Is there anyway to connect a console to a pc?

sonicfoot · December 15th, 2001

okay, ive been buzzing over this one.
is there anyway to connect a console (eg playstation, dreamcast) to your pc and play it on your pc monitor?

**Xeven** · December 15th, 2001

some video card have video line inputs, my ASUS GF2 has both Video IN/OUT, and most tv-tuner cards have Video Line inputs as well.. you could use that..

**Bgnome** · December 15th, 2001

depending on what you mean, most consoles have a vga box that allows you to connect them to your pc monitor.

Sylvan Sorrow · December 15th, 2001

well, I have my PS2 hooked up to my PC, I have 2 video inputs, one on my TV-Tuner card, another on my ASUS geforce3

sonicfoot · December 15th, 2001

[quote] originally posted by ryoga:
"well, I have my PS2 hooked up to my PC, I have 2 video inputs, one on my TV-Tuner card, another on my ASUS geforce3"
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that is cool

could you explain to me how you did it? please!
the last time i bought a console was when i had a tv and a megadrive 8 years ago!

**Xeven** · December 15th, 2001

so what do you wanna connect to your pc then? :confused:

sonicfoot · December 15th, 2001

quote: originally posted by xevan:
"so what do you wanna connect to your pc then?"
ps2 or a dreamcast.

**Xeven** · December 15th, 2001

a. you can buy a vga box to connect your ps2 vid-out directly to the pc monitor.
b. buy a card that has a video line-in, and connect your ps2 vid-out there.

sonicfoot · December 15th, 2001

what about a dreamcast? is it the same thing? oh, and what is a vga box? is it like those things you use to like, connect a megadrive to a tv?

**Bgnome** · December 15th, 2001

DC VGA box

PS2 VGA Box

sonicfoot · December 15th, 2001

thanks.
hope things go much further for u people.

sonicfoot · December 16th, 2001

can you post in some screenshots of what the games look like on the monitor?
Thanks!

takwu · December 17th, 2001

if you are using the tv in method, then the quality isn't better than tv because it's thru the same connection.
it might even be worse depending on the quality of your tv capture card

if you are using the "VGA box" method then you cannot just "take a screen shot" like you do with the computer... the box connects the console directly to the monitor, not thru the computer, so the computer cannot "see" the picture to make any screen shot.
well, unless you do it the old fashioned way... with a camera

December 17th, 2001

Quote:

Originally posted by takwu
if you are using the tv in method, then the quality isn't better than tv because it's thru the same connection.
it might even be worse depending on the quality of your tv capture card

also depends on what software you're using

I have a cheap bt848 card which is a bit of an older model, but it gives a good picture with my DC, especially when you use Dscaler (www.dscaler.org)
See also this thread:
http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...&threadid=8792

**Shadow Lady** · December 17th, 2001

hey, great info thanx

sonicfoot · December 25th, 2001

does the quality of the tv card also depends on your current specs?
ie processor, ram etc.

December 25th, 2001

no, in fact, all tv-cards perform very similar, since almost all of them either use a bt848 or bt878 chip. All new cards have a bt878 chip, of which some people say it performs slightly better, but the difference in picture quality is minimal. What's much more important is the software. Most tv-card software is crap, and you see a lot of scanlines , especially in games. Dscaler however, is free and uses filters to get rid of the scanlines, giving a much better picture. I dont know what the system requirements for Dscaler are, but I think it will run fine on most systems.

sonicfoot · December 26th, 2001

okay, so i know the picture quality when using a video in.
since its impossible to take screenshots of the picture quality on a vga box, could someone at least describe to me the quality on the vga box.

December 26th, 2001

just the same as a pc....
pick a pc game and set its resolution to 640x480. That's about what a DC looks like...however, the DC looks a little better in 640x480 than pc games since the DC games were optimised for that particular resolution, whereas pc games are often optimised for higher resolutions.

December 26th, 2001

maybe you have a sega pc games? most of those run in 640x480, they give you a good idea of what it would look like...only DC games are newer and look better

December 15th, 2001	#1 (permalink)
sonicfoot Why im I not Happy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 711	Is there anyway to connect a console to a pc? okay, ive been buzzing over this one. is there anyway to connect a console (eg playstation, dreamcast) to your pc and play it on your pc monitor?

December 15th, 2001	#2 (permalink)
Xeven A BIG BAD BATARD™ Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,517	some video card have video line inputs, my ASUS GF2 has both Video IN/OUT, and most tv-tuner cards have Video Line inputs as well.. you could use that.. __________________ Last edited by Xeven; December 15th, 2001 at 16:26.

December 15th, 2001	#3 (permalink)
Bgnome Who Da Gnome? Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: At Home Posts: 2,441	depending on what you mean, most consoles have a vga box that allows you to connect them to your pc monitor. __________________ May the Gnome™ be With You

December 15th, 2001	#4 (permalink)
Sylvan Sorrow The weeping forest Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: not sure, lost Posts: 1,083	well, I have my PS2 hooked up to my PC, I have 2 video inputs, one on my TV-Tuner card, another on my ASUS geforce3 __________________ "Death isn't the handicap it used to be" -Lister, "Red Dwarf" "I can live through anything, even death, but Ill never get out of life alive." Thanks to Philia for her really talented drawing of Cecil (past avatar), vister her art thread Here Check out www.slightlydark.com good non-liscenced game music. formerly known as Ryoga.

December 15th, 2001	#6 (permalink)
Xeven A BIG BAD BATARD™ Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,517	so what do you wanna connect to your pc then? :confused: __________________

December 15th, 2001	#5 (permalink)
sonicfoot Why im I not Happy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 711	[quote] originally posted by ryoga: "well, I have my PS2 hooked up to my PC, I have 2 video inputs, one on my TV-Tuner card, another on my ASUS geforce3" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ that is cool could you explain to me how you did it? please! the last time i bought a console was when i had a tv and a megadrive 8 years ago!

December 15th, 2001	#7 (permalink)
sonicfoot Why im I not Happy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 711	quote: originally posted by xevan: "so what do you wanna connect to your pc then?" ps2 or a dreamcast.

December 15th, 2001	#8 (permalink)
Xeven A BIG BAD BATARD™ Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,517	a. you can buy a vga box to connect your ps2 vid-out directly to the pc monitor. b. buy a card that has a video line-in, and connect your ps2 vid-out there. __________________

December 15th, 2001	#9 (permalink)
sonicfoot Why im I not Happy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 711	what about a dreamcast? is it the same thing? oh, and what is a vga box? is it like those things you use to like, connect a megadrive to a tv?

December 15th, 2001	#10 (permalink)
Bgnome Who Da Gnome? Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: At Home Posts: 2,441	DC VGA box PS2 VGA Box __________________ May the Gnome™ be With You

December 15th, 2001	#11 (permalink)
sonicfoot Why im I not Happy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 711	thanks. hope things go much further for u people.

December 16th, 2001	#12 (permalink)
sonicfoot Why im I not Happy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 711	one more favour........ can you post in some screenshots of what the games look like on the monitor? Thanks!

December 17th, 2001	#13 (permalink)
takwu previous extinction Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 1,855	if you are using the tv in method, then the quality isn't better than tv because it's thru the same connection. it might even be worse depending on the quality of your tv capture card if you are using the "VGA box" method then you cannot just "take a screen shot" like you do with the computer... the box connects the console directly to the monitor, not thru the computer, so the computer cannot "see" the picture to make any screen shot. well, unless you do it the old fashioned way... with a camera __________________ Latest toy: Sharp LCD TV Monitor LL-M17W1U

December 17th, 2001	#15 (permalink)
Shadow Lady Advanced Newbie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Bogotá... not that it matters... Posts: 4,727	hey, great info thanx __________________ Main Rig: Pentium Dual-Core E2160 @ 2.3GHz -- 7600GT @ 650/800MHz -- 1GB DDR2-667 4-4-4-12 -- Windows XP Pro SP2 Collecting dust: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ -- ATI Radeon 9500 Pro -- SB Live 5.1 Digital -- 2.5GB DDR 2-2-2-5 Ram -- Windows 2003 server r2 SP1

December 25th, 2001	#16 (permalink)
sonicfoot Why im I not Happy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 711	does the quality of the tv card also depends on your current specs? ie processor, ram etc.

December 25th, 2001	#17 (permalink)
Samor Guest Posts: n/a	no, in fact, all tv-cards perform very similar, since almost all of them either use a bt848 or bt878 chip. All new cards have a bt878 chip, of which some people say it performs slightly better, but the difference in picture quality is minimal. What's much more important is the software. Most tv-card software is crap, and you see a lot of scanlines , especially in games. Dscaler however, is free and uses filters to get rid of the scanlines, giving a much better picture. I dont know what the system requirements for Dscaler are, but I think it will run fine on most systems.

December 26th, 2001	#18 (permalink)
sonicfoot Why im I not Happy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 711	okay, so i know the picture quality when using a video in. since its impossible to take screenshots of the picture quality on a vga box, could someone at least describe to me the quality on the vga box.

December 26th, 2001	#19 (permalink)
Samor Guest Posts: n/a	just the same as a pc.... pick a pc game and set its resolution to 640x480. That's about what a DC looks like...however, the DC looks a little better in 640x480 than pc games since the DC games were optimised for that particular resolution, whereas pc games are often optimised for higher resolutions.

December 26th, 2001	#20 (permalink)
Samor Guest Posts: n/a	maybe you have a sega pc games? most of those run in 640x480, they give you a good idea of what it would look like...only DC games are newer and look better

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