Playing PS2 on a computer

[VT]

Does anyone have any useful info on how to get PS2 AV to be played over a computer monitor. Basically what I'm trying to do is play PS2 on my computer instead of my TV and I'm not really sure how I would do that. Any solutions?

Jon

http://filebox.vt.edu/~jmsacf/web

 

[RobcioPL]

well what kind of video card do you have? I have a ATi radeon 755, with 64mb
it came with a cinnection that you put tour three cables in(yellow,white,red)
after all that go to where you watch your tv and put it on. there should be a little icon or something like that that says next connector. wala

 

[VT]

I'm running on an HP laptop with an ATI RADEON IGP vid card. I have an S-Video port but I'm 99% sure its out. I was thinking I could just go to radioshack and pick up an AV-S Video cable, I'm pretty sure that would work but I'm not sure.

Also I have a TV tuner card at home, however I have nowhere to put that in my laptop .. stupid computers (lol). If anyone knows of any PCI-USB adapaters or laptop TV tuners let me know.

I read somewhere that there was an adapter to plug the AV cord into and it plugs directly into a monitor. Anyone know anything about this?

 

[Solid Fro]

There is no such thing as a PCI-USB adapter. They are totally different technologies.

Unless you have a video input on your laptop (S-Video In), you're out of luck.

 

[VT]

Yeah I figured as much, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't overlooking anything .. but I actually found out that they do make TV Tuners for laptops, they connect via USB2.0, so I'm probably going to go that route.

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=467

Thats kinda old, I'm gonna try and find somethin newer, I'll post it back here if anything comes up.

 

[SkylineObsession]

I'd love to have the PS2 hooked up to this monitor as then i can take proper screenshots of Gran Turismo for my website instead of the bad quality ones on there now.

But i'd need to get a new video card?

WOuld i also need to upgrade the computer at all?

- 1100 Mhtz motherboard
- 120 MB RAM (8 MB goes to the current video/graphics card?)
- 40 GB HDD
- 52x CD ROM drive

 

[VT]

Nah, just check out the link above, it seems that as long as you have a usb2.0 you're straight.

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

I have a capture device called the Dazzle and I run that thru Ulead on the computer. It can even convert black and white PAL games to color. 👍
Dazzle is only around $40

 

[Flerbizky]

Does anyone have any useful info on how to get PS2 AV to be played over a computer monitor. Basically what I'm trying to do is play PS2 on my computer instead of my TV and I'm not really sure how I would do that. Any solutions?

Jon

http://filebox.vt.edu/~jmsacf/web

Wuuhuuu... I'm able to answer with something useful :-) This should be exactly what you need. I've ordered one for use in my laptop, so I can record videos from the camera in the RC cars out in the wild (Micro camera and transmitter in the RC car)
TerraTec AV400 Mobile linkage

[edit]Comes in a version with TV Tuner as well - Quite a bit more expensive though....[/edit]

 

[Angel O'Death]

What you need is an AV/S-video -> VGA converter. I have one myself and it's neat n all, but do remember that it does not convert the resolution (unless you want to buy a REALLY expensive one that can scale the resolution). So you will be playing games on your monitor at 640x480@60Hz. Since the monitor has more pixels to display the image, you'll notice much more aliasing (jagged edges).

http://www.consolesource.com/ecomm/customer/product.php?productid=1865&cat=11&page=5

There are other companies that make such products, I would shop around and see which is best if I were you.

EDIT - Oh! oh! this one looks really kewl. It matches the looks of the PS2. 👍

http://www.micronica.com.au/catalog/gcombo/

(slow website)

 

[Greyout]

sorry to bring this back from the dead, but are there any full-size screen shots of PS2 games on a monitor? just to see the effects on resolution...