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7906845 No.7906845 [Reply] [Original]

composite is the only acceptable signal for a real, genuine retrogaming experience

>> No.7906864
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>>7906845
Not so fast.

>> No.7906871
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7906871

Meanwhile, the PlayStation 2 has an official Component Video cable and that console is now deemed retro. Same with Gamecube but of course that's rare. But then Wii component cables are abundant and you can play GC games on that. As for Xbox, the component cable kit for the Xbox (which is official) is also rare but doesn't demand nearly as much money as GC component cables.

>> No.7906876

>>7906845
>only acceptable signal for a real, genuine retrogaming experience
They had SCART as standard in Europe.

>> No.7906924
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Best format, coming through.

>> No.7906928

>>7906871
t chumponent

>> No.7906937

>>7906845
Basura

>>7906864
Mas basura jajaja

>>7906871
Basado

>>7906876
Irrelevante

>>7906924
Bueno pero no el mejor

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>>7906864

*screws into 13inch 1970's era colour TV*

>> No.7906975

>>7906937
Das pena

>> No.7906981

>>7906975
No hablo Brazilian

>> No.7906982
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7906982

Composite to VCR, Coaxial from VCR to TV.

>> No.7906994

>>7906982
What does component or s-video converted to composite look like

>> No.7907005

>>7906982
>>7906994
I've been doing something like this with my composite consoles hooked up to my VCR which hooks up to my TV by component. I'm still getting a composite signal right? I'm not retarded enough to think the signals are truly converted but I am curious about what is happening there. Only difference I've noticed is somewhat sharper text.

>> No.7907010

>>7906982
And shitty Siemens VCR that has untoggleable 15 minute auto Power Off when tape not playing.

>> No.7907037

>>7906961
based

>> No.7907050

>>7906928
Ret.ard

>> No.7907053

it really depends on the system / game


sometimes i honestly prefer the sacrilegious sharp pixel perfect hdmi look

othertimes, i use anything from RF, to AV, to component, or even s-video (n64)


crt, gaming monitor, or even normie flat panel


depends on what you need

>> No.7907056

>>7907005
i prefer skipping the vcr as its bulky and i rarely watch the tapes i collected

an RF > AV modulator is cheap and much smaller

noticed my radioshack one runs a bit hot after an hour or two though

>> No.7907115

>>7906845
What if you are playing an arcade or PC game?

>> No.7907209
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>>7907005
>>7907056
If you get a really good S-VHS-capable VCR it may have a 3D comb filter in it. If so, it means a small amount of lag but near S-Video quality with a composite input. I ran Phantasy Star through mine and it was easy to tell the difference with the enemies that had translucent wings. With the S-Video comb filter applied it looked dithered, but with composite passthrough it still had the blurred transparency. Curious how it would change images like this one.
>>7907053
I think there's some merit to your post. If a game doesn't use any composite artifacting at all it may look just fine on a normie flat panel. RF is fine if you've got a Famicom or NES and you skip the RF Unit in favor of an RCA to coaxial cable. Worked pretty well for the Atari 2600 I had.

>> No.7907216

>>7907115
15khz CGA

>> No.7907227

>>7907050
Ya seethe, chump

>> No.7907253

im playing emulators on my laptop connected to my led tv via hdmi :)

>> No.7907269

>>7907253
based zoomer

>> No.7907272

>>7907269
i have a crt filter on my emulators :)

>> No.7907538

>>7907227
At least I don't need to sign my posts on an anonymous image board ret.ard

Go back >>>/r/eddit

>> No.7907598

Component on a SD CRT is the way, the light, and the truth

>> No.7907607

>>7907598
based

>> No.7907614

4:3 stretched 21:9 with LCD filter is the only correct way to play anything. I know I am right and will not elaborate further

>> No.7907624

i have an sd crt and i connect my ps2 and wii via component.
i feel that i should probably use composite for some ps1 games on the ps2 but i'm too lazy to change the cable out.
i emulate all other gen 5 consoles and older on my raspberry pi and connect that via composite

>> No.7907690

>>7906864
The real truth is that 90% of households used RF until at least the 5th gen.

>> No.7907692

>>7907614
seems legit

>> No.7907997

I just use composite cables and a long s-video cable looks good on CRT playing ps2.

>> No.7908378

>>7906845
>op is underage tryhard

>>7907053
>hold my reddit

>> No.7908383

>>7908378
OP is actually based this time and you're a faggot

>> No.7908519

cope-a-shit

>> No.7908547

>>7908519
well anon you tried

>> No.7908567

>>7906845
RF = RGB > component > S-Video = composite

>> No.7908582

is there any point in using component or s-video if the tube has a shit shadow mask?

>> No.7908595

>>7906845
COPE

>> No.7908852

>>7907690
So true. Getting my PS on Christmas morning '95 and realizing our big ancient TV had no RCA was, uh, a bad time.

>> No.7908914

>>7908582
what does that even mean?
of course it's worth it

>> No.7908978

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILlGjIYPCrc

>> No.7909906

>>7908383
>OP is actually me this time

>> No.7909957

RF is the true retro experience

>> No.7910002

What do I care about "genuine"? I just want what looks nice. Sometimes that's composite, usually when the game uses a lot of dithering, but in general I think component or RGB looks better.

>> No.7910354

>>7906845
>real, genuine retrogaming experience
Or:
>developers obviously had all their devkits hooked up to televisions and monitors with composite cables
No. No, they didn't. Of COURSE they didn't. That would be stupid.

>> No.7910390

>>7906982
soul

>> No.7910392

>>7907253
me too bro

>> No.7910535

>>7908978
no shit it looks bad on a flat panel

>> No.7911301
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>>7906845
wrong

>> No.7911312

>>7906864
it's not true nostalgia unless I'm playing through one of these fuckers

>> No.7911383

>>7909906
nah, and you're still a faggot

>> No.7911392

>>7906982
literally my childhood setup

>> No.7911863

>>7907690
For the longest time I couldn't even play my family's PS1 because we only had the RF cable and had already upgraded to more modern CRTs. By the time composite cables became the standard, I already moved on to Gamecube. We eventually did get a composite lead from a carboot sale in the mid 2000s and I didn't even notice the difference in picture quality at the time.

Now that I think of it, even the Dreamcast I picked up a few years ago came with an RF cable, so that just goes to show how little people cared about picture quality back then.

>> No.7911865

Rf is the only way to go, composite if i must.

>> No.7912795
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>>7911301
>far superior av standard
>still have to play PAL games

>> No.7912842

My nephews play our old NES, Genesis, and N64, still chained together over RF. At least they have a somewhat better TV than the late 80s 25 incher we had.

>> No.7912882

>>7912795
>still have to play PAL games
no you don't

>> No.7912968
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>>7906864
fpbp.

All the years of me and my dad spelunking behind goliath tvs and tv stand furniture into the cavern of dust and lost pennies to screw that shit in. And of course setting the channel to 4 because 3 was for cucks.

When my friend had one of those flat-screen crts (not flat screen liek you think today, but simple the front screen was not curved), with composite ports on the FRONT and a dedicated VIDEO channel, it blew my fucking my mind. I was so jealous. Not picrelated, but looked similar (was gray and I think a popular model)

>> No.7913178

I grew up playing NES on a portable black and white 5'' television from like the 1970s. That's the only way I can get that real nostalgia hit. Currently working on a shader to recreate that feel.

>> No.7914672

>>7906982
Is there a reason why this setup genuinely makes the image look better than just straight up RF?

>> No.7914695

>>7906982
I never had a vcr with composite as a kid, they were always rf only or built in if it was a bedroom tv.

>> No.7914701

>>7914672
the quality of rf and composite for that matter depends heavily on the quality of the encoder and decoder

>> No.7914757

rf is the most soulful

scanline interference just hits different

>> No.7914803

>>7906845
US : Component >>> S-Video >>> composite >> RF
Outside the US: Component > RGB ,>> S-Video >>> composite >> RF

>> No.7914820

>>7914757
>just hits different
stop mimicking faggots

>> No.7914847

>>7914820
he's not just mimicking one

>> No.7914851

>>7914803
>RGB
?
Do you mean SCART?

>> No.7914958

>>7912795
PAL is better than Never The Same Colour.

>> No.7914960

>>7914958
Real chads use PAL-M.