RCa to USB adapter uses.

SaintJID · July 1st, 2009, 01:00 PM

Entire back story for this question = My TV died.
I've been looking at RCA to USB cables/adapters/etc., and all of them are listed as being for recording. I was wondering if it's possible to use the aforementioned cable to connect a gaming console to my computer and use the computer instead of a TV?

qx9r7man · July 1st, 2009, 02:03 PM

I own an ATI usb tv tuner (got it a few years ago) and I tried to play GT4 on my ps2, running into my laptop, and it worked, but the lag is too great for most games. If you have a tv hooked up next to your computer with aforementioned tv tuner usb device, and sound outputted at equal levels, it will sound as though you are watching a tv placed at the far end of a large echoing room. Welcome to TechIMO!

SaintJID · July 2nd, 2009, 11:59 AM

Thank for the welcome, and the info. But if I may ask, how much RAM and what caliber of processor were you using at the time?

qx9r7man · July 6th, 2009, 01:31 AM

I had it on a 1.7 Ghz. single core centrino with 1.25 Gb RAM, But I've also tried it on my desktop running an overclocked Q6600 (@3.2Ghz Core 2 Quad) with 4Gb RAM and the lag is the same. (The difference is that my desktop can run other things, too.

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The lag is in the "video card" in the usb TV tuner, unless you have a really old setup.