Retrogamingcables worth it?

[Anonymous No.6686771]

Sup dudes.

Dug out my old consoles the other day and I'm missing cables/some only have RF. Need to get some RGB SCART action.

I know of retrogamingcables.co.uk but when I added 4 cables it started getting expensive (like, more than the cost of 2 Switch games)

Are these cables good enough to justify the price? Are they just expensive on the basis that no one is making new cables anymore?

Also, I have a PAL N64 that I will mod later. Would a SNES SCART work and pass S-video through for the time being, so I can use the same cable when I move to RGB?

[Anonymous No.6686779]

I have a Saturn SCART cable from them and it works really well, it's better than the generic ones you can find on ebay but I'm not sure if its quite enough to justify the high price

[Anonymous No.6686805]

>rgb

[Anonymous No.6686856]

>>6686771
just get normal rca cables, it's not worth it to chase the image quality dragon

[Anonymous No.6687012]

>>6686771
>Are these cables good enough to justify the price?
there's a reason chinesium-cables only cost like 5 bucks.

for cables between chinesium-cables and rgc/retro-access quality- and price-wise you might want to look into the.foo83's offerings on ebay

>Would a SNES SCART work and pass S-video through for the time being, so I can use the same cable when I move to RGB?
uh, no. what? lol.

[Anonymous No.6687021]

If you value not having buzz in your audio or checkerboarding in your video, yes, they're worth it.

[Anonymous No.6687029]

>>6687012
>thefoo.83's
thefoo.83

[Anonymous No.6687040]

>>6687012
SCART carries multiple signals. At the very least you get composite with an RGB cable as the composite signal carries the sync and is what is used to sync the RGB.

Some consoles output all signals simultaneously. I have a modded arcade board that uses a PS1 AV output and it outputs S-video and RGB at the same time. You could break out the SCART end to Svideo or RGB. Most PAL TVs will accept composite, s-video or RGB through SCART.

My question isn't as odd as it sounds.

[Anonymous No.6687057]

If you just dug them out and only just now realised you only have rf, it's fair to say that spending any more than £3 a cable is pointless.

[Anonymous No.6687070]

>>6686771
Just use s-video. You think youre some sort of hip hop artist?

[Anonymous No.6687125]

>>6686771
I have a SNES RGB SCART from them, just tested it with both my unmodded UK N64 and my RGB modded jap N64, and it produced a usable, but imperfect picture. Main issue was being too dark.

>>6687070
>Just use s-video
This, but make sure it's a modded S-Video cable otherwise the PAL N64 picture will be balls

[Anonymous No.6687139]

>>6687125
Cheers boss. I should probably get their specific N64 cable as it probably has some caps or whatever to make the image legit. I'm assuming it's not just the same as their SNES cable even though if the N64 supported RGB properly, it would have been the exact same cable

[Anonymous No.6687293]

>>6687070
>>6687057
ameribrains

[Anonymous No.6687426]

>>6686771
>Are these cables good enough to justify the price?
They are made for onionboys who can't learn the simple process of soldering, stripping wires and following readily available diagrams online. Learn a skill and stop paying for things you can do yourself. That said, if you're an onionboy who can't solder or use your own hands to create something, they are alright cables. If you're concerned about spending twice the cost of a switch game, maybe you should find a different hobby or just emulate. This isn't a hobby for poorfags unless you are a handy poorfag with some skill.

[Anonymous No.6687436]

>>6686771
>PAL N64 that I will mod later
as far as I know only the frog one has true RGB output.


>>6686771
Why don't you pick a normal composite cable from amazon?

[Anonymous No.6687565]

I have both their PSX CSYNC and DC 480p SCART cables hooked up to my OSSC. Both have great image quality and are worth the money imo, but then I'm in the UK and got them both before this year so it wouldn't be fair of me to say iif it's worth the shipping cost and wait time if you're outside the UK.

[Anonymous No.6687597]

>>6687426
Where do you find wiring diagrams for console specific scart cables anyway?

[Anonymous No.6687628]

>>6687426
See, I would make my own SCART cables if I could find a good source for internally shielded cabling. All of the stuff I can find with 7+ individually-shielded conductors of decent gauge is only available in huge bulk quantities for a lot of money.

[Anonymous No.6687685]

>>6686771
Pay thefoo.83 on eBay for his cables assuming Duda is allowing airmail out of Poland again. They’re cheaper and work just as well.

[Anonymous No.6687702]

>>6687685
I bought a SNES cable from him and the audio buzz was terrible. Pretty sure he's just reselling chink cables from Ali except with csync instead of composite video sync. I replaced it with one from Retrogamingcables and it's a lot better.

[Anonymous No.6688154]

All my cables are from RGC and they're all upgraded to pack-a-punch. I have 12 i believe.

I'd highly reccomend them. They also make custom configurations if you ask.

Their Genesis/32x cable has a 3.5mm jack that goes into the front of a model 1 genesis, but if you have a sega CD, that jack is supposed to connect to the jack in the back of the sega CD. The CD then mixes the audio correctly and runs it out of the RCA ports.
So, I asked for a 32x packapunch cable, but with 2 RCA male cables coming out instead of the 3.5mm. They had no problem doing so and it worked flawlessly.

[Anonymous No.6688164]

>>6686771
I can't speak for their regular cables, but I bought 2 of their Rad2x cables and I highly recommend them. if their other cables are as good as that then it's money well spent

[Anonymous No.6688183]

>>6686771
I got all my cables from them and they work flawlessly.
However, Voultar shits on them a lot, says they're shittily made. Seems retro-access produce the overall better quality cable but RGC is convenient for us Euros.

[Anonymous No.6688283]

I have the retro access equivalent. Don't even own a SNES but it works perfectly with my N64. I bought the sync on luma version so it might be possible to pass through s-video.

[Anonymous No.6688309]

>>6687029
>thefoo.83
Doesn't look like his Ebay store is selling anything right now.

[Anonymous No.6688321]

>>6686771
>Sup reddit

>ebay finds just arrived

>want to do rgb

>wut do?

[Anonymous No.6688330]

>>6687436
French N64s only output RGB with a mod. It's a simpler mod though.

[Anonymous No.6688364]

I've been buying all my cables from him over the course of the last 4 years because Retro Access is too expensive to ship to me. As fair as the signal quality of all the cables go, it's fine. Some of my early ones exhibit audio buzz but you have to crank it up really high for it to be noticeable during gameplay. The physical quality of the cables definitely used to be of lower quality. The injection moulded plugs would strip away rubber and there were some dumb design ideas like the structural integrity of the ps1 lightgun scart cable, pic related. The pigtail design of the Retro Access cable is much more sturdy. The rubber around the guncon port on my RGC ps1 scart cable has seperated from the plug housing and I'm not even that rough with these cables.

Word is that the quality of his newer cables has gone up, so it should be fine.

[Anonymous No.6688527]

>>6687040
svideo over scart is off-spec crap no consoomer telly supports.
and RGC-cables (and other third-party-cables) are only wired for RGB, of course.

>>6687597
i.e. http://members.optusnet.com.au/eviltim/gamescart/gamescart.htm

>>6688309
pic related

[Anonymous No.6688538]

>>6688527
Huh....
What's going on?

[Anonymous No.6688540]

>>6688527
Oh..... Must be shipping location. I'm not in Europe.

[Anonymous No.6688610]

>>6688540
are you op?
maybe you want to wait until retro-access is back in business (ETA august 23), their cables are even better than RGC's (each line is shielded, not just the cable as a whole), plus shipping is probably cheaper, too.

[Anonymous No.6688817]

>>6688154
The pack-a-punch cables are excellent.

>>6687125
Probably more to do with the RGB mod, than the cable itself.

[Anonymous No.6688882]

>rgb

[Anonymous No.6689050]

>>6688882
>Composite

[Anonymous No.6689060]

>>6688538
Seems like they only ship in Europe right now.

[Anonymous No.6689072]

>>6686771
What the fuck, I bought cables like this for THREE FUCKING DOLLARS from ebay, and now they cost 9. Goddamn I hate fucking retrofaggots. That's still less than half the price for how much this jewish store sells them.

[Anonymous No.6689081]

>>6689050
>HDMI

[Anonymous No.6689085]

>>6686856
This, and I say this as someone who has chased it way too far in the past. I've had fun with it, but that's because I love DIY electronics and building my own cables and components. Honestly, I'm more interested in analog video technology than I am in the games themselves.
If you must get into it, set a reasonable hard limit for how far you want to take it, otherwise it becomes an infinite money pit. The cost of improvements in convenience and quality grow exponentially. The first RGB cable cost me $15 years ago when I started this. Buying and incorporating the two rack-mount AV units I purchased this year cost more than $400. And the units themselves were less than half of the total. I'm happy with the setup, but I don't think I'll be taking it any further.
Again, unless you are REALLY into DIY electronics, stay away. I own pro monitors, and they're fun as a novelty, but I choose to play on a big consumer CRT.

[Anonymous No.6689132]

use composite + retrotink like a normal person

[Anonymous No.6689318]

>>6687139
>I'm assuming it's not just the same as their SNES cable even though if the N64 supported RGB properly, it would have been the exact same cable
the SNES outputs TTL CSYNC that needs to be brought down to 75 ohm with a resistor in the cable, the N64's CSYNC is already at the appropriate level
depending on how you RGB mod it you could have TTL sync so it works fine with SNES cables
voultar's mod used to have a toggle for TTL or 75 ohm but now it doesn't and claims to automatically output what's best for your cable?
if you use luma or composite video for sync instead of CSYNC, none of this matters

[Anonymous No.6689646]

>>6689132
Just buy a Nintendo Rad2X like any sane person would. It supports RGB and Composite.

[Anonymous No.6689889]

all these people saying to use composite are either americans or have eye cancer

[Anonymous No.6689943]

>>6689889
it's defeatists that only own TVs without S-video inputs, and think the stuff they'd have to buy to use a better signal than composite is too expensive
decent CRTs are still thrown out often, and you only have to buy a transcoder or scaler once if you buy a good one

[Anonymous No.6690010]

>>6689132
>stop caring about anything and follow the mass idiots like a normal person

[Anonymous No.6690237]

>>6687628
Buy some VGA cables and strip the ends

[Anonymous No.6692354]

>>6686771
If you've got to get something, get an OSSC.

[Anonymous No.6692418]

>rgb

[Anonymous No.6692883]

>>6692354
Already have one. My intention is to have everything hooked up to a SCART switch and then the TV but have the OSSC near by for when I don't feel like playing on CRT, or just want a bigger screen/better sound system

[Anonymous No.6692903]

>>6692418
retard

[Anonymous No.6693016]

>>6686771
OP, I bought a cheapo SCART cable for my Neo-Geo CD and I just wish I'd gone with those properly built shielded cables. The image that comes from it is a travesty and it will bother you, rest assured. It's sharp and noisy at the same time. It's like a weird cable-induced jailbar, on a Neo Geo model that has zero issues with it.
>>6686856
Just set a hard limit and stop there. Not too different from keeping yourself RCA A/V only, just need some extra restraint. I built a GBS Control board and bought some scart cables to use in a regular ass LCD TV and that's as far as I'll ever go.

[Anonymous No.6693802]

>>6692903
>rgb

[Anonymous No.6694924]

>>6693802
Imagine being so mad your mom won't let you have an old TV in your room that you have to shitpost several times a a day to cope

[Anonymous No.6695239]

>>6693016
is that who I think it is?

[Anonymous No.6695271]

>>6693802
faggot

[Anonymous No.6695369]

Sometimes I honestly wonder if the majority of Americans on this board suffer from Glaucoma. Then again it can be caused by diabetes, so it's not completely out of the realms of possibility.

[Anonymous No.6695905]

>rgb

[Anonymous No.6696025]

>s-video

[Anonymous No.6696098]

>>6686771

[Anonymous No.6696336]

>rgb

[Anonymous No.6696357]

>>6696336
Cope harder muttonhead.

[Anonymous No.6696697]

>>6696098
Left unironically looks better

[Anonymous No.6697079]

>>6696697
Yeah, the Megadrive has a lot of those dithering effects since it didn't have true transparency. But for all other consoles RGB is the best.

[Anonymous No.6697082]

>>6686771
They're pretty good quality, but then again I've never tried anything else besides some cheap Chinese RGB cables.