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So basically, if i use a hdmi into an xbox and into my laptop, the xbox will display on my screen? or do i have to press F8 (the icon with the 2 screens) and then will it show up? Or do i use windows settings? Please help someone

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It is very rare to incounter a laptop with a HDMI in port. An HDMI in port is what you'll need if you want an external device, e.g. Xbox to show up on your laptop screen. 

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Doesnt everything have a hdmi in port?

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Laptops don't have "video in" ports, only "video out". So it won't work.

You would need a capture card

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1 minute ago, Origami Cactus said:

Laptops don't have "video in" ports, only "video out". So it won't work.

You would need a capture card

oh so something like elgato? But then a monitor would probably cheaper i think

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2 minutes ago, linusfanboi_skrub1 said:

Doesnt everything have a hdmi in port?

Think of hdmi like a river. It can only flow one way.

Computers/consoles have the start of the river (video out), and monitors/TV's have the end of the river (video in). It can't flow between a video out and a video out, what you are proposing here.

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Just now, Origami Cactus said:

Think of hdmi like a river. It can only flow one way.

Computers/consoles have the start of the river (video out), and monitors/TV's have the end of the river (video in). It can't flow between a video out and a video our, what you are proposing here.

Oh i see what you mean, thanks

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1 minute ago, linusfanboi_skrub1 said:

oh so something like elgato? But then a monitor would probably cheaper i think

Yea, if you go used, you can find really good office monitors for like 20$.

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Just now, Origami Cactus said:

Yea, if you go used, you can find really good office monitors for like 20$.

Yeah, as long as it doesnt look like my school monitors, but a decent acer monitor for like $40 look quite modern

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So i'm getting a Xbox one s (sad edition) and it has HDMI in and out, My laptop has 1 hdmi port but people say to use laptop as monitor for xbox you need to have a hdmi out port, but it doesn't say on my hdmi port that's it is in or out

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2 minutes ago, linusfanboi_skrub1 said:

So i'm getting a Xbox one s (sad edition) and it has HDMI in and out, My laptop has 1 hdmi port but people say to use laptop as monitor for xbox you need to have a hdmi out port, but it doesn't say on my hdmi port that's it is in or out

You won't be able to use your Xbox with your laptop like that. The name says it all. An HDMI in is an input (takes in signals) and an HDMI out is an output (sends out signals). Your laptop has an output.

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You cannot use a laptop as a display for a console without a capture card. Laptop HDMI ports are always output only. And the process of setting up a capture card is difficult, and the cards themselves are expensive. 

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Just now, TheDragonHawk said:

You cannot use a laptop as a display for a console without a capture card. Laptop HDMI ports are always output only. And the process of setting up a capture card is difficult, and the cards themselves are expensive. 

Not to mention the introduction of lag from a capture card.

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Just now, Lenovo1984 said:

Not to mention the introduction of lag from a capture card.

Meh. Generally it's hardly significant unless you're just setting something up wrong or your laptop can't handle it.

Source: I've played an Xbox 360 via HDMI on a capture card many times. Barely felt any more sluggish than the 360 already is.

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Just now, Dan Castellaneta said:

Meh. Generally it's hardly significant unless you're just setting something up wrong or your laptop can't handle it.

Source: I've played an Xbox 360 via HDMI on a capture card many times. Barely felt any more sluggish than the 360 already is.

Yeah, I guess it isn't too bad.

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Well my laptop is quite beefy, i saw a youtube comment saying razer and alienware usually have IN ports, so would it work?

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Is there a hdmi converter? Like a out to in

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Just now, linusfanboi_skrub1 said:

Is there a hdmi converter? Like a out to in

Yes, a capture card. It is an external box.

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1 minute ago, linusfanboi_skrub1 said:

Is there a hdmi converter? Like a out to in

Look at my answer from last time, HDMI is a river, you can't do a 180 of a river.

Only a capture card can take hdmi in.

 

2 minutes ago, linusfanboi_skrub1 said:

Well my laptop is quite beefy, i saw a youtube comment saying razer and alienware usually have IN ports, so would it work?

Your laptop still doesn't have an HDMI in port, only some very old alienware laptops had that.

 

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I could just get a monitor but then again, amazon sell expensive ones and ebay has refurbished/used monitors and they look like they made in 2010

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4 minutes ago, linusfanboi_skrub1 said:

I could just get a monitor but then again, amazon sell expensive ones and ebay has refurbished/used monitors and they look like they made in 2010

For $40 you just can't expect to get a beatiful stylish modern display with all the bells and whistles. What is your definition of expensive? You can get 1080p monitors on Amazon for less than $100.

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Just now, tikker said:

For $40 you just can't expect to get a beatiful stylish modern display with all the bells and whistles. What is your definition of expensive? You can get 1080p monitors on Amazon for less than $100.

 Like look at this monitor. It looks fine and it has a decent picture quality for about £30 yet no hdmi. as long as it looks fairly new and not like the monitors at my school 

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If that monitor has DVI, you could get a DVI-HDMI converter.

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Just now, CTR640 said:

If that monitor has DVI, you could get a DVI-HDMI converter.

true, will the quality/speed be any different? because i don't know how response times and ms works on a monitor

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