HD Retrovision Component Cables for Genesis, SNES, Saturn, etc.

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So, first off, no I don't work for these people, nor am I affiliated with them, but I just picked up these component cables for use on my SNES and Saturn and I must say, wow. If you have a decent TV and like retro gaming, you must get these. Here's a quick comparison of the options menu on Radiant Silvergun, s-video vs. component.

S-video:
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Component:
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No SNES stuff yet, I'll be hooking that up this weekend hopefully. I've also got an OSSC on order that's supposed to come later this year, so I'll finally have a good solution for hooking up the good retro stuff to an HDTV.
 
Too bad newer televisions are doing away with component. The Samsung I recently purchased thinks it's okay to funnel the separate channels into a single composite connection and still say that they support component devices. It comes with no component input; only a composite input with a dongle "converter."
 
Too bad newer televisions are doing away with component. The Samsung I recently purchased thinks it's okay to funnel the separate channels into a single composite connection and still say that they support component devices. It comes with no component input; only a composite input with a dongle "converter."

I've got another item on order, the OSSC (open source scan converter) that is essentially a line multiplier that takes Component, VGA and RGB Scart as inputs and outputs via HDMI, so that won't be a problem. I'm currently using a Sony CRT HDTV (30XS955).
 
Too bad newer televisions are doing away with component. The Samsung I recently purchased thinks it's okay to funnel the separate channels into a single composite connection and still say that they support component devices. It comes with no component input; only a composite input with a dongle "converter."

Receivers can handle all of this for you. I have a Denon that converts EVERYTHING to 1080p HDMI....granted it's several years old obviously (only does 1080p). But it is nice having a laserdisc player and a Wii still plugged in and only having 1 HDMI cable going to the TV. But you have to be careful to make sure the reciever actually converts the analog inputs to HDMI....many middle range receivers will use tricky wording that make it sound like it does, but it really only does it for the already digital inputs.
 
In order to play retro titles properly, you need to grab an old Sony Trinitron CRT TV, those old games (eapecially pixel art) was designed for the fuzzy pixels of CRT. If you want razor sharp pixels, the Emulation scene allows higher resolutions that work great on moden LCDs
 
In order to play retro titles properly, you need to grab an old Sony Trinitron CRT TV, those old games (eapecially pixel art) was designed for the fuzzy pixels of CRT. If you want razor sharp pixels, the Emulation scene allows higher resolutions that work great on moden LCDs

"Fuzzy pixels" weren't necessarily due to the CRT, but because of the awful video quality that most people would see via RF or Composite video output.

Furthermore, for people who value accuracy/faithfulness, playing on the console itself is superior to playing on an emulator, in spite of all of the quality of life enhancements that an emulator brings.
 
"Fuzzy pixels" weren't necessarily due to the CRT, but because of the awful video quality that most people would see via RF or Composite video output.

Furthermore, for people who value accuracy/faithfulness, playing on the console itself is superior to playing on an emulator, in spite of all of the quality of life enhancements that an emulator brings.

I agree on everything 100%, I should have been clearer about who I was replying to: those people who said they wanted to use the component connection on their new LCD were the ones I felt were missing the point.

As for the CRT pixels, LCDs use sharp pixel bariers, increasing perceived sharpness: CRTs blend between one pixel and the next. Neither one has "more detail" per a given resolution, but rather CRTs have a natural 'softness' that was especially evident at standard 480 and 240 pixel heights that developers targetted.
 
I bought a high end receiver a while ago to play my old Xbox and PS games, which supported S-video connections into upscaled 480p... it looked fantastic, the problem was that it added noticeable input lag.
 
I bought a high end receiver a while ago to play my old Xbox and PS games, which supported S-video connections into upscaled 480p... it looked fantastic, the problem was that it added noticeable input lag.

Right, depending on how you upscale, there will be input lag. The Framemeister uses a frame buffer to perform its upconversion, so there's like a 2 frame latency there. However, the OSSC is a line multiplier and has no frame buffer, so the latency is 1-2 scanlines (essentially no latency), but it only supports YPbPr/RGB inputs.
 
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