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Setup My 360 For TV AND Monitor!

Awhile ago, I had setup my 360 to share my computer monitor with my PC with a kvm switch and 360 vga cables but because of the way I had my furniture arranged, I felt cut off from my entire "pad" and relegated the 360 back to the TV (32" standard def).  I moved shortly after that and again my PC was a little too cut off from my TV (small room so I like to put all electronic entertainment in one spot) so I kept the 360 o the TV.

I recently rearranged my room which brought my PC much closer to my TV and the idea to use my Monitor for my 360 dawned on me again.  However my fianée is also pretty tech savvy, so I can't hog the computer all the time and on the same token, we're both movie nuts (with a netflix subscription) so the 360 has to also be able to change pretty easily to the TV.  Trying to watch movies on my computer monitor is kinda blah seeing as It's 19" versus a 32" TV.

The idea I came up with was so simple, I'm surprised it hadn't dawned on me before.  Set it up like before but keep both 360 Audio/Video cables setup and just switch the connector on the 360 itself to determine which device to output to!  It's great simply because my fianée and I don't feel like we're keeping the other person from doing what they really want to do just because someone is using the TV or PC.

*UPDATE*

Got some images for ya'll:
L to R:  Full setup, TV and console setup, Computer desk, PC, KVM switch.



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