Dear Sifus,

I will be embarking on a major project which I hope will be done by this December 2009. I am planning to get all the major consoles, PS2, PS3, Wii and Xbox360 as I am a gaming freak and finally I am working and earning money.

Phase 1 which will be completed by August 09 is getting a PS2 and a Wii.

Phase 2:- October 09 PS3

Phase 3:- December 09...Xbox360 or a 32" TV.

Major question now is can all these consoles be hooked up to a PC monitor? I have a TV in the living room but it is a common TV so every1 wans to rebut for it. My PC monitor currently is a CRT, will upgrade when the time comes. PS2 most likely coming in by this month so I'm in a rush to prepare all the necessary adapters/cables/converters.

I've seen some sifus connect their consoles to their monitors. Can I know specifically what other parts to buy? Also, what about the sound?

Thanks in advance for the help. Don't know where else to look for help d. Cheers.

Buy LCD monitor or LCD TV 1st.. play PS3/360 game using CRT monitor like play PS1....

Yes you can if you are willing to spend. I'm going to hook up all my consoles (16 of them) to a single TV soon, just waiting for the device to arrive to me now. The first step towards achieving this is getting a good upscaler (for your PS2 and Wii), minimal expenditure RM250, a really good one with close to 0 frame lag should set you around RM1,000. And high end for AV enthusiasts one could cost you USD4000 easily. My advice is, look for Micomsoft's XRGB device, the best solution for playing on LCD/Plasma TVs/monitors.

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Added on June 10, 2009, 11:18 amHere http://www.micomsoft.co.jp/xrgb-3.htm

This post has been edited by gundamalpha: Jun 10 2009, 11:18 AM

your phase 3 gonna buy a xbox360 or 32" TV?

nowadays still have LCD at 32"? if have also i think its rather small...

i got a friend connect his PS2 with a TV with Home Theather Surround System...the effects is incredible...especially when playing Fatal Frame...lol...the ghost sound like appear beside u...damn freaking scare if u play with room lights off

Bro where can i find Micomsoft's XRGB

If you don't want to spend so much money just to upscale PS2, you could hunt down the old 60GB PS3s. One drawback, however, is that I highly doubt your PS2 games being ori or the correct region.

You can go to any electronics store(I went to ACE),and look for an AV splitter.

My HDTV came with two component outlets,HDMI and VGA.
If you get both the PS3 and 360,hook the PS3 up to HDMI and get VGA cables and hook the 360 up to VGA.Then,you can have both output 1080p.

If you haven't got any more composite outlets for your Wii or PS2(I don't know about you,but I saw absolutely no difference between component and composite for both Wii and PS2),go to an electronics store and get an AV switcher.You can plug both consoles in and have the switcher go to one composite outlet.From there,you can switch on the switcher whether you want to display PS2 or Wii.

Or....get more TVs?

I just bought mine from yahoo.jp.. this is a replacement unit for the older model I sold


But TS wants to play on monitor

Try playing Deadspace with 7.1 surround

yes there still is bought mine 2 weeks back .

get those 40 inches plus tv. they are dirt cheap nowadays.

why dont u get an AV receiver?

Sir there is <32" lcd tv around market..

thanks all bros for your feedbacks...

there's a little change to the plans d...i plan to get a 32" lcd tv (yes still selling...even 29" and 21" also got ) and a ps2 first...as when i first proposed this idea to my gf, i nearly kena tendang off the 15th floor...said that i play so much game on the monitor later she cant surf net...

another question...i have an unused laptop lying around...do u guys think it's possible to connect the ps2 to the laptop first while waiting to save enuff money for the tv?

also...can ps3 and xbox and wii be used with a normal crt tv?

you cannot connect the ps2 to laptop unless you have of those usb tv cards (or something similar )


ya, ps3,xbox and wii can connect to normal crt .

You earned my respect

Since you are getting PS2 first, there's no reason to get LCD TV so hastily as it's meant to be played on a CRT in the first place.

since it's confirmed that the xbox, wii and ps3 can be connected to the crt...i guess crt's the way to go then? hahaha...thank u bros so very very much...

If you are planning to get 360/PS3 HDTV is a must. They can still be played on CRT but you lose out a lot on PQ and size.

TS reminds me of myself 10 years ago, just started working and collecting consoles/games with own money :-)

i only managed to buy ps1 during my first year :-)