How to Use Laptop as Monitor for PS4?

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to use laptop as monitor for your PS4.

There are two ways to go about this:

1. Using Sony’s Remote Play service
2. Using a Capture Card

First let’s look at how you can use your laptop as a monitor for PS4 using Sony’s Remote Play service.

Using Remote Play to Use Laptop As Monitor for PS4

Before we proceed here are some things you’ll need.

Things You’ll Need:

1. Your laptop
2. A PS4 console
3. A PS4 account
4. An internet connection
5. A USB cable

Let’s Begin.

First of all download Sony’s Remote Play on your laptop.

1. Turn on your PS4.
2. Go to Settings > PlayStation Network > Account Management > and Enable Active as Primary PS4.
3. Update your PS4’s software through System Software Update.
4. Now go to Settings > and enable Remote Play Connection Settings.
5. Now go to Settings > Power Save Settings > Set Features Available in Rest Mode > and Enable Turning on PS4 from Network.
6. Open the Remote Play software and go to its Settings.
   
   Set the frames per second as to your liking according to your graphics card.
7. Now you can connect your PS4 to your laptop through the USB port.
   
   

Using a Capture Card to Use Laptop As Monitor for PS4

Before we proceed with the Capture Card method here are some things you’ll need.

Things You’ll Need:

1. Your laptop
2. A video capture card
3. A dual-function HDMI cable
4. A PS4 console
5. An internet connection

Let’s Begin.

Make sure your video capture card is of high quality because the signal that way would be of high quality as well.

1. Install/Attach your video capture card to your laptop via USB.
2. Connect your video capture card to your PS4 via an S-Video cable.
3. Attach the HDMI-out part to your PS4 and the HDMI-in part to your video capture card.
4. Turn on your PS4.
5. Run the video capture card application on your laptop.

Alright! Now you can use your laptop as a monitor for your PS4 gaming console.

Play as much PS4 you want on your laptop.

It’ll only take an HDMI cable for you to do that.

If you have a PS3 you can check out this method of using a laptop as a monitor for PS3.

Resource Links

• https://remoteplay.dl.playstation.net/remoteplay/lang/en/index.html