One of the many advantages that a PC, whether desktop or laptop, offers over a console is that we always have a screen to use it. If we have a console that we use connected to the Smart TV in the living room and when it is occupied we cannot play, we have two options: buy the PS Portal or move the console to another room with a television.
But these are not the only options we have, since, if we have a laptop, we can use its screen to connect the PS5. How is this possible if the video port on all laptops is just one output? Obviously we cannot use this port so that instead of sending the signal outward, it receives it.
All we have to do is buy one video capture where to connect the PS5 and use software to capture the image. On the market we can find a large number of video capture devices, at all types of prices and with all types of features. The more specifications, the higher the image quality, and we are not only referring to the solution, but also to the FPS number.
Use a portable screen with the PS5
On Amazon we can find video captures with resolution Full HD at 30 FPS for less than 20 dollars, as we show you below. If we want a higher number of FPS, using this same sensor we can reduce the resolution at 720 to get 60 FPS. If we take into account that laptop screens generally do not exceed 15 inches, unless we are looking for maximum graphics quality, this resolution is more than sufficient.
Another option, cheaper and with very similar functionality in terms of resolution and number of FPS, is the one that we show you below, a capture that costs less than 10 dollars and you can buy it through the following link.
Since it is hardware that does not come with software, we can use the capture on any PC running Windows or Linux and even on a Mac. Once we know that the first thing we need is a video capture, the second step is to know. how to display console image on laptop screen.
The solution is to use the app OBSC
At this moment the name of the video capture that we have connected will be displayed and all we have to do is select it and enter a name, this is the least important thing since it is the only option to configuration that we are going to do with the request. From this point on, based on the resolution we established when adding this new video source, the PS5 image will start to display in OBS.
Finally, for display the image in full screen, We place the mouse over the displayed image, press the right mouse button and select the option Full screen projector (preview) and we select the laptop monitor.