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Connecting a PS2 to a laptop
droogiefret
21-09-2008
To use the laptop as display. Could anyone advise me on how to do this please?
clockworks999
21-09-2008
There's no easy way to do this - laptops don't usually have "video in" sockets.

It might be possible to use a USB video capture device, such as would be used for a video camera or for transferring from a VCR. Might also be possible to use a network connection, if you can find software to run on the PS2.

I don't think either option would be suitable for gaming, though.
droogiefret
21-09-2008
Originally Posted by clockworks999:
“There's no easy way to do this - laptops don't usually have "video in" sockets.

It might be possible to use a USB video capture device, such as would be used for a video camera or for transferring from a VCR. Might also be possible to use a network connection, if you can find software to run on the PS2.

I don't think either option would be suitable for gaming, though.”

Oh OK - disappointing but thankyou for replying.

It's for my daughter off to UNi. She could take an LCD but it's got a tuner in it so then she'd have to get a TV licence too!
bf1gun
21-09-2008
Originally Posted by droogiefret:
“Oh OK - disappointing but thankyou for replying.

It's for my daughter off to UNi. She could take an LCD but it's got a tuner in it so then she'd have to get a TV licence too! ”

I may be wrong but have a feeling that the family TV licence may cover children who are at university. Might be worth checking out.
Netizen
21-09-2008
If she doesn't use the tuner, she doesn't have to have a license. It says so on the TVL website
Nigel Goodwin
21-09-2008
Originally Posted by bf1gun:
“I may be wrong but have a feeling that the family TV licence may cover children who are at university. Might be worth checking out.”

No it doesn't, students at Uni generally have to buy their own licence - my daughter goes next year, she's already decided NOT to have a licence, or a TV. She's planning watching DVD's on her laptop, and getting us to record any programmes she wants so she can watch when she's home.

Considering how few weeks students are actually at Uni, why don't they do a cheaper licence for them? - why should they have to pay for the many weeks they aren't there?.
Deacon1972
21-09-2008
Originally Posted by clockworks999:
“There's no easy way to do this - laptops don't usually have "video in" sockets.

It might be possible to use a USB video capture device, such as would be used for a video camera or for transferring from a VCR. Might also be possible to use a network connection, if you can find software to run on the PS2.

I don't think either option would be suitable for gaming, though.”

Would it not be possible to connect the PS2 to the laptop via s-video, providing the laptop has this input?
Netizen
21-09-2008
Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin:
“Considering how few weeks students are actually at Uni, why don't they do a cheaper licence for them? - why should they have to pay for the many weeks they aren't there?.”

I'm 50% sure you can get a partial refund after you leave uni and move somewhere that already has a license. That's what I did, but then I may have also paid in advance with it being a first year license.
LozPR
22-09-2008
Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin:
“No it doesn't, students at Uni generally have to buy their own licence - my daughter goes next year, she's already decided NOT to have a licence, or a TV. She's planning watching DVD's on her laptop, and getting us to record any programmes she wants so she can watch when she's home.

Considering how few weeks students are actually at Uni, why don't they do a cheaper licence for them? - why should they have to pay for the many weeks they aren't there?.”

I was at uni more time than I was at home... But my TV license was quite cheap, as there were 7 of us in a house so we split the cost.
droogiefret
22-09-2008
Originally Posted by Netizen:
“If she doesn't use the tuner, she doesn't have to have a license. It says so on the TVL website ”

Ooh thankyou - I just checked and that's true - she just needs to write to them to confirm she'll only be using it as a console (I suppose that's an open invitation for them to check of course ... but that would be OK)
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