PS2 VGA

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Right, I've had a browse through google, looking for ways to plug my PS2 into my monitor (It has VGA and DVI), and I've found a fair few different ways, each vary in price and, I assume, quality.

Whats the best option available? There seem to be 3 main ways of doing it. Firstly, use some sort of box thing. Plug the PS2 into one side, the other gives you a VGA.
Exploder also have a cable+boot disk combo that lets you plug the PS2 straight to the monitor, though it would mean I need to boot up using their CD first before loading a game.
Or finally, buying a TV tuner card for my PC and playing it through that.

I'm not quite sure on the last one as I may or may not have my PC with me after christmas, depends if my parents have time to bring it up to uni with me. This also means that I would have to have my PC on to play PS2 games.

So, which of the 3 would provide the best quality? And it its option 3, which is second best, in case I can't bring my PC up.
Also, the first and second choices look better to me, as I may be buying a Wii in the future, and I would be able to do the same.

Finally, am I allowed to ask people to email links of likely products to me through my trust, as OCuk doesn't stock the first 2 options, but I'm assuming the people who do would be classed as competitors.

Links to a decent TV card from here would also be appreciated. What would I be looking for in a TV card?
 
Id suggest you don't go for the TV tuner card. I've used one with my xbox and the quality isn't too good (ghosting on fast action games). I can't comment on the VGA box things though. Easiest option - Get a TV.
 
Well, desk space is at a bit of a premium. Plus, there isn't anything on TV that interests me. And with there only being one TV in the house and 5 of us here, its hard to get onto the PS2 as it is.
Could it be that you just didn't get a good quality TV card?

Also, most of the games I have are RPGs (FF, KH, FreQuency and occasionally Timesplitters and Guilty Gear).
 
Nah, my TV card is pretty good, its a compro T300, software can be a bit unpredictable though. Its the composite input source its just not good quality.
 
Hmm. In that case, there's not much I would be able to do?

Also, my graphics card (X1950XT) has 2x DVI ports, and a third, round hole.. I think its video in, would I be able to plug the PS2 into that? And if I could, would I be able to get sound?
 
I replied to a very similar thread the other day (was about an xbox though). I have an x1800xt. Im assuming your card functions in the same way. The round socket can be used for video in and video out. You should have got a connecting wire that has 2 black svideo and 2 yellow composite connections on it. One set are input and the other are output (theres a little arrow on the connections). This can be used to connect the PS2 to the graphics card, but you will have to find some software to display the video stream being captured (I don't think you get any with the card).

Again I didn't find the quality very good, but as its not going to cost you anything its always worth a try.

To get the sound to work, you will have to take the red and white RCA connections from the ps2 and plug them into a stereo or something that accepts those inputs (im assuming that the ps2 has yellow, white and red composites, i don't own one). The problem is the wires are never long enough to reach from the back of your pc to your stereo so youll have to get an extension). To get the sound into your pc youll have to get an adapter to convert the red and white RCA to a standard jack to plug in the line in on your motherboard.

Id suggest you try and the get picture working before worrying about the sound.
 
Well, I don't have a stereo here, so I guess that's out. Just an Xtreme gamer soundcard :(

So, if a TV card could cause ghosting, does anyone have any experience with the VGA convertor box thingies?
 
Try the TV tuner card. I used to use mine with an Pinnacle PCTV card and connected it up via s-video. Worked like a dream using a bit of software called D-scaler.
 
What is the model card you were using? As geuben's T300 apparently ghosts. If I can find a TV card that this works with then I'd ideally use that. Though I would still like pointers as to any other options, as the TV tuner would only work if I can get my PC up here, which isn't a certainty.
 
I just tried DScaler, with my tv card the picture was in black and white and i couldn't find a solution to that problem. With the video input on my x1800xt the picture quality was very poor. I tried lots of different settings but nothing seemed to make a difference.
 
MagicBoy said:
I'm using a Pinnacle PCTV Rave. Cost me about £25 5 years ago from the Purple shirt place.
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A quick google revealed a fair few bad reviews for that, except on the river.

I had a browse on the bay, and found a couple of possibilities. Assuming I can't post links to the items, Here is the picture of one, and the description:
Summary Description

1. This VGA Box is compatible with most of XBOX, GC, PS2 systems worldwide.

2. It will accept any PAL or NTSC system video input and convert it into RGB output for any VGA monitor.

3. It can be connected in a series between the computer and any PS, XBOX, GC system so you can use your computer and the PS, XBOX, GC (one of three) system without disconnecting or reconnecting any cables.

4. It can also be connected in a series between the stereo speakers of you computer system so they can be used for your computer and your PS, XBOX, GC system.

5. It requires no power because it utilizes the power from the memory card slot of any XBOX/GC/PS2 System.

6. It is simple to operate and portable so you can carry it with you anywhere.

PART I: Connect your PC and your XBOX/GC/PS2 System

1. Make sure your XBOX/GC/PS2 system, PC, and all other products you will connect are turned off.

2. Disconnect the VGA monitor 15 pin cable from your computer And plug it into the VGA/Out port on the VGA box.

3. Plug the 15 pin VGA cable in between the computer VGA/Out port and the VGA Box VGA/In port.

4. Connect your computer stereo speakers into the “speaker out” Plug.

5. Connect the 1/8 stereo mini cable into the “sound card in” plug and into your sound card out plug on your computer.

6. Plug the AV input plug from the VGA Box into the AV port on the back of the XBOX/GC/PS2 system.

7. Turn on your computer, XBOX/GC/PS2 system, VGA monitor, and your VGA box and play.

8. Press the source button to toggle back and forth between your PC and your XBOX/GC/PS2 system.

PART II: Connect to your VGA monitor only

1. Plug in the VGA monitor’s 15pin cable into the MONITOT/OUT port on the VGA box and the AV out plug from the VGA box into the AV port on the back of the XBOX/GC/PS2 system.

2. Plug the speaker system or stereo system using any 1/8 mini plug into the speaker out.

3. Plug the memory card slot into the memory card port 2 of your XBOX/GC/PS2 system.

4. Turn on your PS system, VGA monitor, and VGA box and play.

Warning!!!

1. Please don't connect the PS, XBOX, GC to your VGA BOX at the same time !!

2. This item can not work with PS2 scph-7xxx series!

3. This Vga box cannot be used with Following style monitors:
SDTV, HDTV, XGA, SXGA, and UXGA, such HD (High Definition ) resolutions: 480p, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p

4. This Vga box cannot be used with LCD monitor.
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Thats going for £10 + £20 shipping from HK.

Then there is this one

This VGA Box is compatible with PS2, PS1 and PSX systems worldwide, wherever your Playstation is from. It accepts any PAL or NTSC system video input and converts it into RGB output for any VGA monitor (TFT, LCD, CRT etc).

It can be connected in a series between the PC and Playstation 1/2 so you can use your computer and Playstation without disconnecting or reconnecting the VGA cables. Just flick the switch whenever you want to choose between the PC or Playstation. It can also be connected in a series between the stereo speakers of your computer system so they can be used for both your computer and Playstation.

The VGA box draws power from the memory card slot of any Playstation so requires no external power supply.

THIS IS IN STOCK, IN THE UK AND WILL SHIP FAST WITH NO HIDDEN TAXES
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£20 + £2 postage from UK.


Both are from 'shops' on ebay, and have lots of good feedback. I've emailed one of the sellers asking how audio is dealt with.

Ideally, I'll be going with a TV card, but these are here as a 'just in case'.
 
I've actually got my PS2 hooked up to my monitor. I'm using a Gadmei TV5830 which I bought online. It uses VGA only so I've had to sacrifice using DVI on my monitor. All in all I don't have any real complaints about this set up, however if you sit close(ish) to the monitor (Viewsonic VX2235WM), you can notice that the graphics are a bit fuzzy, but when I sit on my bed (which is nearly the controller's length away) it's not very noticeable (tested with Gran Turismo 3 and FFXII, which aren't the most fast paced games so take this as more of a guideline). This box also works nicely for my SNES via an aerial input, but again with slight fuzziness.

I have a Hauppuage HVR1300 TV Tuner in my PC, which I've tried the SNES and PS2 on, but experienced roughly 1 second lag with both consoles, so from my personal experience I wouldn't recommend using a TV Tuner card, though some people have reported success with this.

Just a quick question though, luckily my graphics card (Radeon 9600XT) has a VGA and DVI input, would I suffer any lag/deterioration of picture quality if, when I build a new PC (which I want to do next Spring), by using a DVI/VGA adaptor?
 
iviv said:
This VGA Box is compatible with PS2, PS1 and PSX systems worldwide, wherever your Playstation is from. It accepts any PAL or NTSC system video input and converts it into RGB output for any VGA monitor (TFT, LCD, CRT etc).

It can be connected in a series between the PC and Playstation 1/2 so you can use your computer and Playstation without disconnecting or reconnecting the VGA cables. Just flick the switch whenever you want to choose between the PC or Playstation. It can also be connected in a series between the stereo speakers of your computer system so they can be used for both your computer and Playstation.

The VGA box draws power from the memory card slot of any Playstation so requires no external power supply.

THIS IS IN STOCK, IN THE UK AND WILL SHIP FAST WITH NO HIDDEN TAXES
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£20 + £2 postage from UK.


Both are from 'shops' on ebay, and have lots of good feedback. I've emailed one of the sellers asking how audio is dealt with.

Ideally, I'll be going with a TV card, but these are here as a 'just in case'.
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Interested in one of these myself tbh, my monitor has both DVI and VGA so it's perfect as I won't have to route pc cable to this box.

I had an external USB TV box and later a compro T300 PCI card and while the TV quality is good, the video in quality isn't.
 
A quick google produces results, and that Gadmei TV5830 looks pretty nice. Plus, it means I can avoid needing a PC there, which is always good. It doesn't seem as good for TV signals, but I wouldn't be using those anyway.

However, can I ask you about the sound? You plug the red and while cables from the PS2 into the box, then what sort of audio output does it give? a 3.5" hole for headphones/speakers?

And thankfully my monitor is DVI and VGA, so I can have them both plugged in, and switch with the touch of a button.
 
isn't the X1950 a VIVO card.... you could possibly run your ps2 straight in to your graphics card... costing you no money....
never used this before (some one else probably knows more than me about this...)
 
^^ As already suggested you'll still need seperate software to capture video via your graphics card and the quality isn't anybetter than an internal TV card. So for long term and higher quality solution either the above dedicated PS2 or external TV box with composites in are the best bets.
 
No idea what VIVO is, but when I get home I'll check out the adapter that came with the card, see if I can do anything with it.
If I could plug it in, what would happen with the sound? Would I have to find a way to convert the Red and While cables into a 3.5" jack, or would they plug into the card as well, then sent to the sound card, or something?
 
iviv said:
No idea what VIVO is, but when I get home I'll check out the adapter that came with the card, see if I can do anything with it.
If I could plug it in, what would happen with the sound? Would I have to find a way to convert the Red and While cables into a 3.5" jack, or would they plug into the card as well, then sent to the sound card, or something?
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VIVO - Video In, Video Out. Usually means you can capture video and output to a TV from the graphics card. TV-out is pretty much redundant in the 12 months with the proliferation of TVs with PC compatible inputs. The video capture is the interesting bit.

Either send the audio to a second input on powered speakers (most modern sets have them) or if using a PC connect to the line-in on the soundcard.
 
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