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    Default Should I get a SNES or SNES II or is there any difference?

    I believe the SNES II does not have RGB out, but besides that, is there any difference between the 2 systems?

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    What about S-video?
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    oh, ok no S video. anything else? I remember hearing that the NES II had crappier picture quality than the NES so I was wondering if there was anything along those lines.

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    Both versions are the same thing when it comes to graphics quality man....
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    yes and no.. the SNES Jr. has no S-Video so the total quality can't be as good as an original SNES.. Plus the original is cheaper if buying online.
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    the first snes i liked better then the second model.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raedon
    yes and no.. the SNES Jr. has no S-Video so the total quality can't be as good as an original SNES.. Plus the original is cheaper if buying online.
    That brings me to another question.......is the S-video really THAT much better than AV jacks? I have most of my systems running on AV jacks now and they look pretty good (TG16, Genesis, NES, DC).

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    Yes, it's far better.

    And RGB / Component, in turn, is better than that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BenT
    Yes, it's far better.

    And RGB / Component, in turn, is better than that.
    not sure I believe you. but, I could be wrong.

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    if it works for you then cool, but Component mixes the luma and chroma onto one wire and this causes dot crawl and color effects. S-video splits the luma and chroma keeping the Color info and Contrast info seperate.. Composite goes even farther splitting the 3 colors RGB. S-video is fine for all NTSC TV's, HDTV and component is awsome.

    Basically a blind man wouldn't notice the difference.. not saying your blind, just that maybe you haven't tried S-Video with your consoles, there is a marketable difference even my Sister notices.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Raedon
    if it works for you then cool, but Component mixes the luma and chroma onto one wire and this causes dot crawl and color effects. S-video splits the luma and chroma keeping the Color info and Contrast info seperate.. Composite goes even farther splitting the 3 colors RGB. S-video is fine for all NTSC TV's, HDTV and component is awsome.

    Basically a blind man wouldn't notice the difference.. not saying your blind, just that maybe you haven't tried S-Video with your consoles, there is a marketable difference even my Sister notices.
    Is there a way to have systems like TG-16 and Genesis use S-video without doing a major modification?

    Thanks for the info by the way. I'm just pissed because all my systems are hooked up with AV.

    what is "dot-crawl" BTW?

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    DO NOT CLICK THIS IF YOU DO NOT KNOW AS YOU WILL SEE IT ON EVERY A/V CONSOLE FROM NOW ON! you've been warned.





    http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Article...sDotCrawl.html

    explanation of dot crawl, it is a hard core problem with consols as they are mostly contrasty CG.
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    Eh, I see them all the time. Can't do anything about them on older consoles like NES. I do plan to replace as many AV cables I have with S-Video cables as my massive switch box already supports S-Video.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CrazyImpmon
    Eh, I see them all the time. Can't do anything about them on older consoles like NES. I do plan to replace as many AV cables I have with S-Video cables as my massive switch box already supports S-Video.
    so............. how does one go from AV to S-video on systems like TG16 and Sega Genesis?

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    #1 hit Google and search for web sites documenting S-Video support or hack
    #2 hack your console if it doesn't support S-Video.

    AFAIK TG-16 doesn't have S-Video support but it does have RGB somewhere so you should be able to make RGB to S-Video adapter. Genesis may have S-Video support but I'll have to open up and see what kind of chip it has. I don't think Genesis 3 can have S-Video or RGB as it was built as cheaply as possible. (It doesn't support PBC, 32X, or Sega CD either so why bother)

    Update, (http://labwww.csv.cmich.edu/luke/vid...sCD32X/svideo/) Genesis 1 can have S-Video but Genny 2 and 32X can't so you'll have to make RGB to S-Video adapter as well.

    www.gamesx.com covers a lot of the video mods. if it's not there then either it's not well documented, not popular, or no one's tried to make a mod yet.

    Beside Genesis and TG-16, NES doesn't have S-Video support and it doesn't have RGB capability either! Odyssey, Intellivision (all versions), SMS (both versions) and Colecovision don't have RGB or S-Video support. :P
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    Yeh, I made the switch from composite to S-Video last year for all of my consoles that support it. My Dreamcast was the first one I did, and it just made for a cleaner image.

    The bummer is that my TV won't recognize composite input if an S-video cable is plugged in the back. I HATE going back behind the TV into the rat's nest to switch cables (very awkward with my current setup) so I essentially had to buy a bunch of cables and a selector box and switch everything over at once. So now I've got two daisy-chained Gamestop multi-system selectors to go between Xbox, PS2, DC, N64, PSX, and SS. Now that I recently read that my SNES (version 1) can output S-video, I'll be moving up from RF.

    Unfortunately, because I won't go back there to swap S-video and composite cables on the TV, I'm stuck using RF for any system that doesn't output S-video, even if I theoretically could use a composite cable (like my Genesis 2).

    That is, until the day I go Crazy Impmon on my consoles with a soldering iron...
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    According to some online sources, the Genesis is NOT s-video compatible. It DOES output RGB...you just need to build a cable and get an analog RGB monitor (with a horizontal scan rate of 15 khz), which haven't been around at least 10 years...TVs now have COMPONENT video inputs, for DVD players, which is NOT RGB!!!
    Games X covers this:
    http://www.gamesx.com/rgbadd/
    Redmond Cable makes custom RGB cables for Genesis 1 and 2 for various plugs:
    http://www.connectworld.net/rcc/pages/game.html
    If you have the A/V cable for the Genesis, you could use a Video RCA to s-video adaptor--it splits the video signals into chroma and luma:
    http://www.trianglecables.com/1insvidsvhst.html
    But I don't know if it works well or not. Anyone know?

    So it seems the only options for most consoles are A/V and s-video if possible...and if you're willing to pay for the custom cables and find a compatible monitor, RGB (if it outputs it--N64 does NOT, SNES DOES, but Redmond has trouble getting the parts to make RGB cables for SNES).

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    yes yOU SHoulS GET SNeS theyr g00d and get gENESIS troo my shuld get them

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    Please stop pushing the A/V to S-video adapter. It does not improve quality as video artifacts, once introduced, cannot be removed.
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    So how can a composite video to s-video adaptor justify its existence? It is essentially a scam?

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