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xbawks
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Tue Sep 15, 09 11:36 pmby Spiderbot01
Several questions, I look to your gaem knowledge to help.
1. How do I connect my 360 to my laptop so I can use the laptop screen as a TV screen.
2. If I was to buy a second 360 for uni, would I be able to use my live account on that as well as the one at home.
3. If not how do I get my gamer profile onto my new 360?
Posted:
Tue Sep 15, 09 11:51 pmby MainMan
1,2,3 - stop playing on ur xbawks beighb
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Wed Sep 16, 09 8:36 amby clyzm
1 - use the dvi port dummy
2 yes
3 ^
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Wed Sep 16, 09 1:01 pmby Dae
portable mp3 player wrote:1 - use the dvi port dummy
ummm. I thought the female port, such as on laptops, can only be used to output signal
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Wed Sep 16, 09 1:05 pmby MainMan
Most laptops only have VGA ports, and newer ones might have HDMI as well. It's very unlikely that you'll have a DVI port on a laptop
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Wed Sep 16, 09 2:18 pmby Aidan
MænMan wrote:Most laptops only have VGA ports, and newer ones might have HDMI as well. It's very unlikely that you'll have a DVI port on a laptop
You'll find DVI ports on a mac.. but that's not a real laptop
You can always buy converters too..
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Wed Sep 16, 09 2:35 pmby Dae
Achéro wrote:You'll find DVI ports on a mac.. but that's not a real laptop
most middle and top class laptops have DVI ports as well
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Wed Sep 16, 09 3:02 pmby MainMan
Achéro wrote:MænMan wrote:Most laptops only have VGA ports, and newer ones might have HDMI as well. It's very unlikely that you'll have a DVI port on a laptop
You'll find DVI ports on a mac.. but that's not a real laptop
You can always buy converters too..
You realise that you need an encoder box, not simply a converter, if you want to go from the laptop to a DVI monitor. Because VGA is analogue, and DVI is digital.
My laptop has a HDMI output though (which is digital, obviously), so I can use a HDMI to DVI converter.
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Wed Sep 16, 09 3:03 pmby clyzm
lol
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Wed Sep 16, 09 3:05 pmby MainMan
Yeah, they only work in the opposite direction. DVI -> VGA
You can't simply take an analogue signal and make it digital with just a cable
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Wed Sep 16, 09 3:10 pmby clyzm
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Wed Sep 16, 09 3:52 pmby MainMan
MænMan wrote:Yeah, they only work in the opposite direction. DVI -> VGA
You can't simply take an analogue signal and make it digital with just a cable
Posted:
Wed Sep 16, 09 9:30 pmby clyzm
but
VGA to DVI Adapter Cable
lol
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Thu Sep 17, 09 1:30 amby MainMan
Have you actually tried using one? I use this stuff every day, trust me it only works one way. As someone who knows about technology, I can't believe you don't understand that you can't just transfer an analogue signal into digital.
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Thu Sep 17, 09 1:55 amby clyzm
i dont know shit about technology
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Thu Sep 17, 09 2:13 amby MainMan
u nub den beighb
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Thu Sep 17, 09 2:46 amby clyzm
fgt
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Thu Sep 17, 09 8:35 amby Dae
MænMan wrote:Have you actually tried using one? I use this stuff every day, trust me it only works one way. As someone who knows about technology, I can't believe you don't understand that you can't just transfer an analogue signal into digital.
DVI supports both analog and digital.
Adn yeh, those cables work fine.
Although I still don't believe that you can actually output signal to a laptop.
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Thu Sep 17, 09 12:24 pmby MainMan
Dae wrote:MænMan wrote:Have you actually tried using one? I use this stuff every day, trust me it only works one way. As someone who knows about technology, I can't believe you don't understand that you can't just transfer an analogue signal into digital.
DVI supports both analog and digital.
No, that's DVI-I. Most decent monitors are pure digital (DVI-D) and therefore you can't just plug in an analogue signal. If you're really interested, you need something like this -
http://www.datapro.net/products/vga-to- ... ertor.html
Which is more expensive than many monitors
Posted:
Fri Sep 18, 09 5:34 pmby Spiderbot01
So what you're saying is.
I can't?
Posted:
Fri Sep 18, 09 6:41 pmby Allan
Apparently not, w/o some flashy tech that costs more than it's weight in gold.