a&w restaurant: So, my television just recently went up and i only have my laptop it is an Emachines e627. I am looking to use my laptop as a tv screen for the time being until I can get a new television. How can I do this? Please help thanks ^^|||The only way would be to get some sort of USB recording device and to watch the input to the device on your laptop screen. Anything decent will cost quite a bit and cheap stuff can look horrid. Also, you may get a video delay which makes plying near impossible. Do not try to connect the Xbox via VGA or HDMI into the ports on the back of the laptop as they are outputs only.|||The simplest way would be to hook up a TV Tuner to it.