Hooking a PS2 up to my Computer???

Task Force · 11-08-08, 10:04 PM

Is there any way to get my old PS2 to use my PC as a tv. Just wondering?

CaptainHaplo · 11-08-08, 10:16 PM

Ok, I have to admit ignorance here. I don't (and wouldn't) have a PS2. Still, each to their own. With that said - how does it connect to a standard tv? If it uses rca type connections then you would need to convert those to a digital "signal" like what comes from the cable company. Doing that gives you a coax cable connector that would feed into a tv capable card on the input side. You would need a card that not only had a output, but an input as well. The audio could go into the audo inputs on your sound - with the proper adapters.

Note this is all hypothetical, because as I said I have never had one.

Task Force · 11-08-08, 10:26 PM

Hmmmm, ill start messing around with it.

Task Force · 11-08-08, 10:28 PM

lets see, just found my RFU adaptor, flipped my computer around.

Task Force · 11-08-08, 11:14 PM

I gave up everyone, nothing is working.

Zachstar · 11-08-08, 11:56 PM

Ok first and foremost we need to make clear what you are doing. And how various devices work.

A TV tuner is a device in a computer that converts a signal into a digital that goes through the computer either as raw data converted by the CPU or as MPEG-2 converted on the card. The data then flows to the video card that processes the data and it is displayed.

An adapter on the fly simply adapts the signal from the source into a way the display can handle.

What many people get confused about is thinking a 20 dollar tuner they got on Ebay will allow them to play their Xbox 360s or NES units on their computer. But that usually does not work unless you like lag and alot of it.

A 50-200 dollar adapter is what you want but I suspect paying a bunch of money is NOT what you had in mind.

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CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Ok, I have to admit ignorance here. I don't (and wouldn't) have a PS2. Still, each to their own. With that said - how does it connect to a standard tv? If it uses rca type connections then you would need to convert those to a digital "signal" like what comes from the cable company. Doing that gives you a coax cable connector that would feed into a tv capable card on the input side. You would need a card that not only had a output, but an input as well. The audio could go into the audo inputs on your sound - with the proper adapters. Note this is all hypothetical, because as I said I have never had one. __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	lets see, just found my RFU adaptor, flipped my computer around. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

11-08-08, 11:14 PM	#5
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11-08-08, 11:56 PM	#6
Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Ok first and foremost we need to make clear what you are doing. And how various devices work. A TV tuner is a device in a computer that converts a signal into a digital that goes through the computer either as raw data converted by the CPU or as MPEG-2 converted on the card. The data then flows to the video card that processes the data and it is displayed. An adapter on the fly simply adapts the signal from the source into a way the display can handle. What many people get confused about is thinking a 20 dollar tuner they got on Ebay will allow them to play their Xbox 360s or NES units on their computer. But that usually does not work unless you like lag and alot of it. A 50-200 dollar adapter is what you want but I suspect paying a bunch of money is NOT what you had in mind. __________________