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    Hooking Up Consoles to a Laptop

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by jbiller, Dec 29, 2007.

  1. jbiller

    jbiller Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anyone know of any good ways to do this? Been surfing around but I can't find any decent USB solutions. I'd assume though that once I've managed to get it working that FRAPS would be able to do some video recording as well?
     
    jbiller, Dec 29, 2007
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  2. A Led Rock

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    umm well...its not generally a good idea...u can use a tv tuner...but all the stuff will be like delayed b/c of limited bandwidth and it will be unplayable
     
    A Led Rock, Dec 29, 2007
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    what console,and why do you want to hook it up to a laptop ?
     
    Polsta, Dec 29, 2007
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    cuz he probably doesn't want to buy a tv for it lol

    other than that, i don't know too much on this subject
     
    Mimino, Dec 29, 2007
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    I am wondering how to do the same thing. I have S-Video and VGA adapters I can plug in, but is there a way to get the screen to show them? It is to avoid using a TV. I am prohibited of having one in my dorm room.
     
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    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    You would need a tuner of some sort to output the video to your computer. But as A Led Rock mentioned, you will see a significant delay of at least a second. That essentially makes all of your games unplayable...

    So unless you can find some hardware specifically built to output real time video into your computer...you are out of luck.

    I had the same problem...in the end I bought a Dell 24 inch widescreen monitor. My XBOX 360 has a great VGA output.
     
    StormEffect, Dec 29, 2007
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  7. A Led Rock

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    ya

    do wut storm effect says...just buy a monitor from dell...its a computer monitor not a TV lol ;)
     
    A Led Rock, Dec 29, 2007
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  8. jbiller

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    Well, I reaaaally would like a way to record game footage on my computer without having to use a damn USB shaky cam. Was looking for a decent way to get fairly good quality.
     
    jbiller, Dec 29, 2007
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