Post by: wweboy on February 24, 2004, 08:24:00 PM
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.
Post by: Trevante on February 24, 2004, 09:42:00 PM
Post by: gerzand on February 25, 2004, 08:36:00 AM
. 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
Post by: spillage on February 25, 2004, 01:49:00 PM
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
Post by: sonic834 on February 25, 2004, 01:56:00 PM
then you can make a VGA cable, hook it up, and there you go
Post by: weaglez on February 25, 2004, 07:53:00 PM
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| 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 |
how to make VGA cable? VGA to AV?
Post by: gerzand on March 02, 2004, 04:02:00 AM
| QUOTE (spillage @ Feb 25 2004, 10:49 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 |
It is a Sceptre Dragon X9 19''.... its got the best pixel response time and contrast ratio of any LCD on the market (15ms/ 700:1), and folds up quite nicely for transport....plus its inexpensive!
Gerzand
Post by: Zer04evr on May 17, 2004, 08:36:00 AM
-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
Post by: Mr Ed on May 17, 2004, 09:41:00 AM
Post by: Zer04evr on May 17, 2004, 09:55:00 AM
Post by: Mr Ed on May 17, 2004, 10:18:00 AM
Post by: akarnid on May 17, 2004, 01:04:00 PM
Post by: Zer04evr on May 17, 2004, 06:50:00 PM
-sorry if this is off topic but are you the same Mr. ed from the now dead GTA : San Angeles Mod forums just wondering
Post by: Mr Ed 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.
Post by: poe zah on July 21, 2004, 04:58:00 PM
Post by: ButtersB on July 21, 2004, 05:08:00 PM
Just use whatever inputs are on the USB breakout box (S-Video, composite, or antenna probably).
ButtersB
Post by: poe zah on July 21, 2004, 05:14:00 PM
Post by: skilletguy83 on August 21, 2004, 11:49:00 AM
Post by: Mr Ed on August 21, 2004, 12:15:00 PM
Post by: Mr Ed on August 22, 2004, 09:46:00 PM
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Post by: TheKraken on August 23, 2004, 11:51:00 AM
Post by: skilletguy83 on August 23, 2004, 12:17:00 PM
Post by: Mr Ed on August 24, 2004, 09:06:00 PM
You could look for a video capture card. You could try USB but you'd probably have better luck with PCMCIA. But remember there's a lot of encoding with those methods, so there will probably always be some lag on the screen. You'll also see additional pixillation as your video stream is converted to MPEG2 (or DV depending on the hardware) on the fly. Actually if your laptop has FireWire (IEEE1394) you could connect via a miniDV Camcorder if your camcorder supports FireWire passthrough.
Post by: Mr Ed on August 26, 2004, 10:59:00 AM
Post by: dem0n2001 on August 26, 2004, 11:40:00 AM
Post by: phire on August 26, 2004, 11:41:00 AM
Post by: Mr Ed on August 26, 2004, 02:46:00 PM
| QUOTE (dem0n2001 @ Aug 26 2004, 11:43 AM) |
| well i sort or tried it before i left for work.. i plugged in my canon elura 10 and winpro gave me a choice of software of windows movie maker and dv gate ... didnt get a chance to mess with it fully... but i have one of those vga video boxes but looking on line a vga port on a laptop can only be used as a output not an input ...is this correct..i really wanna use my laptop lcd to play games too.. |
No laptop that I know of has a VGA input port. That's an output only port.
Post by: friday13th on August 27, 2004, 05:19:00 AM
Taking a laptop to uni, and want xbox too
all seems to complicated to bother
Post by: poiygon on August 27, 2004, 10:27:00 AM
Post by: Hollywood8407 on November 25, 2004, 11:49:00 AM
Post by: snakeboarder on November 25, 2004, 07:14:00 PM
if anyone has any new info im interested too but have yet to find anything worth using.
Post by: Hollywood8407 on November 25, 2004, 08:22:00 PM
Post by: Mr Ed on November 27, 2004, 08:49:00 PM
Should be able to do it for around $300.
Remember it's not "normal" for laptops to have any type of video/VGA input, so what you are trying to do is not something the laptop makers design for or expect you to do.
Post by: skierdb526 on December 21, 2004, 01:43:00 PM
Post by: Mr Ed on December 21, 2004, 07:52:00 PM
Like they said you'll need a video capture device. They will have to connect either via FireWire (if you have it) USB 2.0 (if you have it) or the PCMCIA card slot.
You're talking at least $150 for a good quality capture device (cheap ones are $50) and up to $500 for a really good one.
Lastly I think there would always be some video lag with a device like this.
Post by: skierdb526 on December 22, 2004, 07:41:00 AM
Post by: Mr Ed on December 22, 2004, 09:05:00 AM
Post by: Mr Ed on December 22, 2004, 09:13:00 AM
QUOTE(Mr Ed @ Dec 21 2004, 08:55 PM)
VGA in? No laptop has VGA in!
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Title: Connecting To A Laptop
Post by: 31337 2.0 on December 22, 2004, 12:24:00 PM
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I have a regular media center computer, not a laptop. Its got all of the hookups but when i hook my xbox up i have no idea how to make it work!! And i dont want ot go buy a VGA adapter for 40 bux.
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Title: Connecting To A Laptop
Post by: neosnightmare on January 16, 2005, 04:15:00 PM
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Post by: Nith on March 03, 2005, 11:02:00 PM
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Hi, I'm new to this VGA stuff, and I have recently purchased an XGA box (VGA box) and was wondering if it can be hooked up to my laptop screen as I have tried and failed? any suggestions will be appreciated,
thanks
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Post by: Mr Ed on March 04, 2005, 08:28:00 AM
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Post by: Nith on March 04, 2005, 01:35:00 PM
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hi, ok I guess it won't work, thanks for the help anyway though...
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Post by: a2002adam on April 02, 2005, 06:33:00 PM
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Hi, I was wondering if there's any way i can play my xbox (with the aid of any special converters/cables etc) through my laptop on my laptop lcd screen - the problem being that there doesn't appear to be a video-in port on the laptop. It's a got a external CRT port and a S-Video port, but that seems to be it... (It's a "Radeon IGP 320M" graphics card)
If there isn't any way of doing this, how would I go about playing my xbox through a desktop pc with a standard CRT monitor?
Thanks
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Post by: a2002adam on April 02, 2005, 07:06:00 PM
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Cool, thanks!
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Title: Connecting To A Laptop
Post by: a2002adam on April 02, 2005, 07:51:00 PM
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I've been looking at the various usb/pcmcia tv tuner options and lag seems to be a problem when trying to play console games on a laptop screen (due to video compression by the tv tuner) - can anybody suggest a laptop-compatible tv tuner that is good for using with the xbox? One that doesn't use video compression? Thanks
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Title: Connecting To A Laptop
Post by: Mr Ed on April 02, 2005, 08:14:00 PM
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Post by: 31337 2.0 on December 22, 2004, 12:24:00 PM
Post by: neosnightmare on January 16, 2005, 04:15:00 PM
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Post by: Nith on March 03, 2005, 11:02:00 PM
thanks
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Post by: Nith on March 04, 2005, 01:35:00 PM
Post by: a2002adam on April 02, 2005, 06:33:00 PM
If there isn't any way of doing this, how would I go about playing my xbox through a desktop pc with a standard CRT monitor?
Thanks
Post by: a2002adam on April 02, 2005, 07:06:00 PM
Post by: a2002adam on April 02, 2005, 07:51:00 PM
Post by: Mr Ed on April 02, 2005, 08:14:00 PM
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One that doesn't use video compression? Thanks
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Title: Connecting To A Laptop
Post by: michaelb on April 02, 2005, 10:29:00 PM
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TVCards.com
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Title: Connecting To A Laptop
Post by: RocafellaSqualie on April 02, 2005, 10:38:00 PM
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I've tried playing my Xbox on my computer screen but it's too damn laggy to play on it (about 1 second of lag)
Capture card I have is an ATI TV Wonder Pro. Are all TV Cards laggy when playing video games through it or does it depend on what card you use?
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Post by: Mr Ed on April 02, 2005, 11:54:00 PM
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But since he's on a laptop, he can't change the video card.
Basically there is no way to do that without a video capture card that will digitize and compress the image. Laptops simply aren't designed to be display devices. I'm not aware of any laptop that has a VGA or DVI input.
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Post by: Sord_Fish on April 03, 2005, 11:03:00 AM
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i've used a pal wintv usb and the lag was unoticeable to me.
its a stretched 320x240 thou so the picture isnt perfect
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Title: Connecting To A Laptop
Post by: jujupinto85 on June 01, 2005, 09:11:00 AM
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hey guys just wondering, if i were to buy a vga adapter, could i just plug it into the back of my labtop where the adapter would go? and just run the xbox off the screen?
thanks for any help
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Title: Connecting To A Laptop
Post by: thecowsays on June 01, 2005, 10:34:00 AM
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sorry to kill the fun
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Title: Connecting To A Laptop
Post by: Smartiepants on July 22, 2005, 10:13:00 AM
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I'm a student, yeah it means I live in a tight space. No space for a tv really, and not much of a budget.
Is there any way to use my laptop screen as an output? I know you can watch tv, so would I just need something like a desktop equivalent of an all in wonder card?
Would a video capture card do the trick? I have yet to find anything with the 3 plugs though
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick
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Post by: Jameson42 on July 22, 2005, 11:26:00 AM
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You'll have to find a PCMCIA video capture card. USB video capture isn't fast enough to not have video lag... It takes about 1 second or so before you see anything on the screen.
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Post by: Mr Ed on July 22, 2005, 11:50:00 AM
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Post by: Masterkizz on August 07, 2005, 12:44:00 PM
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Unless your laptop has a video input , or you purchase some video capture equipment this can not be done.
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Post by: Mr Ed on August 07, 2005, 02:02:00 PM
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Post by: killerducci on October 27, 2005, 10:34:00 PM
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I want to use my laptop as my monitor but am having problems. The laptop has S video but I think they are outputs only. And no video inputs. I have an aftermarket cable that runs from my xbox and breaks into an s video male part. Is there a way to reverse the s video with some kind of software or is it a hardware only issue? Please let me know, thanks guys!
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Title: Connecting To A Laptop
Post by: TB2ZI on October 27, 2005, 10:38:00 PM
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As far as I know there isn't but I could be wrong, but anyways the video input would probably be buffered, so when you move your joystick it might take a second for it to show on your screen.
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Title: Connecting To A Laptop
Post by: The Zep Man on October 31, 2005, 07:58:00 AM
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After 30 seconds of searching... a solution. This thing is MCE-compliant, which means it has a hardware MPEG2-encoder onboard. It shouldn't cause any lag with gaming.
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Title: Connecting To A Laptop
Post by: FallsInc on January 19, 2006, 08:07:00 PM
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you would need a usb tv tuner... coaxial is not required.
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Post by: Shadow3223 on January 19, 2006, 08:12:00 PM
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Xbox on a laptop screen....hmm...never seen this before....and if possible it would be a not so easy mod. But it would be nice yes...been able to use a portable screen that gets better resolution than a normal TV...hmm...defenetly good...but then again...never seen this done before. Oh also...err... USB + Video...i don't think its possible.
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Post by: Mr Ed on January 19, 2006, 11:38:00 PM
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You'd need to use a cardbus, USB, or FireWire video capture device. My guess is the lag would make it unplayable. Merged thread with identical topic.
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Title: Connecting To A Laptop
Post by: makaveli91 on January 20, 2006, 12:35:00 AM
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No its not impossible, and no there isn't lag. It depends on what you are willing to spend for a tv tuner. I have a laptop that i used to play my xbox on after i was done basic training. I have an Avermedia UltraTV usb 300 tuner, and man, it plays like a dream. Only thing that is kinda shitty is the output for the sound. I can't seem to get it to play through my laptop speakers so i bought a small set of speakers. BUT before i did own a cheap ass tuner. And there wasn't lag with it either. The only thing was resolution. It seemed the cheaper one would get all pixelated if you put it to full screen. The one i have now can go full screen (17") without any kind of pixelation. Man, its sweet to play on.
Post by: michaelb on April 02, 2005, 10:29:00 PM
Post by: RocafellaSqualie on April 02, 2005, 10:38:00 PM
Capture card I have is an ATI TV Wonder Pro. Are all TV Cards laggy when playing video games through it or does it depend on what card you use?
Post by: Mr Ed on April 02, 2005, 11:54:00 PM
Basically there is no way to do that without a video capture card that will digitize and compress the image. Laptops simply aren't designed to be display devices. I'm not aware of any laptop that has a VGA or DVI input.
Post by: Sord_Fish on April 03, 2005, 11:03:00 AM
its a stretched 320x240 thou so the picture isnt perfect
Post by: jujupinto85 on June 01, 2005, 09:11:00 AM
thanks for any help
Post by: thecowsays on June 01, 2005, 10:34:00 AM
sorry to kill the fun
Post by: Smartiepants on July 22, 2005, 10:13:00 AM
Is there any way to use my laptop screen as an output? I know you can watch tv, so would I just need something like a desktop equivalent of an all in wonder card?
Would a video capture card do the trick? I have yet to find anything with the 3 plugs though
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick
Post by: Jameson42 on July 22, 2005, 11:26:00 AM
Post by: Mr Ed on July 22, 2005, 11:50:00 AM
Post by: Masterkizz on August 07, 2005, 12:44:00 PM
Post by: Mr Ed on August 07, 2005, 02:02:00 PM
Post by: killerducci on October 27, 2005, 10:34:00 PM
Post by: TB2ZI on October 27, 2005, 10:38:00 PM
Post by: The Zep Man on October 31, 2005, 07:58:00 AM
Post by: FallsInc on January 19, 2006, 08:07:00 PM
Post by: Shadow3223 on January 19, 2006, 08:12:00 PM
Post by: Mr Ed on January 19, 2006, 11:38:00 PM
Post by: makaveli91 on January 20, 2006, 12:35:00 AM