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RWB
7 May 2006, 11:15pm
Right now my Gamecube has RCA cables, I am curious if there is a coax cable I can get for this? The reason is so I can bring it with me to work and play on my laptop :P

Gargoyle
7 May 2006, 11:56pm
Coax, as in the stuff cable TV comes on? Any place that sells gamecube accessories should sell them (usually called RF adapters).

tmh88
8 May 2006, 12:07am
you can buy vga adapters too

RWB
8 May 2006, 12:22am
you can buy vga adapters too

Well the VGA on my laptop is an output, the only input I really have is a type of coax cable, I'll just use the TV Tuner and have fun ;) :rockon:

Gargoyle
8 May 2006, 1:14am
Well the VGA on my laptop is an output, the only input I really have is a type of coax cable, I'll just use the TV Tuner and have fun ;) :rockon:

If your TV tuner has S-Video in, use that if you can. It'll look a little better :thumbsup:

RWB
8 May 2006, 2:47am
Yeah I would love too, been trying to find out if I have S-Video IN though. Not sure about that, but probably not.

TheSmJ
8 May 2006, 7:35am
Do you mean "coax" as in composite, or RGB?

Gamecubes come with composite video (the yellow connector). RGB is actually better than both composite and S-Video, but I've never heard of a laptop with such an input.

RWB
8 May 2006, 7:42am
Coaxial Cable as in regular good ol' fashioned cable... cable internet, cable TV, etc... My laptop has a port, smaller than coaxial, but I plug in a cable that allows the cable connection.

Nothing special, just allows me to watch TV on my laptop. I'll plug in the Gamecube, turn the TV Tuner on, change it to the proper channel. Just like regular TV, but portable and at work :)

TheSmJ
8 May 2006, 7:43am
Ahh. In that case yeah, an RF adapter is what you want. Usually they'll tune whatever signal you input into channel 3 or 4.

RWB
9 May 2006, 3:36am
hehe bought it today, gonna try it out when I get home. Didn't have time to get mylaptop after getting groceries and stoppping at gamestop to pick it up. But I also picked up the Collectors Edition of Zelda so now I can play Ocarina of time!!!! WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited ;)

RWB
9 May 2006, 5:59am
Finally got to play with it a bit, looks good enough, a little blurred but I am gonna tweak it a bit... but it's pretty damned nice. Wish the GC was a bit more portable though, a cube is just akward.

Gargoyle
9 May 2006, 3:30pm
I thought the cubes had handles? Doesn't get much more portable than that ;D

RWB
9 May 2006, 7:24pm
Not very streamlined, it's small, small enough I could hide in a bag of some sort so if my boss comes in he doesn't get upset. Our workplace has a "out of sight, out of mind" POV, which I love. It doesn't fit too well at all in my laptop bag, I might go get a new one and mod it a bit.