The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    G73 Video Input?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by mynameisjohn, Aug 21, 2010.

  1. mynameisjohn

    mynameisjohn Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hey all,
    I am going to college this fall (in like 10 days actually) and wanted to bring my xbox 360, but I don't have an extra tv to plug it in to. Does the G73 have some sort of video input setting, either VGA or HDMI or whatever, that would allow me to play my 360 using my laptop display as a screen?
     
    mynameisjohn, Aug 21, 2010
    #1
  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    7,515
    Messages:
    8,733
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Unfortunately laptop video ports only send signals out. You'll have to invest in a TV if you want to use your XBOX 360.
     
    David, Aug 21, 2010
    #2
  3. mynameisjohn

    mynameisjohn Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Well Damn.
     
    mynameisjohn, Aug 21, 2010
    #3
  4. ChiroVette

    ChiroVette Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    165
    Messages:
    521
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Somewhat off topic, but the Sager NP8120 had a pretty nifty feature. It was discontinued last week, but it is the only laptop I know of that actually has a direct video input that bypasses the guts of the laptop and sends the signal directly to the monitor! You could plug your 360 or PS3 right into the LCD monitor in other words through the HDMI input.

    Why more laptop manufacturers don't do this is so baffling I cannot tell you. Because a laptop screen, when you get right down to it, is just an LCD monitor like any other, only portable. The truth is, I am very sure that it is something anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of electronics could rig up if he was willing to create the connector in his lappy, but that would certainly void the warranty. It would honestly be easy enough for the manufacturer to add, particularly to these high end gaming rigs.
     
    ChiroVette, Aug 21, 2010
    #4