant that 720p on component looked slightly worse than 720p through an HDMI connection, likely because HDMI is a fully digital signal and component video is analog. But yeah unless you sit close to the screen or have a massive screen/TV, 1080p is perfectly fine.

[–] Alisu@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

It's only really good on big tvs. 4k in smaller screens is really unnecessary. 1440p makes some difference in bigger monitors, but for like 21" screens 1080p is great

[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago
[–] Homer_Simpson@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Go look at a scsi cable

[–] starlight32@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

lol i just used one of these today to play sonic unleashed no-copyright though mine only has three plugs coming out of it