console gaming on laptop, software suggestions

I can't seem to find much dedicated information on hooking up my console to my laptop other then the overabundance of tv tuner recommendation threads. I have decided on a gamebridge avc-1410 as my usb tuner and am thinking of hooking up my ps2 and later a Wii and playing it via my laptop. The gamebridge is only $25 at Fry's right now and it beats having to buy a dedicated television. My laptop screen is also a very nice IPS one on my Asus.

Now I need some help in setting up the software. I use to use Dscaler with my old Compro Videomate tuner but all I really did was just run the d*mn program and never touched any of the settings. I can't find a tutorial on Dscaler period and all I see floating around are complex ffdshow+avisynth+some player guides. I want to have the best quality as possible while playing my games but don't want to go into any way too complex processes like configuring 20 scripts and filters and stringing three programs together. Can anyone help me? All I am really looking for is deinterlacing and anti-aliasing so jaggies will disappear.

 

...it won't happen. The 3D isn't exported to your computer, only the video signal, so you're stuck with what the console can do as far as antialiasing, etc. You aren't running an emulator. The best thing I can recommend is just to scale while preserving the aspect ratio in your video drivers, so you don't get stretching on the games.

The only other thing you can do is actually use Dscaler: http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/

 

Yeah I know about dscaler, but I don't really know how to use it or what the best options are. If there are no anti-aliasing abilities for a video signal, wouldn't sharpen have a similar effect? I need a guide, that's what I need.

 

i console game on my notebook before. I play with PS2 and Xbox fine. Although I use the TV tuner that i have built it, it has S-Video and Component In.

 

I'm trying to find a tv tuner for me to play my Xbox on. I only have USB or express card options available. Anyone got any suggestions because I heard that they run laggy.

 

try this, Powernotebooks recommends with most of their notebooks that dont have an internal TV Tuner solution.

V-Stream USB 2.0 TV Tuner

Video processor and compression up to 30fps @ 720x480 (NTSC).
Inputs: TV coaxial, S-Video, and Composite.
Full TV frequency range for CATV/VHF/UHF.
Stereo 1/8" audio input and output.
Capture TV and video as MPEG2 and MPEG1 formats.
Time-shift feature lets you play and record TV programs at the same time.
Built-in MPEG video editor.
Brightness/Contrast/Saturation/Color/Sharpness adjustment capability.
Auto-adjust compression ratio for USB 1.1 (30fps @ 320x240) and USB 2.0 (30fps @ 720x480).
USB 2.0 Isochonous video pipe up to 24 Mb/sec.