# Play Station 2 connected to a monitor..?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-station-2-connected-to-a-monitor/142788>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 14, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-station-2-connected-to-a-monitor/142788 "2002-12-14T21:38:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gephydrophobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Gephydrophobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gephydrophobia)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-station-2-connected-to-a-monitor/142788/1 "2002-12-14T21:38:02Z")

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I have a Flatron L1810B TFT-DVI Monitor. Is it possible to connect the Playstation 2 to it?  
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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-station-2-connected-to-a-monitor/142788/2 "2002-12-14T22:24:36Z")

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If it has a vga connector too, yes. Expect to pay about $150 for a decent vga adapter box as ps2 games aren’t written for vga, so they look crap with a cheap adapter.

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-station-2-connected-to-a-monitor/142788/3 "2002-12-14T23:27:55Z")

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Could you put it through the the VGA adapter and then through a VGA to DVI converter? Or would that make it horribly ugly?

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-station-2-connected-to-a-monitor/142788/4 "2002-12-15T15:29:01Z")

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I thought of that too, but it’s getting a little bit too complicated & as I said, it just look fuzzy with a cheap adapter as they don’t write the games for vga.

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**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-station-2-connected-to-a-monitor/142788/5 "2002-12-15T23:02:42Z")

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I bought a Redant PS2 VGA adapter box online for about $40… I don’t know how good it is compared to other adapters, but it looks better than a TV. If your monitor has a VGA input, you should be able to use it.

The only problem I’ve had is it overheats and starts cutting out after a few hours.