PS3 On my PC Monitor (Help Please!)

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Hey guys brought me PS3 today, however i'm having a bit of trouble trying to find which cables i need to run it through my PC's Monitor. My Monitor is - Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black brought it from just before xmas and i love it great qaulity, however currently i'm having to run my PS3 on a 14" Tv video combi in the corner :S
Just wondering if anyone knows the cables i know for the xbox you can buy the whole VGA cable pack but i cant seem to find one for the PS3?
 
Don't there is one at the moment.

Could try a component to VGA adapter or a HDMI to DVI adapter. I'd go for VGA adapter, analogue for HD is must in my book.

I have my 360 hooked up to that monitor, looks excellent with the VGA cable. Will be getting a PS3 within a few weeks, I'd like to know other peoples solutions.
 
Have a read of:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17835209

There is an old legacy ps2 VGA cable, and as far as I know all ps2 video cables work on ps3. One person from this forum has used this cable, I may well be ordering one tomorrow and may test it on my HDTV and old Viewsonic monitor.

If this works then you could get one of these.

Your other option would be a HDMI > DVi connector, although as people have mentioned there may be some HDCP issues as HDMI/DVI is a digital connection. I do not envisage such problems with VGA as it is an analogue input. However, as there is no VGA resolutions or support on the ps3 itself, I will not be certain of anything till I test it. Info on the net is scarce (I can't believe more people haven't tried the PS2 cable, as it is the first thing I would try for £25 if my monitor only had VGA).

I can't really advise anything else definitively for now, as I don't have the same monitor as you.


rp20000
 
hdmi to dvi will work fine.....i have a ps3 and have tested it on my sammy.
only thing is u wont get full hd as the max resolution of the sammy is 1680
 
Sorry to hijack but I have been considering buying a Slingbox pro so 'her in doors' can watch TV on her laptop to free up some more PS3 time for me :D

Anyone know if I would be able to play PS3 games on my PC if I hooked it up to slingbox by component?
 
HDMI - DVI will work on your sammy 226BW as I have this setup.

Picture quality is excellent and you can get 1080p resolution. The only thing is that you monitor will display a notice that you are not running optimal resolution but you can just press the menu button and it dissapears.

You can pick up a decent lead for £15.00. Only issue is no sound, you will have to use the composite lead that comes with the console and use the left & right audio to connect to a stereo system or connect the optical out to a compatible sound system.

Hope this helps ;)
 
I run a similar system on my ps3 connecting it to my 223bw dvi-hdmi cable and i use the standard playstation composite (is it?) cable to run the sound through my pc. However I have also used the optical cable for sound through a stereo both work well. Optical is a lot neater.

Aero
 
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