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    video-in on laptop

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ahwang, Jul 18, 2006.

  1. ahwang

    ahwang Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a Dell e1705. I bought it with the TV tuner and it works fine for watching TV. I tried to plug-in my N64 and I realized that there was about two seconds of lag between the N64 and the laptop screen. (It's not my N64, it works fine on my actual TV.) I tried comparing the TV signal on my laptop and TV and the same lag is there. (It shows up on the TV and then a couple seconds later, on the laptop.)

    Is there a way that I can actually plug in my console to my laptop and have it playable?

    Thanks
     
    ahwang, Jul 18, 2006
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  2. jimc

    jimc Notebook Consultant

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    I think it's the hardware's limitation
     
    jimc, Jul 18, 2006
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  3. ahwang

    ahwang Notebook Enthusiast

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    the tuner? or my pc?
    i figured my laptop would be fast enough to handle such things...
     
    ahwang, Jul 18, 2006
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  4. mZimm

    mZimm Notebook Evangelist

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    Due to the console having to go through so much to play on the screen, it's just not feasible to play video games on a notebook's screen. It's not a problem with your computer or the TV tuner card, it's a limitation of the type of thing you are trying to do.
     
    mZimm, Jul 18, 2006
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  5. Lil Mayz

    Lil Mayz Notebook Deity

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    yes I agree with mZimm....I suggest buying a cheap, second hand monitor if you can afford it, as some monitors have a composite video input. That way, you can play on the N64 without any lag, and connect your laptop to it...
     
    Lil Mayz, Jul 19, 2006
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    copa Notebook Enthusiast

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    It is not a problem with the notebook as mZimm suggested but rather an issue with the onboard encoding that the tv tuner is responsible for. There are tv tuners which use software encoding to mpeg which can be turned on and off and some hardware ones which can be bypassed in order to eliminate the lag.
     
    copa, Jul 19, 2006
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