PS3 to PC montior?

Hi all

I'm seriously considering selling my xbox 360, and buying a PS3 instead. We don't have a TV in our house, so I currently connect my 360 to my PC monitor, which looks great. I use an xbox360 VGA cable. I was wondering if there was a similar device that would connect a PS3 to my monitor, that's fairly cheap (£20 ish), and doesnt sacrifice any quality.

By the by, I have some old consoles (gamecube, ps2) I'd also like to connect, so if there's one device that would work for all, that would be good :D. But the PS3 is the main priority =)

I might be wrong so maybe someone else can chime in, I believe you will need a monitor that has a DVI port that is HDCP compliant. Then you can just get a HDMI to DVI cableEmperorSupreme

Ahh thanks, but that's no good, I'd much rather stay with the monitor I have :S

the monitor has to have HDCP surport.

for what you want, you need a coverter box that has rca plugs on it. don't know of anything off top of my head, but they aren't cheap.

but, if you just want to just hook up ps3, all you need is a dvi to hdmi cable/adaptor and they are cheap on newegg.com

Are you in the uk or USA?

UK

Scrap that, just saw you used a £ sign instead of $ sign. In that case go to www.mrmodchips.com and search ps3 vga. The cable is £19.99. It's what I use to run my ps3 AND wiii on my pc monitor.

Hi all

I'm seriously considering selling my xbox 360, and buying a PS3 instead.

PapaJuliio17

Greatest decision you'll make in your life

Scrap that, just saw you used a £ sign instead of $ sign. In that case go to www.mrmodchips.com and search ps3 vga. The cable is £19.99. It's what I use to run my ps3 AND wiii on my pc monitor.

rgallard

Thanks, that sounds ideal.

I searched PS3 VGA on that site, and I saw two cables (one in HD). Is there any reason not to simply get the HD version?

Also, I've read a few reviews on amazon for that cable, and several people seem to have issues with it, such as poor quality, sound etc. Is this something you've noticed in your experience?

The only issue I had was the instructions were absolutely $hit. they'd obviously been written in a foreign language and translated by a retard.

Have just looked on the site, and I don't see why you shouldn't go for the HD one, as it seems to do the same, and chances are the instructions may be a little bit better. they didn't have that one when I ordered my cable.

wait, im confused here. I'm guessing you don't care about HD considering you were using vga on your 360. So am I right in guessing that you're using the av connection on the ps3 and not the hdmi. because vga to hdmi isn't possible is it? analogue to digital screams disaster!tirralirra

That's not really true, I'd like it to look as good as it would on a HD screen. The graphics when I play the xbox on my monitor look great (certainly not less than HD), this may be bacause it was a VGA HD cable (I can't remember, and i discarded the packaging), or it may be down to my monitor itself.

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Hi all

I'm seriously considering selling my xbox 360, and buying a PS3 instead.

mental_case_5

Greatest decision you'll make in your life

[QUOTE="tirralirra"]wait, im confused here. I'm guessing you don't care about HD considering you were using vga on your 360. So am I right in guessing that you're using the av connection on the ps3 and not the hdmi. because vga to hdmi isn't possible is it? analogue to digital screams disaster!PapaJuliio17

That's not really true, I'd like it to look as good as it would on a HD screen. The graphics when I play the xbox on my monitor look great (certainly not less than HD), this may be bacause it was a VGA HD cable (I can't remember, and i discarded the packaging), or it may be down to my monitor itself.

The cable i'm suggesting runs in HD, up to 1080p on a pc monitor. My monitor isn't that great so only displays in 720p, which serves me fine, but I have seen it run up to 1080p. So disregard all the people here saying "you obviously don't care about hd!".

Thanks alot everyone who's taken the time to reply :) I'll take a little while now to investigate the possibilities, and I might post again if I have any queries. Thanks agian =)

NB: my monitor does not have a DVI port.