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Can I use my portable dvd player as a TV

I was wondering if there's a way to use my new portable dvd player as a tv with audio video hook ups so I could plug in and xbox or ps2 or w/e. I'll get the modle in a while but its xmas and I want some custard pie MMHMHMHMHMMMMMM!!!111!1!!1!

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i_make_stuff says: Jun 18, 2007. 6:55 PM
Some portable DVD players have plugs on the side (yellow-white-red). Those will take a direct input. If it doesn't have one of those but has something else (like S-Video) then you should be able to use a converter cable...
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red-king in reply to i_make_stuffDec 16, 2008. 3:05 PM
mine has them... I tried them... I found out they were actually output... lol... can you show me a picture of a specific one that you know has input plugs?
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ElvenChild in reply to red-kingSep 17, 2010. 8:49 AM
yes you can use them for input I know this is late but you should somehow be able to set the dvd player for input either with the remote or a switch it has on the side. there is an instructable on it somewhere.
irishpride1919 in reply to ElvenChildJan 14, 2012. 11:46 PM
And another two years later. My portable DVD player has these RCA inputs but I can not find switch or a button on the remot that allows it to use them for input purposes. Is there any other way?
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TheCheese9921 (author) in reply to irishpride1919Jan 15, 2012. 5:04 PM
Read the manual that came with the device, if you don't have it try googleing the manufacture/model number followed by manual. Most portable dvd players cannot function as a TV, however I have seen some higher end models that can. If the plugs say RCA, or composite out, then they are not an input.
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red-king in reply to ElvenChildSep 18, 2010. 12:54 PM
Thanks. I don't have my DVD player now, though.
bobby92 says: Jul 29, 2007. 9:48 PM
I was wondering if there's a way to use my new portable dvd player as a tv with audio video hook ups so I could plug in and xbox or ps2 or
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TheCheese9921 (author) in reply to bobby92Jul 30, 2007. 11:46 AM
wow, you can copy and paste, I'm confused
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tomonto says: Jan 18, 2007. 4:18 PM
you can put cable into it by routing through a vcr. but you cant put video gamesin it. i have one and have wasted my time trying
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Aeshir in reply to tomontoJan 19, 2007. 11:45 AM
I've had my Gamecube working on mine once. It worked great.
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westfw says: Jan 18, 2007. 10:42 PM
I've got two portable DVD players that have video-in capability. One is an old panasonic DVD-L75 I won in some sort of drawing, and the other is an "eSonic PD-258" I pulled from a dumpster (DVD part broken, menus in japanese, but works as a monitor.) IIRC, both of these have some sort of "setup" function that controls whether the "video" RCA jack is an output (default) or an input. I think both have s-video that is output only. I connected the eSonic to one of the spare monitor outputs on my Son's computer (via s-video to RCA converter.) The screen is JUST big enough to put up a clock :-)
mikesty says: Dec 25, 2006. 5:35 PM
Wow. LOL! I doubt it, most portable players don't have any type of input. Sorry.
tattooBilly in reply to mikestyDec 28, 2006. 2:28 PM
Tv input taken from xbox is nothing like a technology used for flat screens, Tv uses one line (although they say so many lines, its actually only one running from top to bottom. ) tft screens use a matrix, with inputs to screen along side and top.
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trebuchet03 says: Dec 28, 2006. 12:13 AM
Void your warranty and crack one open ;) It just might have acceptable connectivity (on the insides) that you can tap into (kinda like the PSone screens) :D

If you happen to find a particular brand that has such connectivity -- do share :D
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