Run Playstation 2 Through Laptop Monitor

[According2Aaron]

Calling all our local tech heads again. I'm trying to figure out the easiest/cheapest way (because I have no money right now) to run my Playstation 2 through my laptop monitor. Ideas? Thanks.

[PUMASTi]

No clue.

[Extacee]

there is emulation software out there that can run PS2 games on your computer, but there is no way you can throw any outside input into your laptop's monitor.

that is unless there is input connectors on your laptop.

[wed3k]

sell the laptop for a tv.

[According2Aaron]

sell the laptop for a tv.

You're forgetting the part about how I have no money.

[ric3rboi23]

no hes not, he said sell the laptop for a tv, not just go buy a tv.


at any rate, buying a tv is probably the cheapest way to play your ps2, as i doubt your laptop has the capabilities to emulate a ps2 without problems.

[According2Aaron]

no hes not, he said sell the laptop for a tv, not just go buy a tv.


at any rate, buying a tv is probably the cheapest way to play your ps2, as i doubt your laptop has the capabilities to emulate a ps2 without problems.

Yeah, definitely not selling my only computer for a small TV. I just wanted a way to play the PS2 away from home where there isn't a TV available.

[Accrdwgnguy]

TV capture card, like $20 or so on ebay.

[floored]

Like others said, download the emulators

[TheFirstNutZo]

Go on craigslist to the "free" or "electronics" section and score yourself a POS free TV...

Laptop displays do not have video input generally, so there's no way to switch your view mode over to an "external" display. Moreover, the capture cards (like suggested above) have far too much lag to enjoy playing -- I would suspect a capture card is going to have around 1/3+ of a second delay between when you push a button and you see something happen on the screen. May not seem like a long time, but trust me- it is.

[[sLow]CB]

check craigslist for some tvs. you wont believe what you can find sometimes. i bough a 27" phillips for $20. in exellent working condition too.

i tryed playing my ps2 on my laptop before with that tv card. but ^ that guy said it. it lags like crazy. racing games are impossible to play. you have to click the direction you wanna go like 2 whole seconds before you turn.

[Masamune]

I'm with everyone else on this, unless your laptop has an "In" connection there is no way to use your PS2 on your laptop monitor. TV capture card would do the trick, as mentioned, but I'd hit up CL for a cheap TV. There are TONS on there...

[HappyGilmore]

Like others said, download the emulators

The Problem with that is this: Does his laptop have the power to run such an emulator? I been messing with that for sometime and I still haven't got it to run smoothly on my laptop. You have have some serious power to run that emu at all. When I figure it out I will let you know. And also you may need some gamepads for that as well (IE a PS3 Controller or XBOX 360 one). Just my .02 cents.

[Masamune]

The Problem with that is this: Does his laptop have the power to run such an emulator? I been messing with that for sometime and I still haven't got it to run smoothly on my laptop. You have have some serious power to run that emu at all. When I figure it out I will let you know. And also you may need some gamepads for that as well (IE a PS3 Controller or XBOX 360 one). Just my .02 cents.

Most (See 95%) of computers don't have the requisite video card to smoothly run an emulator for the PS2 or even XBOX (which was designed around a custom Pentium III and GeForce 4 graphics card, btw). Integrated graphics like anything that says Intel Graphic Media Accelerator will generally suck. ATI and Nvidia also make integrated soultions for laptop motherboards which typically suck a little less, but really you would need a full discrete graphics card to run things the right way. Check http://www.notebookcheck.net/ to see if your computer would do decent at gaming at all...