Need help from the Tech savvy people from the Huddle.

[Ivan The Awesome]

Long story short. My TV doesn't work anymore. I haven't figured out what happened. That's not the point. 

 

I'd like to know if one of you could help me with a solution besides the obvious of "Buy another TV." comments. Funds at the moment don't allow me to make such a purchase. So my question is, is there a way I can use my Laptop as a Monitor to hook up my Xbox one? This laptop I have is rather old, so I know it doesn't have a INPUT HDMI slot. It's an output. Would there be an adapter I could get that would turn my laptop into a monitor for the time being? Or what would you suggest?

[raz]

i'd suggest looking around at thrift shops like salvation army for something that can use hdmi or the other/newer round thingy  

[cookinbrak]

What he said. I was in Walmart the other day, they had a 32" Roku tv for 99 bucks.

 

What is the tv doing? Anything on the screen?

[raz]

27 minutes ago, cookinbrak said:

What he said. I was in Walmart the other day, they had a 32" Roku tv for 99 bucks.

 

What is the tv doing? Anything on the screen?

i just bought a 50" samsung oled for $250 from walmart.   i couldn't believe it.  half the price i paid 7 yrs ago for the same frikkin thing, and this one is way better

[Shocker]

11 hours ago, Ivan The Awesome said:

Long story short. My TV doesn't work anymore. I haven't figured out what happened. That's not the point. 

 

I'd like to know if one of you could help me with a solution besides the obvious of "Buy another TV." comments. Funds at the moment don't allow me to make such a purchase. So my question is, is there a way I can use my Laptop as a Monitor to hook up my Xbox one? This laptop I have is rather old, so I know it doesn't have a INPUT HDMI slot. It's an output. Would there be an adapter I could get that would turn my laptop into a monitor for the time being? Or what would you suggest?

Just buy a cheap TV...they are not expensive especially non 4k ones

If you must look for a USB to HDMI adapter.  Like this...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WTN45ZM/ref=sspa_dk_detail_2?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07WTN45ZM&pd_rd_w=9Qbfc&pf_rd_p=c83c55b0-5d97-454a-a592-a891098a9709&pd_rd_wg=nmfcw&pf_rd_r=HX98VW4N0WKBYE29W13F&pd_rd_r=c62f518d-4473-477a-9ef8-15293cb1ed0c&smid=AXZ7T0UN1N33N&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExUllTMjk5UUZYNldTJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTIyNTQ4M1dOOERYWTRYNjhHJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAwMTU0MjAyS0IxMTRBU0hBT0ZZJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfZGV0YWlsX3RoZW1hdGljJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

 

[Ivan The Awesome]

9 hours ago, cookinbrak said:

What he said. I was in Walmart the other day, they had a 32" Roku tv for 99 bucks.

 

What is the tv doing? Anything on the screen?

Well from what I was told, water made the connection short out and it "exploded".  So it doesn't turn on. 

[Ivan The Awesome]

9 hours ago, cookinbrak said:

What he said. I was in Walmart the other day, they had a 32" Roku tv for 99 bucks.

 

What is the tv doing? Anything on the screen?

To me, believe it or not, 99 dollars is A LOT of money. I don't make dollars and right now the Mexican peso is inflating a lot, Jumped up from 18-21 because of this corona virus. Also going to University I don't have a huge budget. I could spare around 30 bucks maybe if I stretch things, I'm currently only studying so I'd probably have to get a job, but with my scheduling, I honestly can't find a job that will respect my school schedule, that's why I was asking if there was a "cheaper" method to fix this. Believe me I know I should probably just buy a new one but the funds are just not there. That's the sad truth man. 

[Ivan The Awesome]

45 minutes ago, Shocker said:

Just buy a cheap TV...they are not expensive especially non 4k ones

If you must look for a USB to HDMI adapter.  Like this...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WTN45ZM/ref=sspa_dk_detail_2?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07WTN45ZM&pd_rd_w=9Qbfc&pf_rd_p=c83c55b0-5d97-454a-a592-a891098a9709&pd_rd_wg=nmfcw&pf_rd_r=HX98VW4N0WKBYE29W13F&pd_rd_r=c62f518d-4473-477a-9ef8-15293cb1ed0c&smid=AXZ7T0UN1N33N&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExUllTMjk5UUZYNldTJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTIyNTQ4M1dOOERYWTRYNjhHJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAwMTU0MjAyS0IxMTRBU0hBT0ZZJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfZGV0YWlsX3RoZW1hdGljJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

 

thanks man. I'm gonna look into this. For the meantime. 

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

That adapter outputs the video from your laptop over USB and converts it to HDMI to connect to a TV or monitor, so it works the opposite from what you're looking for.  You can't use it to push video to your laptop screen.  Your laptop's display is probably connected to your motherboard with a ribbon cable, so unless you have an HDMI-in on your laptop that probably won't work without doing something like splicing the ribbon cable to an HDMI connector which would be way more of a pain than what it's worth.

For what you're trying to do, if you could track down a monitor with HDMI-in you might be able to make that work for a gaming console.

[Shocker]

56 minutes ago, The NFL Shield At Midfield said:

That adapter outputs the video from your laptop over USB and converts it to HDMI to connect to a TV or monitor, so it works the opposite from what you're looking for.  You can't use it to push video to your laptop screen.  Your laptop's display is probably connected to your motherboard with a ribbon cable, so unless you have an HDMI-in on your laptop that probably won't work without doing something like splicing the ribbon cable to an HDMI connector which would be way more of a pain than what it's worth.

For what you're trying to do, if you could track down a monitor with HDMI-in you might be able to make that work for a gaming console.

Didn't read enough.  Thanks for clarifying.  Not a bad idea on buying a monitor...should be pretty cheap.

This was low price with free ship...

https://www.ebay.com/p/18036261804?iid=124093847027&rt=nc&thm=1500

[cookinbrak]

Look on craigslist and facebook. I just saw a couple of free tvs in the Wilmington area.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

4 minutes ago, cookinbrak said:

Look on craigslist and facebook. I just saw a couple of free tvs in the Wilmington area.

poo if it's the end of the spring semester and you live in a college town just check the dumpsters near the dorms.  Kids throw out perfectly good TVs and other electronics every year.

[Shufdog]

LOL!!! Dude says he can't buy another TV, everybody say buy another TV.

[Zaximus]

Yeah get a computer monitor.    A lot of people choose to play on those anyway and find they have an advantage over a TV.    Luckly your only need a 60hz anyway for Xbox so as long as the connections match you could get an older one probably cheap used somewhere.