Hi. Have a little "access problem" in that I dont often get access to a TV to play with my xbox.

New to this xbox thing - and while I generally follow instructions for set up and stuff cannot find anything in the forums about this use of "networking"- but may not be using the right keywords.

I can see that I can FTP between my laptop and xbox - but what I want to do is in effect simply use my laptop as the "display screen" for the xbox.

Is this possible?

Ta guys.

X2VGA is your friend. Google it and read up on it, u could pick one up in the b/s/t forum.

Thanks

Oliver

yes this is possible you will need an external tv tuner box for that

most laptops (probably 99%) do NOT have a vga input... without a VGA input you really can't use your Laptop as a screen for your Xbox. Simply put the video signal conversion necessary to transform VGA into something on the screen is a function not required by laptops(the graphics card is also the display driving hardware) so they tend to leave that ability out.

Without a VGA input your only option is a video capture device. Most are USB based and lag so much that it makes games unplayable.

Sorry to say but you probably can't use your laptop as a screen.

I think VGA's are starting to show up more often on laptops...

You could try this adapter from AverMedia. It's Cardbus-based, so it might not lag. Combine it with an S-Video cable for the Xbox and it should work.

Can you point to a couple models that have VGA in?