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Wiring a 360 into a laptop

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Can it be done?

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
Can it be done?
Probably. But why bother?

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Originally posted by CauselessOne
Probably. But why bother?
When I go to university, I don't want the bother of having a television with me, that people would only end up telling me I need a television licence for.

Another reason would be convenience, I already managed to wire up my xbox into my current computer monitor, convenient for me as the other televisions that I might otherwise use, are already being used by a video recorder and a dvd player. On top of this, it is set up in such a way so I can switch between the computer and the 360 using the monitor with little to no effort.

A third reason is that a computer monitor/laptop screen, is near or equal to High Definition quality, or at least in resolution, which is better than that of a standard television.

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
Can it be done?
Yes, but first you have to cook them in a microwave oven.

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
When I go to university, I don't want the bother of having a television with me, that people would only end up telling me I need a television licence for.

Another reason would be convenience, I already managed to wire up my xbox into my current computer monitor, convenient for me as the other televisions that I might otherwise use, are already being used ...[text shortened]... inition quality, or at least in resolution, which is better than that of a standard television.
Sad news, my friend. Look into TV licensing. You pay to receive TV. Analog, Digital, Cable OR INTERNET.
Pay the tax, like the rest of us. Thieving Uncle Gordon needs your cash to add to his Mad Money fund.

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Originally posted by CauselessOne
Sad news, my friend. Look into TV licensing. You pay to receive TV. Analog, Digital, Cable OR INTERNET.
Pay the tax, like the rest of us. Thieving Uncle Gordon needs your cash to add to his Mad Money fund.
I have looked into it, but I have not seen anything to substantiate the claim that if you receive the internet, then you must pay for a tv licence.
Will you retract your claim, or will you provide evidence?

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
I have looked into it, but I have not seen anything to substantiate the claim that if you receive the internet, then you must pay for a tv licence.
Will you retract your claim, or will you provide evidence?
Direct from http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/index.jsp#link1
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You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, digital box, DVD or video recorder, PC, laptop or mobile phone to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV.

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Originally posted by CauselessOne
Direct from http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/index.jsp#link1
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You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, digital box, DVD or video recorder, PC, laptop or mobile phone to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV.

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Too quickly you judge this, normally, for a computer or laptop to be able to watch television, through an aerial set up or such, a tv card needs to be installed, and I do not have this.

I would also like to point out that strictly speaking, this does mention the internet at all, to paraphrase, PC or laptop capable of any television receiving equipment capable of receiving televion programmes as they are being shown on TV, i.e. internet not mentioned.

So beyond this, watching streamed television through the internet is a grey area, please read http://tinyurl.com/4cr76o
"According to Ofcom, TV broadcasts over the internet are a grey area"

Further,
"Specific exclusions not requiring a TV licence are"

"television set installed and used solely for some purpose other than watching or recording television programmes (e.g. closed-circuit TV monitor, DVD or video player or games console"
even a television, used solely for use with a game console, need not pay a tv licence, so I do not understand why the same cannot be said of laptops.

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I hope you're right. By all means, try it and keep me updated. I'd love for you to find a loophole. But remember, we are governed by Nwe Labur, and the b@sr@rds are unlikely to miss a tax opportunity like this.

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Originally posted by CauselessOne
I hope you're right. By all means, try it and keep me updated. I'd love for you to find a loophole. But remember, we are governed by Nwe Labur, and the b@sr@rds are unlikely to miss a tax opportunity like this.
I think this thread went off topic too quickly, I'll start a new thread for the TV licence thing, and if anyone has any thoughts about my actual question, we should discuss that here instead.

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
Can it be done?
Just to go back to this, I think the answer is yes. With the 360 amateur games developers have been given the opportunity to build their own games but in order to stop people being able to pirate the real games they won't release the tools needed to burn the discs. So as I understand it, you need to keep the 360 plugged into the computer at all times to develop your games. I wouldn't swear to it, but there is a group at Leicester uni that are really into all this so they'd probably be able to answer your questions a little better.

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You have to hook your ethernet cable to your computer and have a router - also a subscription to xbox live


http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080101175243AAAXmTw

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
You have to hook your ethernet cable to your computer and have a router - also a subscription to xbox live


http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080101175243AAAXmTw
I wasn't so much thinking about the internet connection thing, I was thinking of using the laptop's screen to play the 360's games straight off.

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
I wasn't so much thinking about the internet connection thing, I was thinking of using the laptop's screen to play the 360's games straight off.
It'll be crap - it would lag too much which is a no-no with games. Best bet would be to get a pc monitor - that might work with the right leads. You would also need a tv card for the laptop approach, I believe.




nb: I never tried it meself so all that could be a load of bollox.

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
When I go to university, I don't want the bother of having a television with me, that people would only end up telling me I need a television licence for.

Another reason would be convenience, I already managed to wire up my xbox into my current computer monitor, convenient for me as the other televisions that I might otherwise use, are already being used ...[text shortened]... inition quality, or at least in resolution, which is better than that of a standard television.
Bad Wolf, you don't need a TV licence if you are just going to play games on the TV.

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