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    Xbox to laptop screen

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by airholland, Feb 19, 2008.

  1. airholland

    airholland Notebook Geek

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    Hello,

    I have a question. is it possible to attach a Xbox 360 in such a way that the Xbox sends the image on the sceen of my (new) laptop.

    If that is possible what kind of jack/connection do i need for it?

    Thanks a lot
     
    airholland, Feb 19, 2008
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  2. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You'll need a External TV card :)
     
    Johnny T, Feb 19, 2008
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  3. wobble987

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    depends if your laptop has video input or not..
     
    wobble987, Feb 19, 2008
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  4. airholland

    airholland Notebook Geek

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    what is the official name of the video input card?
     
    airholland, Feb 19, 2008
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    wobble987 Notebook Virtuoso

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    i meant that it suppose to have a "video input" port built into the laptop.... some entertainment notebook such as the Qosmio, tend to have (eg.) "composite in" port built in to the notebook... if not then you probably need some external tv card
     
    wobble987, Feb 19, 2008
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    airholland, thats a genius idea, I just have a random 19" LCD widescreen doing absolutely nothing next to me right now. :D
     
    Manic Penguins, Feb 19, 2008
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  7. Ayle

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    And since most monitors can output hd resolutions it's a win-win situation. If you plan to use the laptop you need this.
     
    Ayle, Feb 19, 2008
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    eninety88, Feb 19, 2008
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  9. Polsta

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    ive got a usb haupage tv card that can also do tv capture i think

    i was sorting a cubboard out the other day and found my old snes and dreamcast stashed away, would i be able to run my snes through the card ?

    what would i use to see the picture on the laptop, the haupage tv software or what ?


    thanks :)
     
    Polsta, Feb 19, 2008
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  10. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    You're going to want to use the gamebridge since most TV tuners have a bit of lag/delay.
     
    Lithus, Feb 19, 2008
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  11. EGOvoruhk

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    Nothing you get is going to be HD. Everything posted here is going to give you a standard 4:3 image

    I have yet to see a notebook with VGA, Component, or HDMI input
     
    EGOvoruhk, Feb 20, 2008
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  12. airholland

    airholland Notebook Geek

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    thank you all for the advice!
     
    airholland, Feb 20, 2008
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  13. ravenmorpheus

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    The gamebridge doesn't support the PAL 60 format, at least my doesn't - the 1400 model. So it's no good for games such as Forza 2 where you can only run it in PAL 60 mode here in the UK/Europe or pretty much any Xbox 360 game these days, of course if your american I don't think that applies as the US 360's output in NTSC anyway afaik...

    I'd recommend a geniatech C8000 TV tuner card and use Dscaler.

    Using Dscaler you can change the aspect ration to fit your monitor and change the input/ouput format to PAL 60.
     
    ravenmorpheus, Feb 20, 2008
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