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  1. Wed, 10-05-2005, 11:47 PM #1
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    Connecting a PS2 to a PC

    I've been told that all i need is a video in on my tower and the right software, Is this correct?

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    Connecting a PS2 to a PC

    that's the long and short of it, yes. Having video-in (say, a VIVO card) or a capture card, and software capable of displaying the video-in signal appropriately will be sufficient to connect your ps2 to your pc.

    But I'd ask myself, if I were you, "what am I trying to do".

    If you're trying to record demos or something, that's the way to go.

    If you just want to play games on your computer monitor, you might consider getting yourself a vga box. If you do video-in, you might suffer some quality loss (since you're going through extra steps and a whole video capture and redisplay process to get there). In my experience, it's tolerable, but it's not really great. PS2-compatible vga boxes can be found as cheaply as $30 (search froogle).

    Also, consider the audio. If your sound card has a line-in, you can feed the ps2 audio into that (via RCA to minijack y-adapter), and use your computer's software to mix the audio. Otherwise, you'll need to switch audio via some other thing.
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    Yeah im really only looking to play the ps2 with the monitor for superior quality.

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    Connecting a PS2 to a PC

    what software is needed to do thats?
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    Connecting a PS2 to a PC

    You can just buy a universal VGA convertor. Check out this site.
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    Connecting a PS2 to a PC

    Well i bought a XGA Box from Liksang i'll let you know how it goes.

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    Connecting a PS2 to a PC

    I just got one from mayflash as well. It works, but the quality doesn't seem that good though.
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    Connecting a PS2 to a PC

    Is it any worse than a television?

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  9. Tue, 10-11-2005, 06:53 AM #9
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    Connecting a PS2 to a PC

    Well yeah, it's not as good as it looks compared to a tv.
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  10. Tue, 10-11-2005, 07:16 AM #10
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    Connecting a PS2 to a PC

    Mines going to be here in about an hour so il tell you how it does.

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