S-video vs. RGB
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- Super Mulletman
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I am not going to make this into a poll (although it's fine if anyone else does) because it's really more of a question. I know S-video works by sending the chromanecence and lumanecence (I know I probably mispelled that horribly) and I believe that component, or RGB, as you guys call it, works by sending each main color signal seperate, and that's all fine and dandy, but I don't know the picture difference is. Does anyone have a picture comparison between the two, and composite and RF? I am certain that RGB is better, and am very intrigued by Gamecube's progressive scan mode, but I have niether the proper cable nor the appropriate tv, so I can't test it.
RGB looks awesome on a decent TV. I had my PS2 running to a flatscreen 20" TV by S-video last year until I bought an RGB cable. S-video is nice, much better than composite, but RGB is about as close to a computer monitor as that TV is ever going to get.
Also, it's harder to misspell the words if you use "chroma" and "luma."
Also, it's harder to misspell the words if you use "chroma" and "luma."
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ok i got a site that shows all the pins for the nintendo video cables...
http://www27.brinkster.com/ninja13/n64/4.htm
http://www27.brinkster.com/ninja13/n64/4.htm
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Yeah my site is ok but www.gamesx.com explains it betterok i got a site that shows all the pins for the nintendo video cables...
http://www27.brinkster.com/ninja13/n64/4.htm
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Thanks NiN^_^NiN (and everyone, too), the gamesx link really helps. Hopefully this can lead closer to the perfection of my own little video game world. And BTW, I was going to get an RGB, composite, etc. converter so I wouldn't damage the moniter. I actually got a pretty good sized moniter recently, but I don't know if it's color
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Okay, I thouroughly read the site stuff, but it doesn't say where sync fits in to RGB(does it act like a ground?) and it also said that RGB is NOT the same as component. Apparently, component is only in certain modern tv's, while RGB is in most LCD screens and in many older moniters. Where does sync go and where could I find a non-LCD RGB moniter (Radioshack? BestBuy?)? Sorry for all the questions, but I've never even played a game using S-video(I was deprived as a child)
NEC makes some nice rgb television sets. If I remember right I saw a 27" one on ebay recently for around $100. RGB monitors or televisions also have a composite sync plug.
Here is the page on gamesx that talks about composite sync and the circuit to get it.
VGA monitors need H sync, V sync, and an upscanned rgb signal.
Here is the page on gamesx that talks about composite sync and the circuit to get it.
VGA monitors need H sync, V sync, and an upscanned rgb signal.