How to Connect an LCD Monitor From an Old Laptop to a Video Game Console

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Tip 1 - Home Page

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jari Malinen | permalink

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For further reading: http://videogameconsolelibrary.com/art-video.htm ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Use a Laptop As a Monitor for a Video Game Console | eHow

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Debra Garcia | permalink

If you are on the go and want to play your video game console but don't have a television nearby, it is possible to hook up the console directly to a laptop computer. This does require the additional installment of a TV tuner card (available at most electronic stores), but once installed it only takes a few cable connections to attach your video...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_6822422_use-monitor-video-game-console.html ^[2]

Tip 3 - Amazon.com: StarTech.com COMP2VGA Composite and S-Video to VGA Video Converter for Computer Monitors: Electronics

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Marck Vonhoff | permalink

Amazon.com: StarTech.com COMP2VGA Composite and S-Video to VGA Video Converter for Computer Monitors: Electronics
Tags: StarTech.com COMP2VGA Composite and S-Video to VGA Video Converter for Computer Monitors,UNKNOWN,COMP2VGA

For further reading: http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-COMP2VGA-Composite-Converter-Computer/dp/B00006B8EI ^[3]

Tip 4 - Use an LCD Monitor as a TV Without a Computer

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Michael - Renee | permalink

LCD TVs have come down in price, but not enough. If you have a cable box, than your tv tuner is in the that box, not in the tv, so then why buy a tv w...

For further reading: http://www.instructables.com/id/Use-an-LCD-Monitor-as-a-TV-without-a-Computer/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - Using a laptop as the monitor for a console

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Tanya Butoryak | permalink

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this but here goes: How can you use the laptop monitor as the visuals for a console? I only have a Wii to test it with. I'm not very good with hardwa...

For further reading: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/37227/using-a-laptop-as-the-monitor-for-a-console ^[5]

Tip 6 - PS3 connection to a Laptop display.

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Cheryl Irvine | permalink

I've wanted to hook up my PS3 to my laptop and I've been doing a lot of research and seems obvious that I can't just do it with an HDMI cable because the laptops HDMI is only output and won't receive

For further reading: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/118972-13-connection-laptop-display ^[6]