PS2 to computer monitor

Hi there

I'm just wondering wether there's a way of connecting a PS2 into a computer monitor. Will i need a special adapter or something?

thanks

marc

You don't say which type of monitor. This question gets asked so many times on here that it should be in the sticky.

Basically you will need a VGA box of some description. These range from about £40 to a few hundred. The cheap ones will allow you to connect a PS2 to your monitor via the right cable but the quality will be VERY poor, No where near TV quality and not worth it. To get a half decent picture you will need an expensive box capable of upscaling properly to your monitor's native resolution. £200 just to play a PS2? I don't think so.

A completely free option is to use a program such a DeScaler, this works via your graphics card's video-in. This again is very poor compared to tv and is a pain to set up.

Of course if you don't care about picture quality then either the cheap
VGA box or DeScaler will work.

Be warned, when I say the quality is poor, I mean VERY poor.

Yeah haven't had good results with DScaler or any other program. Games that run in progressive scan mode might look a lot better. I think the problem is with deinterlacing, often the picture goes choppy and blurry.

thanks for the replies, and there was me just hoping for a nice £5 adapter haha

Psyk said:

Games that run in progressive scan mode might look a lot better..

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But you'd only be able to do that with a card that has a component input, there aren't many around and they're not cheap.

Goatboy said:

But you'd only be able to do that with a card that has a component input, there aren't many around and they're not cheap.

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Oh yeah forgot about that.