Monitor Console Gaming

[wannabedamned]

My Ex girlfriend is moving into a shared accommodation, and has no TV of her own, But she does have a PC and VGA Monitor.

Would it be possible for her to play, A PS2, Xbox and N64 via a monitor with some sort of cable?

Or perhaps some sort of 3 way Scart adapter -> VGA device

Is there such a thing?

Cheers

 

[JaFFa]

they are expensive and look pretty poo

 

[True_Scotsman]

i used to have a thing called V-Box which was bought from a local computer shop, cost around 25 pounds i think, and thats what i used it for, cant post any links due to competitors

True

 

[Rich_L]

TV card for the PC?

 

[Sareth]

My Ex girlfriend is moving into a shared accommodation, and has no TV of her own, But she does have a PC and VGA Monitor.

Would it be possible for her to play, A PS2, Xbox and N64 via a monitor with some sort of cable?

Or perhaps some sort of 3 way Scart adapter -> VGA device

Is there such a thing?

Cheers

The external X->VGA boxes I've never seen one given any praise.

Before I got a monitor with s-video/component inputs I used to use the video-in on my graphics card -> Media Player Classic to play the PS2 on my old monitor(s). I wouldn't play fighting games on it with the lag but I managed to play both Yakuza and Shadow Hearts (Some uses of Judgement Wheel requires decent timing) fine.

 

[JaFFa]

problem with tv cards like Sareth says is the terrible lag that you usually get which I found completely made the games unplayable.

 

[rjk]

i would be looking for something that allowed component cables to play through the monitor

in my experience you will probably end up with a dire picture

 

[4T5]

You need a KVM.