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    PS3 Through laptop screen....

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by pgammon, Apr 25, 2008.

  1. pgammon

    pgammon Newbie

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    My notebook came with a PCMIA express TV tuner from HP. It has a connector with red, white and yellow analog imputs. I would like to know If I could use this to play my ps3 through my laptop screen.
     
    pgammon, Apr 25, 2008
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  2. Marcham93

    Marcham93 Notebook Evangelist

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    I believe you can, but not sure. I've also heard about some problems with lag when playing that way. I could be wrong.
     
    Marcham93, Apr 25, 2008
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    You can play your PS3 on your laptop screen using a TV tuner. That's pretty much a given. Like Marcham89 said, though, there's a good chance that the TV tuner will induce enough lag such that your game is practically unplayable. I don't think it should be bad with a PCMCIA tuner, but you never know.
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 26, 2008
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    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    Even there is lag, you can technically play the game - like say, a turn based RPG. But like FPS games, I doubt it. Also, I think that ExpressCard would be faster than PCMCIA. Also, I'm keeping an eye on this because I want to know how this turns out. Do let us know what your results are.
     
    Amol, Apr 26, 2008
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    pgammon Newbie

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    ok...I am looking at it and I guess it is an express card, silly me, Anyway....
    What program or software should I use to render the video?
     
    pgammon, Apr 26, 2008
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    Nothing needed to render if I am correct. Basically its just taking the cables and inputting the signals from the Red, White And Yellow cables and inputting it on the screen. Nothing is going by the processor/graphics card. Its going through TV tuner straight to screen.
     
    Jaycee8980, Apr 26, 2008
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    It depends on how good your laptop and the tv tuner there could be no lag but there will be atleast a 3 or 2 second delay. A delay in game would suck because you will have to compensate on you're timing.
     
    magn3t0, Apr 26, 2008
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  8. pgammon

    pgammon Newbie

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    Well I used VLC and got it to work....
    There was a delal of about 2 or 3 seconds, which is also how long it took me to get out of the game of warhawk I was in. :p

    It worked, but would I use it to actually play? No way! that two or three seconds seemed like minutes!
     
    pgammon, Apr 26, 2008
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  9. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Using a cheap 15$ game bridge is good for this and infact its main purpose. Its only VGA resolution but there is NO lag even for a moderately older system.

    I got mine on ebay for like 8$ and its how I capture video for my game reviews too.

    http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/Video/prod/AVC-1410/
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 26, 2008
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  10. moon angel

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    I used a tv tuner to play ps2 on my old desktop, worked fine, no lag.
     
    moon angel, Apr 26, 2008
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