DS games on your TV: ugly, impractical solutions rule the roost
By Conrad Quilty-Harper 
posted August 28th 2006 4:35PM
posted August 28th 2006 4:35PM
If you like the idea of playing DS games on your TV, there are two options available to you, both of which come close to topping the list of inelegant ways to play games on your television. Option #1 consists of dismantling your DS (yeah, we've already lost you), hardwiring a cable to your DS's motherboard, and preparing to say goodbye to the portable gaming experience you once enjoyed. Option #2 asks you to use a strap-on adapter (similar to PSP-on-TV solutions) with an integrated camera that outputs to your TV -- unfortunately this completely ignores the second screen. Forgive us for wondering exactly why anyone would want to play a portable gaming gaming device on a fixed screen, but even if we wanted to, we'd probably wait for a more flexible 1st party solution. It's not as if Nintendo is averse to the idea of letting users play or interact with portable games using their home console and a TV: the Super GameBoy, Transfer Pak, and the GameCube to GameBoy Advance cable set a strong precedent for connections between Nintendo's home and portable game consoles.[Via Joystiq]
The answer is to record your gameplay on a capture card because right now the "capture" devices for the DS is insanely expensive. That device might be crummy but it is at least something for the fanbase to use.
The answer to what? Why would I want to record my gameplay? I don't mind the odd replay of a goal I've scored, or something similar, but god, I wouldn't want to keep it to show the grandchildren.
Hehehehehehehe... says to use a Strap-On Adapater. Hehehehe.
Actually, I've been looking into doing something like this, however to two external displays (flat panel, ~15"). I'm sure these exist, since I've seen Nintendo using them for some of their kiosks.
What, no mention of the Game Boy Player?
http://www.gameboyplayer.com
Here's hoping there is something similar for the Wii to play DS games on a TV. Maybe they could even have a mode for 16:9 TVs to have the two screens side-by-side instead of one above the other.
Hehe, I also laughed at "strap-on adapter".
Seriously though, this is useful for documenting speedruns.
ok...so you put the screens on a tv, fine...but theres a TOUCH SCREEN to worry about...gonna touch your tv? or hunt and peck at the touch screen while looking at the tv? or better yet, only broadcast the top screen to the tv! wow, what a retarded concept!
if only they tv was touch screen haha the only thing thats good for is other people can watch you play the game with out hovering over your shoulder
"Forgive us for wondering exactly why anyone would want to play a portable gaming gaming device on a fixed screen"
If you can display your game on a TV, then you can record it to VHS or DVD. Play on Wi-Fi while recording and then replay your losses in slow motion to see what you did wrong and how to improve. And no, not all games use the touch screen. Only one mode of Tetris DS requires it.