How To: Hook Up the PlayStation 2 to Your PC

Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:17AM EDT

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Reader Julienne has a question: "I'm moving into a smaller dorm this year for college and would like to save some space by using my LCD desktop monitor to play my PS2 games instead of lugging a TV. Is it possible? I heard something of an S-Video jack, but I don't think my computer or monitor has something like that. Is there anything else that I can do?"

Julienne, that's a great idea! The less clutter, the better. You do need a composite or S-Video jack to connect your PlayStation 2 directly to your computer, but if you don't think your monitor or computer have these connections, try using a VGA converter box.

These VGA adapters will provide you all the necessary connections so that you can plug in your PS2 to your LCD monitor. It might get a little messy with all the cables, since you will also need to run a VGA (monitor) cable from your computer's video card to the VGA adapter and another cable from the VGA adapter to your monitor.

Another idea is to use a TV tuner card, but this needs to be installed inside your desktop computer. Laptop owners will need a PCMCIA TV tuner card, but only if they have a PCMCIA slot for it (most laptops do).

The easiest, least complicated alternative is simply buying a PS2 LCD. These monitors attach to your PlayStation 2, so you don't have wires running all over the place, and they have built-in speakers. They're a bit expensive, considering they're so small, but this makes them great for road trips.


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