# Is there a way to connect my son's ps2 to a computer moniter?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 20, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-connect-my-sons-ps2-to-a-computer-moniter/353408 "2006-04-20T02:03:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-connect-my-sons-ps2-to-a-computer-moniter/353408/1 "2006-04-20T02:03:35Z")

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I’m trying to get myself out of buying a tv solely for the purpose of hooking a PS2 up to it.

If it matters, the computer moniter is hooked up to a computer.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-connect-my-sons-ps2-to-a-computer-moniter/353408/2 "2006-04-20T02:08:06Z")

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You can do it with one of these types of things. It is cheap enough to be a viable solution but still pricey. Search for the same type of things elsewhere.

[http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/video-vga\_adapter.html](http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/video-vga_adapter.html)

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**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-connect-my-sons-ps2-to-a-computer-moniter/353408/3 "2006-04-20T02:12:25Z")

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Lik-Sang is a good place to get stuff like this.

[http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=219&products\_id=3235&](http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=219&products_id=3235&)

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-connect-my-sons-ps2-to-a-computer-moniter/353408/4 "2006-04-20T02:13:05Z")

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[Here](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000YTYJE/qid=1145499122/sr=8-2/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-8365488-8168068?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=468642)