/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2307973
No
I use RGB SCART except n64 because nintendo logic

>>2307973
>>2307984
i use both of these

>>2307973
I use it to connect my old laptop to a CRT tv and use it as an emulator machine. So comfy.

I use SCART exclusively. I don't have any non-SCART consoles (save for a N64, stored away in a box, because I have no games and a single broken controller for it anyway).

The only issue so far is that it's hard to integrate with a home theater audio system. Everything's fucking composite-only it seems.

S video is extremely good quality, overall. Certain consoles, like the SNES and PC engine have excellent video with them.
It is my default video cable.

I sperged out and upgraded to PVMs but I agree that in the US SVideo is probably the smartest standard to focus on for retro gaming. Use component for TV and DVDs though.

>>2307984
europe plz go

though more seriously, I always see nickle plated and gold plated on these sort of connectors as if it's something special, is there really any real benefit to this stuff is it just another way to make idiots feel special for buying a more expensive cord?

>>2308661
>is there really any real benefit to this stuff is it just another way to make idiots feel special for buying a more expensive cord?
The latter.

>>2308449
you are going to ruin your tv as it doesn't always output correctly even at the "correct" settings.

>>2308671
yeah, that is what I thought

>>2308661
Gold doesn't corrode over time. That's about it. Invest in some Q-Tips and a bottle of CLR instead. It'll keep all your cables fresh for the next two hundred years.

>>2308661
>>2308676
Gold plating of analog connections can make for a more reliable connection and signal transference, as it's non-reactive.

In most cases, it is just to justify charging more.

>>2308681
>Gold plating of analog connections can make for a more reliable connection and signal transference, as it's non-reactive.
Pure gold is. No cable uses pure but instead an alloy. It will tarnish over time.
The best mix of corrosion protection and conductivity would be tin plated copper.
>>2308676
And if you don't believe me or want to look it up your self go look up resistivity of certain metals. If you did want the best possible you're going with silver plated copper. But these cables are usually 6ft or less. You could use straight aluminum and be fine probably.

That and most connectors just have the ground (pin 21) that plated in w/e material with the pins being tin/nickel.

>>2307973
I also use it for all my sd consoles. Looks really great, especially with gc, ps2, and wii.

>>2307973
No. I did but got rid of that in the mid-late 90's when component/RGB became cheap and easy to find.

I play everything on a TV that has a single composite input, so no. It's a decent TV so it still looks pretty good. I'd probably use S-video if it was available, but eh.

I wish S-video existed for Genesis without modding.

>>2307973
All the ones I can. Can you get it for the Master System or Genesis?

>>2308674
>you are going to ruin your tv

>>2308798
>>2308935
Wow I'm pretty dumb. At least they put out a pretty clean signal. Too bad though. I wonder if the CDX or any of those other things support it?
>>2308708
Wii supports component though.

I honestly can't tell the difference between s-video and RGB from my Megadrive


...on a PVM 14m4e

I use S-Video for Dreamcast and N64

I bought the S-Video dreamcast cable in 2002. I couldn't tell much of a difference, and thought I was a chump for buying it. now I feel like a genius, except I realize I should've hunted down a VGA box

>>2307973
used it for my ps1 because back then all i had was a shitty 14 inch pal tv with no component sockets. also used it for a shitty "micro genius" /famicom clone.

>>2308708
The newer consoles really benefit from component/RGB, though.

S-video gets rid of all the obvious problems with composite, has no inherent limits on luma bandwidth, and has easily enough chroma bandwidth for 256px- and 320px-wide video modes.

Once you get to screen widths of 450px or so, you can generate chroma patterns which will get lost in the quadrature encoding. So, SVCD, DVD, and newer consoles benefit from component.

>>2308674
>makes muster gas

For the Wii I use 480p via RGB but that isn't retro.

>>2308685

Silver would be an amazing contact plating if it didn't tarnish so goddamn fast.

>>2313434
It's great for wire with insulation though.

>>2307973
No. I use composite because my CRT only has composite and coaxial.

Fuck composite.

>>2308679

If you want to protect your metals, get some EEZOX. That stuff is some kind of preservative god.

http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/SScommander/tbqo7CN_zpsd7dc1de5.jpg

>>2308797

S-video vs Composite is day and night, Anon. Day and night. Component and RGB are better, but the increase in quality is greatly reduced by diminishing returns.

>>2314982
Something like that probably isn't a good idea. Eezox was meant for shotguns, so you can clean the plastic out of the bore. There's other oils that perform just as well too without melting plastic.

G96 and ballistol for example. These still leave a film and you don't want to be spraying pcb with either.

>>2307973
I bought an official Nintendo "S-VHS Cable" in 1991, the same year I bought my first TV with an S-video input.

>>2314986
People always say this, but I think the colors come out different than with RGB.

>>2314998

Good point.

But contact cleaner is what you use on PCBs anyway.

>>2315083
It is true. But at least s-video is an easy way of finally getting rid of composite for north-american people, so it'll have to do.

S-video is cool, dudes

>>2319161
S-video isn't "cool" but is definitely good enough and then some. Miles ahead of composite.

>>2319185
>S-video isn't "cool"
sounds like you're talking to the wrong girls at the club

>>2308661
I'm from the US and I use a SCART -> Component converter for my Genesis.

>>2308674
explain this anon because you're making no sense.

>>2322461
He's claiming that slightly incorrect scanrate timings can damage your TV, because analog TV outputs on most PC hardware generally does suck. But most TVs can accept a range of timings within a certain tolerance so in almost all cases when you see a stable image with no rolling or image doubling or extreme shifting to one side of any kind, you're fine and not damaging anything whatsoever.

If what he was saying were true, every consumer video device in history would have all had to be manufactured to far tighter tolerances than many of them actually were.