Using laptop monitor to play Wii

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Hello FFR community. I've been looking for ways to use my laptop monitor as a screen for a Wii. The reason is that as a college student, it's quite a lot of hassle transporting and setting up a TV. Do you have any suggestions?

Keep in mind that I'm not very tech-oriented, so if you have any detailed explanations, I'd be grateful if you would keep the vocabulary at a level that the average technology user could understand.

I have done a bit of Googling. I believe what I might be looking for is a Wii VGA cable or a component to VGA cable. I have also heard of other methods involving capture cards (whatever those may be).

The main thing I'm looking for is reliability. I'm okay if the picture quality is a little fuzzy. However, every product I have found so far has had quite a number of negative reviews, with the exception of one product (the VDIGI VD-W2 Wii VGA cable), which unfortunately seems to be discontinued.

Any help would be much appreciated.