/vr/ - Retro Games

The real way retro games should be played.
inb4 rgb/scart shills

>>4630709
I only use RF.

>>4630709
Here's your (You)

>>4630758
you've got that backwards friend

>>4630709
Anything above Svideo is autism.

>>4630758
Component would only be god tier if you're using a modern television. SCART and Component should be on the same tier if you're talking about retro games.

Not to mention practically no retro consoles support component output natively, while many of them do have native RGB output.

>>4630773
Component can work with retro consoles and crts where have you been bub!?

>>4630785
You know that's just transcoding the RGB signal from the console to the YPbPr color space, right? It's also a hell of a lot more expensive than a SCART cable.

>>4630793
It's more convenient to hook up to a crt and flat screens though. I'd say it's worth it.

>>4630801
Maybe if you only want to hook up one or two consoles. If you've got a larger collection of consoles you want to hook up, a good SCART to Component transcoder would be much more flexible and will be much cheaper in the long run.

$54 per cable is really steep. You could get a retrotek scbv1p3 SCART to component box for $70, and it'll work with any console that has RGB SCART output. Even if you're only hooking up two different consoles to it, you're already saving money and getting the same results.

>>4630750
Nice.

>>4630772

I've went full retard on rgb/pvm all that. I agree, it's autism, but it's a fun thing to do if you like modding your own consoles. It does look damn good but it's not necessary at all. Late model consumer crt tvs with component look damn good, on all inputs. They cost free-$40 instead of several hundreds.

>>4630697
I still use these shits for almost all my audio setups.

>>4630891
Yeah, so? You got one analog cable per sound channel. That's exactly what SCART is, one dedicated analog line per RGB color. Works wonders.

The yellow RCA plug should only be used for b&w content, really.

>>4630697

The human eye can't differentiate between composite and component video. You literally need an oscilloscope to detect whatever minute differences in signal quality hypothetically exist.

I'm perfectly happy using composite for my games, and S-video for my old HTPC. Just don't give enough shits to bother getting the RGB pill.

>>4631016
Just like how the human eye can't see more than 60fps?

I'm not one of you autists who sits two inches from the TV -- so composite looks just fine from the other end of the room.

>>4630697
Pick up a saw and solder a component hd cable directly to the board.

>>4631092
composite looks bad no matter how far or close you sit.

>>4631117
It looks fine on my end. Dithering effects actually work, too.

>>4631117
Nah.

>>4631117
WOWOW I"M SO IMPRESSED BY YOUR RGB CABLES
CAN I SUCK YOUR DICK?

>>4630709
Acceptable on a CRT.
Completely horrible on an HDTV

>>4631290
That's obvious anon. You shouldn't be playing SD games on HD outputs.

>>4631290
>240p
>blows image up 9x
>wonders why he can see imperfections

>>4630697
Lewd.

>>4630697
Oh yeah, I remember those! I completely forgot about them as I stopped using them around 4 or 5 years ago. I don’t think I have any left, as I threw them away. Composite, man, it’s funny to think I used to use that, ha.

RF/HTTP

>>4631457
>LARPing as a scautist
ha.

>>4631508
>scautist
I chuckled

>>4630806
How is that more flexible?
Keep on disconnecting and reconnecting SCART cables is a pain in the ass, and most SCART hubs are trash.
Getting straight Component cables, while more expensive for some consoles, is way more flexible.

Hell, I'm trying to put in an Extron into my setup and now I have to either make my own SCART-YPbPr cables or buy adapters what are just as much as Component cables

>>4631016

You’re absolutely retarded

>>4631457
It's funny you're on the wrong board /v/ling

THE DEVIL FORKS

All of you here dissing scary must be Americans or something. It's way easier to find scart cables in Europe, even if they're only outputing composite.

>>4630750
All you'll ever need for fuzzy pixel games, bruv. RF life.

>>4631565
It's more flexible in the sense that I could just plug in a generic SCART cable from any of my retro consoles that support it, and not have to buy a $54 cable for every single one.

I think you're confusing convenience with flexibility.

I think the RCA Dimensia was the only US model TV with RGB inputs.

>>4630697
>>4630697
The way they should be played.

>>4632145
No RGB on the Dimensions I'm afraid.

The SCART-a-like EIA Multiport connector only carried composite for some insane reason.

>>4632230
>Dimensions
Dimensia*

Even my stupid phone hates it lol.

>>4632145
>>4632230
It is RGB, but it's CGA-style TTL RGB and not analog RGB. The reason for that was a planned Telnet service that RCA never got around to implementing.

>>4632243
>It is RGB, but it's CGA-style TTL RGB and not analog RGB.
The manual for it outright says that the EIA Multiport is not wired for RGB, only composite.

>>4630762
plug this in meme tier next to scart pls thx

>>4630880
>It does look damn good but it's not necessary at all.
Video games themselves aren't necessary at all. Where do you draw the line with that stupid, utilitarian mentality? That whole school of thought is nothing but other people actually starting to believe that the grapes are sour.

>>4631020
I never really understound how you could give enough shit to use old-ass hardware, but not care about getting the best image from it. It's like actively picking the worst of both worlds.

>>4630941
I go as far as using it on setups that are using HDMI/DP .. digital audio is pretty garbage desu.

>>4632380
This. If you truly "didn't give enough of a shit", you'd just emulate.

I use composite for my SMS/Gen cause mah dithering.
S-Video for my SNES.
VGA for DC.
Component for PS2/PS1.

Feels good, man.

>>4632029
Yup. American TVs usually dont even have scart ports.
Ive never seen one irl.

>>4632380
>I never really understound how you could give enough shit to use old-ass hardware and actually use equipment people actually had
Fixed
No one fucking hooked up an NES to a PVM via RGB. That's shit you underaged tourists do.

>not hooking up your system through your VCR via coaxial cable

>there are people on this very board who didnt do this

Fucking disgusting

>>4630697
>when people call composite "RCA"

>>4632601
>implying I still don't have my VHS recordings of my first times beating games like SMW, ALTTP and OOT
please.

>>4632659

>>4631965
My TV is ready.

>>4632643
>When people call RGBs "SCART"

>>4632643
>when people call a CVBS signal "Composite"

>>4632090
You still need SCART cables for each of them plus a SCART to Component converter and and audio breakout box.
On top of that it's not scalable in any way easily without spending hundreds on a good SCART switch.

It's honestly cheaper to bite the bullet on component cables from the start than to worry about adapters and converters. It's seriously the most flexible, convenient, and best way for most systems without modding for RGB (especially if you are unable to use RGB).

>>4632243
The TTL RGB port wasn't on the Dimensia, it was a different 80s model, the RCA Lyceum.

>>4631705
He's not wrong though.

>>4631965
I still use this to hook up my NES. Fight me, I don't care.

>>4631016
>The human eye can't differentiate between composite and component video.
Simply epic

>>4632590
USA PVMeme here.
I've never seen a scart connector and I honestly feel like it's not welcome in my home.
I use S-video, but BNC is my favorite connector.

>>4633336
>When people call RGBS RGBs

I remember I used to use an RF with my GameCube sometimes because not all TVs had composite.

Why were American TVs so far behind? Yet you have the nerve to call us third worlders.

>>4634054
>50hz
Anyway, USA is third world too.

>>4634057
Pretty much every TV was 50/60 even in the mid 80s.

>>4630697

I only have an RGB cable for the Gamecube and looks pretty sweet on a small CRT with RGB support.

Otherwise, composite is the way to go, wish my computer had composite out, would love to emulate some games on my old telly.