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Subject: Xbox Thinker....(for me at least)
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Well dudes, Xbox2 is comin out it seems and i havent got the first xbox. So, since it;s 199bucks(canadian) i can't stand the fact that people are playing halo in amazing graphics (i;'ve got a 16mb onboardvi card on my labtop). so my question is can i hook up my xbox to my labtop to use the screen? I've got the port in the back where i can hook the labtop up to the TV and use the DVD player on it for the TV, but can i reverse that and use the xbox to display it on my labtop? Just to help it's an A10 Satellite(Toshiba)

  • 04.27.2004 1:48 PM PDT
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I am just curious why do you want to hook your Xbox up to your laptop instead of your TV?

  • 04.27.2004 1:51 PM PDT
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lmao lmao, He means put halo into his laPtop not labtop and hook it to the tv and play it, I doubt it would work give it a try tho :D.

  • 04.27.2004 2:07 PM PDT
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If you have the right video card you can do TV-output via S-video to your tv. I've done it with my computer and tv. I even did where the TV was the top half and the computer screen was the bottom half cause the TV was above the computer screen. You can also just run it so your tv is the only output. And let me tell you, it's a lot brighter and clearer.

  • 04.27.2004 2:57 PM PDT
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The Master Chief emerged from his code. After seeing his dynamically lit realtime shadow, he went back for 9 more months of development.


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Posted by: Akula
so my question is can i hook up my xbox to my labtop to use the screen?


I am pretty sure he does mean Xbox to laptop. Otherwise why not just buy Halo PC.

  • 04.27.2004 3:01 PM PDT
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Thanks Hedwig, for the noobs who think i want to put my Xbox into my labtop???? iissh...some people.....


Anyhow, the reason i want to use my labtop screen is b/c i live in a basement suite. So 2 reasons

1) No money
2) REALLY limited space(i have sound recording gear and electric/folk/acoustic guitars etc)

So, i want to eliminate the TV to a VCR where i use the input output port on the VCR. So, basically, connect the Xbox to the VCR as Input and my labtop to the output of the VCR and would that project the Xbox signal on my labtop screen like it would on a TV? (i don't want to us a TV) Or is a labtop a totally different ballgame....

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  • 04.27.2004 4:40 PM PDT
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eh. that is a very sad story the drama is almost too much for me............16mb graphics card!? and you wanna hook your xbox up to dat? man you really should visit a place called best buy. yes your story makes my heart heavy so i feel for you. if i could i would send you my 40 bucks i have in my wallet right now unfortunetly i am saving that for my mp3player.

Sry but i dont think many can feel your pain..................

xbox 2 doesnt realease till late 2006 so ughhum "get" "a" "job"(if you can read this with such a graphics card.

[Edited on 4/27/2004 4:46:31 PM]

  • 04.27.2004 4:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: thawack
eh. that is a very sad story the drama is almost too much for me............16mb graphics card!? and you wanna hook your xbox up to dat? man you really should visit a place called best buy. yes your story makes my heart heavy so i feel for you. if i could i would send you my 40 bucks i have in my wallet right now unfortunetly i am saving that for my mp3player.

Sry but i dont think many can feel your pain..................



yea, it sucks moving 5000mile to other side of your nation with no money to begin with to go to a college program...and food, car etc etc....so yea, you guys don't know what you have until you don't have it! heh

  • 04.27.2004 4:47 PM PDT
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so ughhum "get" "a" "job"(if you can read this with such a graphics card.



Yea but you see here bro, i don't spend all my money on this area, it usually goes into my car first and then music stuff second, and whatever is left over this stuff, so usually barely anything left over. Also, i can't change the card in a labtop, everyone knows that.....

  • 04.27.2004 4:51 PM PDT

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i do not beleive laptop computers have VIDEO IN. they do have video out to mirror or even distribute their signal onto a tv, projocter, or monitor. but as for connecting something to view on it. i do not beleive that is possible. unlesss you DO in fact have a VIDEO IN port then i bet you can.

i have often wished for this feature. haha. but, alas, only video out.

  • 04.27.2004 4:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: blinkmetoys
i do not beleive laptop computers have VIDEO IN. they do have video out to mirror or even distribute their signal onto a tv, projocter, or monitor. but as for connecting something to view on it. i do not beleive that is possible. unlesss you DO in fact have a VIDEO IN port then i bet you can.

i have often wished for this feature. haha. but, alas, only video out.


yea, you are more than likely right...my last computer had a video in. This one doesn't edactly have a video out, just looks like a port for a mouse but it's for the video...but i'm guessing that's only for video out stuff ugh bummer

  • 04.27.2004 6:16 PM PDT