Author Topic: Is there a way to play my Xbox360 on a laptop? (Read 1554 times)

DaSord213 · July 23, 2010, 02:38:18 PM

So, Monday I'm going camping, not really camping in a trailer, and I am wondering if I can play my 360 on the laptop. The laptop has an HDMI port and I have HDMI for my 360. What program would I need to use the laptop as a screen?

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dkamm65 · July 23, 2010, 02:40:40 PM

The HDMI port on your laptop is for output, not input. The only way to get your Xbox 360 to display on your laptop screen is with a capture card, but the delay would make it unplayable.

TapeDeck · July 23, 2010, 02:41:01 PM

I don't think it is possible, that HDMI port on the laptop is an output from the graphics card and graphics cards don't work backwards.

Quote from: dkamm65 on July 23, 2010, 02:40:40 PM

The HDMI port on your laptop is for output, not input. The only way to get your Xbox 360 to display on your laptop screen is with a capture card, but the delay would make it unplayable.

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Night Fox · July 23, 2010, 02:42:56 PM

Why don't you just take a small screen?

Niven · July 23, 2010, 02:43:40 PM

Quote from: Night Fox on July 23, 2010, 02:42:56 PM

Why don't you just take a small screen?

whoa what

DaSord213 · July 23, 2010, 02:45:30 PM

Quote from: dkamm65 on July 23, 2010, 02:40:40 PM

The HDMI port on your laptop is for output, not input. The only way to get your Xbox 360 to display on your laptop screen is with a capture card, but the delay would make it unplayable.

Aw, crap. Our old laptop had this wierd input we had used for our ps2 a few years ago. So I was hoping that was an input.

Quote from: Night Fox on July 23, 2010, 02:42:56 PM

Why don't you just take a small screen?

Our only flatscreen is a 26 inch tv. I might be taking it if the camper doesn't have a tv. But it would be a pain to use in the back of a truck.

dkamm65 · July 23, 2010, 02:45:34 PM

Just buy one of these.

Night Fox · July 23, 2010, 02:46:57 PM

Quote from: DaSord213 on July 23, 2010, 02:45:30 PM

Aw, crap. Our old laptop had this wierd input we had used for our ps2 a few years ago. So I was hoping that was an input.
Our only flatscreen is a 26 inch tv. I might be taking it if the camper doesn't have a tv. But it would be a pain to use in the back of a truck.

No, I mean go to some camping store and buy one of those small screens.

Quote from: dkamm65 on July 23, 2010, 02:45:34 PM

Just buy one of these.
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I've been thinking about buying one, but I don't know where to get one.

Niven · July 23, 2010, 02:50:14 PM

Quote from: dkamm65 on July 23, 2010, 02:45:34 PM

Just buy one of these.

what the hell is that

DaSord213 · July 23, 2010, 02:52:07 PM

Quote from: Night Fox on July 23, 2010, 02:46:57 PM

No, I mean go to some camping store and buy one of those small screens.

Haha, better idea.

Do what my dad did on our New York trip, buy a nice TV, small for this time, from Best Buy, then return it later at a different Best Buy when you're done.

TapeDeck · July 23, 2010, 02:52:53 PM

Or just suck it up and go without your damn xbox for a few days

DaSord213 · July 23, 2010, 03:00:53 PM

Quote from: TapeDeck on July 23, 2010, 02:52:53 PM

Or just suck it up and go without your damn xbox for a few days

:D
I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT MY BABY!

I don't sit on it all day. It's just nice to have for the trip.

General Nick · July 23, 2010, 03:52:34 PM

Wait, you're going CAMPING in the OUTDOORS with an XBOX 360.

One, if you really can't live without it thats a little sad and two there isn't much power out there in the wilderness.

Narkro555 · July 23, 2010, 03:54:02 PM

Camping
Videogames
...

wat?

Tokerovin · July 23, 2010, 04:42:11 PM

Dude, climb a tree.