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How do I connect my Playstation 3 to my laptop to use its monitor as a display?

I am considering buying a new laptop with a TV tuner card which will allow me to connect my Playstation 3 to it and use the monitor as a TV. What will actually be connected to my laptop (cable wise)? From my understanding, all I need is the HDMI cable from my PS3 to the laptop and it will provide the sound and video. I am probably wrong though.

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1. tv tuner need window for working, you can't use it like regular monitor. you are going to use regular video input. some laptob come with HDMI output(to conect it with a tv), i don't think laptops came with HDMI input now
2. First of all, you won't get your PS3 connected directly to the laptop screen. Not even with a HDMI plug. All Laptop screens are already hardwired to the framebuffer of the graphics chip. So you will never get a high definition picture on your laptop. You can however buy a USB TV adapter with a video-in plug and use your laptop as a standard TV replacement. Most Hauppauge USB products are suitable for this. But there is no way to get a HDMI plug and high definition graphics from the PS3 to your laptop. You connect the PS3 with the composite (the yellow) video cable to the video-in plug of the TV adapter, and depending on the model you connect the red and white audio cables from the PS3 to the TV plug as well or the line-in plug of your laptops soundcard. Both need probably an adapter to convert the 2 RCA plugs to a normal 3.5mm jack.
3. you still need an adaptor