playstation 2 games on alienware laptop

mushkin · 07-19-04, 11:14 AM

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...00-111&depa=10

some jack ass told me that this would let me use my laptop screen to view the ps2 games. and i bought it...how ever i just found out that my laptop does not have vga in...how can I make this work or do I just need to pay the re stocking fee? Help I just want to be able to play my ps2 games and use my laptop screen to view them as I have no TV...

Thanks

Wolfeman · 07-19-04, 11:38 AM

do you have any sort of video-input on your laptop? I doubt it. Most laptops have video out, not video in.

Wait, you spent 100 bucks on a TV Tuner box (plus shipping) when you couldve dropped the same price on a nice 20" toshiba TV?

Hrm....

gg!

Janu42 · 07-19-04, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfeman

do you have any sort of video-input on your laptop? I doubt it. Most laptops have video out, not video in.

Wait, you spent 100 bucks on a TV Tuner box (plus shipping) when you couldve dropped the same price on a nice 20" toshiba TV?

Hrm....

gg!

for real. Why didnt you just buy a TV??

Lollan · 07-19-04, 02:03 PM

I can see this thread getting circulated..

mushkin · 07-19-04, 02:30 PM

because i am on a navy boat and i live on it

so can someone plz help me

Prime · 07-19-04, 02:31 PM

I think you will need a USB2 interface to use an external TV box with your laptop.

Something along these lines ought to work for you:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...00-115&depa=10

Just look in the video products and do a search for USB interface. Any of the TV tuners in that group should work.

Wolfeman · 07-19-04, 03:06 PM

Ah....well, that being said, what Prime said. Let us know more about the situation

mushkin · 07-19-04, 03:30 PM

So do I use that with the tv turner i ordered or is that the only Item I need?

Prime · 07-20-04, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mushkin

So do I use that with the tv turner i ordered or is that the only Item I need?

You need to return the tuner you ordered...It won't work with your laptop. You're going to have to suck up the restocking fee and use this as a learning experience.

mushkin · 07-20-04, 10:30 AM

The one you posted will work right? It will let me view my ps2 games on my laptop screen right?

Thanks

Prime · 07-20-04, 10:37 AM

It should...It's got composite in, which is what you would need to hook a PS2 up to it. I have no idea of the quality of this item. It's just an example I posted to give you an idea of what to look for. If you have the time, do some searches on the subject, and read some reviews of the various external TV tuners to make your decision. www.tv-cards.com has a lot of reviews of TV cards.

07-19-04, 11:14 AM	#1
mushkin Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 651	playstation 2 games on alienware laptop http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...00-111&depa=10 some jack ass told me that this would let me use my laptop screen to view the ps2 games. and i bought it...how ever i just found out that my laptop does not have vga in...how can I make this work or do I just need to pay the re stocking fee? Help I just want to be able to play my ps2 games and use my laptop screen to view them as I have no TV... Thanks __________________ Woot

07-19-04, 11:38 AM	#2
Wolfeman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 7,047	do you have any sort of video-input on your laptop? I doubt it. Most laptops have video out, not video in. Wait, you spent 100 bucks on a TV Tuner box (plus shipping) when you couldve dropped the same price on a nice 20" toshiba TV? Hrm.... gg! __________________ “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our [American] political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' ” -Issac Asimov "I'm not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance." - Jon Stewart

07-19-04, 02:03 PM	#4
Lollan Resistance is futile! Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 43,703 Blog Entries: 1	I can see this thread getting circulated.. __________________ struttin down da hood in my brand new flip-flops bustas won't know what hit 'em when da bomb drops coke in my pants and a fistful of rsi ain't no thang to lay 'em down when i stroll by homeys should invest in a linux-distro their windows be all fogged with nasty shit fo sho watch em scatter as i switch into freak mode cus they ain't got shit for anti-virus code got no time to talk gotta run from da cops slippin and fallin cus of my goddamn flip-flops my goddamn flip-flops uhuh uhuh

07-19-04, 02:30 PM	#5
mushkin Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 651	because i am on a navy boat and i live on it so can someone plz help me __________________ Woot

07-19-04, 02:31 PM	#6
Prime One shall fall Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Texas Posts: 1,383	I think you will need a USB2 interface to use an external TV box with your laptop. Something along these lines ought to work for you: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...00-115&depa=10 Just look in the video products and do a search for USB interface. Any of the TV tuners in that group should work. __________________ Prime

07-19-04, 03:06 PM	#7
Wolfeman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 7,047	Ah....well, that being said, what Prime said. Let us know more about the situation __________________ “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our [American] political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' ” -Issac Asimov "I'm not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance." - Jon Stewart

07-19-04, 03:30 PM	#8
mushkin Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 651	So do I use that with the tv turner i ordered or is that the only Item I need? __________________ Woot

07-20-04, 10:30 AM	#10
mushkin Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 651	The one you posted will work right? It will let me view my ps2 games on my laptop screen right? Thanks __________________ Woot

07-20-04, 10:37 AM	#11
Prime One shall fall Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Texas Posts: 1,383	It should...It's got composite in, which is what you would need to hook a PS2 up to it. I have no idea of the quality of this item. It's just an example I posted to give you an idea of what to look for. If you have the time, do some searches on the subject, and read some reviews of the various external TV tuners to make your decision. www.tv-cards.com has a lot of reviews of TV cards. __________________ Prime