playstation 2 - vostro

im at university now and bought a vostro 1500 with me...

due to lack of space in my room, i was wondering if it was possible for me to get rid of my tv and play my playstation 2 through the laptop...is that possible? how do i do it?

any help would be greatly appreciated - or if its not possible, can someone please tell me so i can sort something else out??!

thanks a lot

 

You can buy TV cards for computers, and I think you can get USB versions as well as internal...

But as for the PS2, you can get emulators but they run quite poorly even on high end hardware at the moment and the legality is dubious. So no PS2 for you on the laptop even if you own the game I'm not so sure about running the console on the display though.

 

you can just emulate it with PCSX2.

I have been playing PS2 games on my notebook for a while now.

 

how do i plug the ps2 into the laptop?

sorry im pretty bad with these things...

cant i just use the laptop screen as a tv type thing? i dont want to play the ps2 through the laptop, just want the screen - does that make sense?

 

You'd need a TV tuner style device in order to do what you are trying to do. The only problem is that you would probably notice a second of lag on most tuner systems because they are not built for real-time input. In other words, most of them make it impossible to play videogames through your monitor.

 

you need to have a TV input from either a TV Tuner or Capture card.

 

ADAPTEC GAMEBRIDGE!! I play on my laptop all the time! NO LAG!
http://www.amazon.com/Gamebridge-AV...7?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1194218141&sr=8-2

Drivers are for XP thoough...There is an install guide for Vista
http://www.joeuser.com/index.asp?c=1&AID=154255

Enjoy!

 

Your best bet (if you don't feel like spending more money) is PCSX2. I've been using the emulator for only Final Fantasy X and X-2 for about a month now and I've been getting playable speeds (about 35-64 FPS depending on location) with my notebook rig.

Problem with it is you'll have to go through some procedures before you use the emulator; you'll have to dump your BIOS from your own PS2, transfer files, etc.

Your Vostro 1500 doesn't have integrated GPU right? Otherwise, PCSX2 will be awfully slow.

 

pcx2 is really dire. It runs like crap even on quad cores with high end graphics. i think its still in beta stages though

 

Well it all depends on the game you're trying to emulate. Even though the program can't emulate all games, it can emulate some games at more than enough speeds - especially with quad cores with 8800GTX.

 

check out this review of the game bridge that moderator Coriolis wrote

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3535

 

I've also been curious about something like this. Except I've been wondering if there is any solution to get HDMI in or Component from a PS3 or 360.

 

you can get an external firewire capture card unit for Component-In to support 720p and up.

 

The only problems with any input into a laptop through USB, Firewire, etc. is that there will always be some sort of lag. I've heard good things about the adaptec gamebridge though and that for most games, the lag is minimal (barely noticeable).

but if the game your playing isn't online or doesn't need the quickest reaction times, i think the adeptec gamebridge should be a good choice. I've seen it on buy.com and/or woot.com for $15 or so.

Good luck