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Let's say I have a laptop (with DVI port, the usual port you use to connect with other monitor/projector) and a TV (with video and L/R speaker port, the usual red yellow white port that you see in most TV/DVD player). Is it possible for me to:
1. Display what my player (be it PS2, PS3, XBOX360, or even just a normal DVD player) on my laptop monitor without a TV tuner?
2. To capture/record a TV shows that shown on my TV without a TV tuner?

My best bet is that if I have TV tuner, I could do both easily. So the question is like: do I absolutely have to buy a TV tuner? Since buying a TV tuner means I don't really need a TV in the first place (which I already have).

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1. You do NOT need a TV tuner to connect your PS2, PS3, 360, etc. to your laptop monitor.
2. You DO need a TV tuner to watch broadcast television on your laptop monitor. (I.e. watch it live.)

1. How can I do that? Since PS2,PS3,and XBOX360 (other than HDMI) only have that video and L/R audio jack. Is there converter for those cables? Oh, and I'm talking about laptop monitor here, not desktop one.
2. I don't really want to watch it live btw, I only want to record it... No one sells CD/DVD of those programmes here...

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Actually, you probably can't do either. Most Laptops have only Video Out ports, you would need a Video In port.
There are adapters for the audio signal, I'm using one to split the analog Playstation audio to my 5.1 System.

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1. There are DVI to HDMI converters, yes. I don't know about a laptop monitor, I've only done it with a desktop monitor.
2. Well, you need to watch it live to record it. Otherwise . . . well, you're talking torrents.

Do you mean even with TV Tuner, I couldn't do both?

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You need a TV capture device (which is slightly different from a TV tuner, although it can contain one) to capture and display video. It works well enough for broadcast TV. For gaming, it's probably not going to work - the process introduces a lot of latency.

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As Pytom said, there exist capture device such as Ezcap USB that can capture from coaxial vid/sound data

You can display a player through you laptop but you will need a very good one (high end processor, high end card vid) because the data through usb is already slow and the hardware/software provided is usually of low quality.

I already tried this items and you will get something viewable but it will not be 1080p quality for sure.