Topic: Connecting To A Laptop (Read 147 times)

wweboy · « **on:** February 24, 2004, 08:24:00 PM »

I actually did this and it worked well...

First get the BELKIN VIDEO BUS II it goes for 99 dollars it's a USB plug in and then it has RCA cables and a S video plug ins. then just connect it to one of your usb ports and hook the xbox video cables in and find like a video capture program that u can view whats on the screen I used my ATI TV viewer program that cam with my cap card for my computer, I just changed the setting to run off of the Video Bus and I got full screen and everything and audio was graet.

Trevante · « **Reply #1 on:** February 24, 2004, 09:42:00 PM »

your best option would probably be one of those portable monitors. video capture devices are either expensive and good, or cheap and crappy (at least for playing video games)

gerzand · « **Reply #2 on:** February 25, 2004, 08:36:00 AM »

Using any TV tuner is not a good idea for the xbox on a PC. I have a $200 Haugpauge WinTVPVR 2 USB 2.0 version and there is still some delay on my laptop. It is just the amount of time that it takes the info to pass thru the USB Bus. Same goes when i'm watching TV on it. There is a PCMCIA tuner card on the marker with HDTV inputs but it costs $650 for the lower model to $1100 for the better one

. I bought at 19'' LCD off tigerdiect.com and it is sooo sweet. It has the best contrast ratio and pixel response time of any LCD on the market, and it only cost me $500 for the Sceptre versus the $1100 price tag on the Viewsonic!
It even takes Sync on green VGA

Gerzand

spillage · « **Reply #3 on:** February 25, 2004, 01:49:00 PM »

Hi Gerzand

What's the model number of your new 19" LCD. I am in the market for one myself. Just about to buy an Evesham Athlon 64 bit machine but want a great monitor that I can also take to LAN parties.

Thanks

sonic834 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 25, 2004, 01:56:00 PM »

some laptops have an input for external devices to use its monitor, and if the laptop doesn't have it the docking station probably does.

then you can make a VGA cable, hook it up, and there you go

weaglez · « **Reply #5 on:** February 25, 2004, 07:53:00 PM »

gerzand · « **Reply #6 on:** March 02, 2004, 04:02:00 AM »

Zer04evr · « **Reply #7 on:** May 17, 2004, 08:36:00 AM »

i have 2 laptops
-IBM Thinkpad t23
and a
-Dell Inspirion 8200

and was wondering if there was any way to have the xbox video signal to show thru the laptops monitor. im sorry if this has been asked but my normal area is the msdash hacks and modding areas thanks in advance

Mr Ed · « **Reply #8 on:** May 17, 2004, 09:41:00 AM »

You could probably get a FireWire (or possibly USB 2.0) video capture device. Pretty expensive tho, around $250 for a good quality one.

Zer04evr · « **Reply #9 on:** May 17, 2004, 09:55:00 AM »

damn so thers no way to get the signal thru a vga adapter like the way some here play thru a pc monitor sorry if im talking outa my ass but i dont wanna spend more on a flip down screen for my car

Mr Ed · « **Reply #10 on:** May 17, 2004, 10:18:00 AM »

Well, I've never seen a laptop with a VGA input port, but if yours has one sure.

akarnid · « **Reply #11 on:** May 17, 2004, 01:04:00 PM »

If your Inspiron has video-in, then you could use that. But it will never give any decent picture quality, being composite and all. But dream on for that VGA in....

Zer04evr · « **Reply #12 on:** May 17, 2004, 06:50:00 PM »

ok thanks for the help i guess ill just plunk my next paycheck into a 14-16 inch flipdown screen for my car thanks anyways

-sorry if this is off topic but are you the same Mr. ed from the now dead GTA : San Angeles Mod forums just wondering

Mr Ed · « **Reply #13 on:** May 17, 2004, 07:25:00 PM »

Also, were you talking about taking apart your laptops and ripping the screen out and asking if the internal connections would be VGA compatible? I thought you wanted to keep the laptops in tack, but get the video signal into them.

poe zah · « **Reply #14 on:** July 21, 2004, 04:58:00 PM »

was wondering if anyone knows of any usb devices that i could use to play my xbox on my laptop? I was leaning toward maby a video capture usb device.

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