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Trying to connect a PS2 (game console) to a computer, so that I can use the monitor like a TV.
I'm Not trying to rip, or burn, or play online or anything. Just want to know if there is a simple little converter thing I need to get or whatever to play using the computer monitor and speakers (in place of a TV).
EDIT- Well I ended up using the shitty TV that couldn't accept A/V cables directly like this: I hooked up a VCR with the Coaxil cable TV. Then I hooked another coaxil from the vcr to the TV. Then I plugged the A/V cables from the PS2 into the VCR and did a little channel tweaking and got it to work 100% without a computer.
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Valhalla18444 Posts
i dont think you can convert those red white and yellow cables to DVI, no
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I'm pretty sure there's RC to VGA converters though.
Check out www.monoprice.com or Radio Shack.
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The red cable is worthless (afaik) The White is Video and the Yellow is Audio. Thats all I need I think.
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Canada9720 Posts
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On January 15 2008 09:03 CTStalker wrote:you can, but you`ll have to look around a bit. after a few minutes of looking i found a cheap DVI-to-S-Video converter. if you need composite then you can probably find that too http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.9812
You mean this? http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4723
Maybe I can get one of these from Fry's
edit edit- I mean Thats the type of thing I'm looking for but I need female red/yellow/white plugs
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On January 15 2008 09:02 CharlieMurphy wrote:
The red cable is worthless (afaik) The White is Video and the Yellow is Audio. Thats all I need I think.
Yellow is video, white is sound, red is stereo sound if I remember correctly.
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is awesome32269 Posts
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I could swear red was stero and white was mono.
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nvm, I just looked it up. White is Left and Red is Right. They're both for stereo sound but either can be mono, I believe.
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Aren't red/white stereo channels (i.e. left and right)?
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On January 15 2008 09:02 CharlieMurphy wrote:
The red cable is worthless (afaik) The White is Video and the Yellow is Audio. Thats all I need I think. no the red cable is for stereo soundlooks like 2439058 people beat me to the punch
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on my ps2 I plugged the rca cable into my tv card and used dscaler
it looked pretty crappy but ps2 always did.
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An option that will work if you cant find an s-video/rca to dvi is a tuner card like lake said, goes in a pci slot they cost about $30-120
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Blah, for anything that cost over 20$ bucks I can just buy some crappy little TV instead. Thanks anyways I guess.
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On January 15 2008 10:39 CharlieMurphy wrote:
Blah, for anything that cost over 20$ bucks I can just buy some crappy little TV instead. Thanks anyways I guess.
why buy if there is Craigslist?
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There are converters, but they aren't cheap. Mine cost almost $80, but it contains a universal component input. Anything cheaper then the image is all washed out and ugly. They are worth the price since the image are so sharp & can be use with any system with adapters.
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