How to connect PS2/PS3 to a laptop?
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Hi, I would like to connect my PS2 and PS3 (not at the same time) to my Asus laptop. I have some cables, but I'm not sure if they are the right ones, and I would prefer to connect via HDMI for the PS3 and by USB for the PS2. Is that possible? If a specific laptop is required, which one and what connection? Please help me.
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Hello,
To do that, you first need to understand the basic functioning of video connectors.
There are inputs and outputs.
Inputs can only receive signals, while outputs can only emit them.
Televisions are equipped with HDMI inputs (since the goal is to connect devices to display images), while consoles and various players (DVD, Blu-ray, multimedia boxes) are equipped with outputs (the purpose being to send the image out of the box to display it on a screen).
Here, you have a video game console (PS3 or PS2) with video OUTPUTS, which can only emit a signal, on one side...
On the other side, you have a laptop that also has video OUTPUTS, which can also only emit a signal...
So, do you think this is going to work?
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To do that, you first need to understand the basic functioning of video connectors.
There are inputs and outputs.
Inputs can only receive signals, while outputs can only emit them.
Televisions are equipped with HDMI inputs (since the goal is to connect devices to display images), while consoles and various players (DVD, Blu-ray, multimedia boxes) are equipped with outputs (the purpose being to send the image out of the box to display it on a screen).
Here, you have a video game console (PS3 or PS2) with video OUTPUTS, which can only emit a signal, on one side...
On the other side, you have a laptop that also has video OUTPUTS, which can also only emit a signal...
So, do you think this is going to work?
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~ To know how to listen is to possess, besides one's own, the brains of others... said Leonardo da Vinci.
~ “The art of writing is above all to make oneself understood” — Eugène Delacroix
I have seen very few of them, and it's very rare. Especially seen on very high-end machines (>€1500, but that was a few years ago).
So, I would say no, because there is no point in having a laptop with an input; the goal is to output the laptop's image to a second screen and not to use a laptop as a monitor.
A screen capable of handling HDMI costs less than a computer, for that matter.
So, I would say no, because there is no point in having a laptop with an input; the goal is to output the laptop's image to a second screen and not to use a laptop as a monitor.
A screen capable of handling HDMI costs less than a computer, for that matter.