10-01-2006, 03:15 PM

Can you use the MacBook as a monitor and play a PS2 on it?

10-01-2006, 03:29 PM

No. No video input.

10-01-2006, 03:41 PM

a quick search http://www.usbgear.net/USB_Video_capture.html

10-01-2006, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by artweek

a quick search http://www.usbgear.net/USB_Video_capture.html

Good find. That's pretty nifty.

10-04-2006, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by artweek

a quick search http://www.usbgear.net/USB_Video_capture.html

You have to be careful with those types of devices. They often introduce a short lag that doesn't affect viewing, but makes interactive gameplay impossible.

10-04-2006, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by leachboy

You have to be careful with those types of devices. They often introduce a short lag that doesn't affect viewing, but makes interactive gameplay impossible.

Exactly. Which is why they (at least IMO) shouldn't be recommended for that sort of thing.
Just use a TV for your PS2.
:black:

10-04-2006, 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by D3v1L80Y

Exactly. Which is why they (at least IMO) shouldn't be recommended for that sort of thing.
Just use a TV for your PS2.
:black:

But how sweet would it be to plug in your PS2 to a MacBook and bust out SOCOM 3 on the road and jam away...

Maybe someday...

10-05-2006, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by JeffreyLloyd

But how sweet would it be to plug in your PS2 to a MacBook and bust out SOCOM 3 on the road and jam away...

Maybe someday...

Have a look at this thread :

External video capture card

I have not tried it yet, but the "gamer option" sounds like a good idea.
Let me know if you get it and try it...

10-06-2006, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by JeffreyLloyd

But how sweet would it be to plug in your PS2 to a MacBook and bust out SOCOM 3 on the road and jam away...

Maybe someday...

Just chip your PS2 and save the games to the HDD. drive away

10-09-2006, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by JeffreyLloyd

But how sweet would it be to plug in your PS2 to a MacBook and bust out SOCOM 3 on the road and jam away...

Maybe someday...

Or you could just check this out...

http://www.elgato.com/

Look under "eyetv2"

It's supposed to enable you to connect a consol and have "0" latency because the external box does the processing... Not the usb bus or computer.

Check it out.

10-11-2006, 02:14 PM

Just get one of these.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...32573916902498

10-11-2006, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by ripfrankwhite

Good find. That's pretty nifty.

i bet it looks terrible.

i have a TV card in my PC, and video games look awful if you don't use the S video connection and even then, the colors and picture just aren't designed to be on a Monitor.



man...

that would be sweet though... plug a GCN or a PS2 (especially with that little one they have now) and play...
good times.