PlayStation2 on my Mac

[wPod]

I dont have room for a TV. If I buy a TV i'll probably have to get it home somehow... TV is hard to move around. I kinda like to see decent games running off this ibook LCD, even if it's only a firewire pass thru .

I guess the next option for me is to get a monitor plus some sort of VGA-anologue converter.

i have to agree with bran here. . . somewhat. i would prefer not to have a TV, it just takes up too much space. i have a 19" monitor i hook up to my PB and watching DVDs on that size is fine. its not like i am having 15 people watch at the same time and need a HUGE screen. The formac device sold in the apple store should do the trick. i have been planning on buying one for a while for this reason once i scratch up enough cash.

 

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Point...

I highly doubt it's possible to run the ps2 off any mac with a built in screen ('book, emac or imac), BUT, since I can see my iMovies off my digital camera, there could be a software/hardware solution out there. Have you thought about analog to digital converters (the ones you would use to digitize vhs tapes)?

 

[Bran]

Yea that's what Formac's device is, essentially a DV capture device. What also works if you have a DV camcorder with S-video or some sort of inputs in the camcorder itself, you can then hook the camcorder up to your mac. I have already tried a borrowed panasonic DV camcorder and hooked the PS2 up to the S-video in/out port on the camera, there's a slight delay, i'd say less than half a milisecond between action and displaying on my ibook screen. I think it's good enough for most games, especially RPG/adventure games. But I dont know how games like Metal Gear Solid are going to work out. Racing games?

I dont know if all DV devices have this slight delay, i've only tried the camcorder.

The software I used was called Vidi. (macupdate)