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Luisinan
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"Recommend Good VGA Box for consoles"
, posted Sun 23 Nov 18:22
So, what has everyones experiences with the different VGA boxes? I'm thinking of getting a VGA converter for my gamecube but I'm wondering if it will vastly improve the picture quality and if there are any good boxes out there for it.
I got two DC VGA boxes. The first one was crap- it was made by Naki. I don't know who made the second one, but it was good. I always use my monitor with my DC. I even like playing SF on it even though it gets pixalated. Doesn't bother me- I like the extra detail.
Anyway, so yeah, are there any good GC VGA boxes and is it really worth getting one? What about PS2 and XBox-- do the boxes vastly improve their image quality?
quote: So, what has everyones experiences with the different VGA boxes? I'm thinking of getting a VGA converter for my gamecube but I'm wondering if it will vastly improve the picture quality and if there are any good boxes out there for it.
I got two DC VGA boxes. The first one was crap- it was made by Naki. I don't know who made the second one, but it was good. I always use my monitor with my DC. I even like playing SF on it even though it gets pixalated. Doesn't bother me- I like the extra detail.
Anyway, so yeah, are there any good GC VGA boxes and is it really worth getting one? What about PS2 and XBox-- do the boxes vastly improve their image quality?
Unless the game is designed to output to VGA it probably doesn't improve the image quality over a digital output to a digital accepting TV. Some Dreamcast games are, I like to play them on VGA. I don't think any PS2 games are.
Reliable NCSX recommends this http://www.ncsxshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/XRGB-2PD.html It's quite expensive though.
I have a Performance VGA converter for DC by Interact Accessories. It's was hard to find and was no longer manufactured. The instructions didn't mention that you had to load-start the DC in VGA mode to get it to work in VGA... Maybe that was in the DC's manual? I thought you just flipped the switch at any time and it would go between. It was well recommeneded but the switch properties are somewhat ambiguous. The support emails came from gameshark.com.
On the note of resolution... The Japanese use a higher definition TV monitor than the U.S. traditional TV monitor, I heard. I wonder how different PS2 games would look given that, if there's any difference.
The U.S. high def is higher resolution than the Japanese TV though. XBox supposedly outputs U.S. high def, anyone know about PS2 or GC?
[this message was edited by Gen on Mon 24 Nov 04:01]
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"Re(2):Recommend Good VGA Box for consoles"
, posted Mon 24 Nov 23:44
Japanese TVs use the same TV standard...
Gen
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"Re(3):Recommend Good VGA Box for consoles"
, posted Mon 24 Nov 23:56
quote: Japanese TVs use the same TV standard...
I read a few articles a long time ago that in Japan there were high defs that were higher speced than U.S. TVs. Then years later U.S. government set specs time frame for U.S. high def. Maybe that Japanese TV I read about wasn't used widely?
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