PS1 Games in component?

[alec006]

They'd be smoother with composite/RF as the games were likely designed with such usage in mind. Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 even exploits basic mechanics of CRT displays when drawing the ghosts.

S-Video is merely a separation of the color and Black+White signals resulting in an overall sharper picture. Its a step below RGB but a step above composite with component being between RGB and S-Video. You'll probably find PS1 games look "better" with it than they do with component or through emulators. Thing is with anything but a CRT display I've found composite and S-Video can look quite ugly from the upscaling circuitry. But I'm an anal retentive prick when it comes to video quality.

I'll have to agree with theclaw. This sounds like the video output mode of PS1 games on your PS2 is incompatible with that particular display. I have a 32" Sony Trinitron in front of me that I have my PS2 (v9 fat) hooked up to over component. PS1 games run wonderfully albeit with noticeable jaggyness. Part of the problem with progress is that some things have to be left behind.

You wouldn't happen to have the model number of that Trinitron would you

It's actually really sad that most TV's can't deal with a low res component signal. My 25 CRT inch can but it has a serious problem on the component input. The 32 inch Sanyo CRT my parents are gonna give me can't which sucks since it's a nice big curved CRT. I actually have to invest in a cheap Chinese RGB to VGA upscaler, then in a bit expensive VGA to YUV convertor, just to run low res component on that TV which in tern is upscaled anyway. Of course if I ever get an HDTV, I really want the X-RGB2 since it's very simple and it's RGB to VGA.

Makes me wonder when I get a backward compatible PS3 and I connect it via HDMI will it upscale PS1 and PS2 games to 480p. I sure hope it's only 480p, 720p and 1080p would look horrible with PS1 games.

[theclaw]

That depends if the TV or PS3 scales better. Keeping the console's setting at 480p all the time would obviously make PS3 games play in 480p as well.

At least PS3 provides an option to pillarbox PS1/PS2 games letting them stay 4:3 when scaled. It's unlike Xbox 360 which auto-detects widescreen BC games when set to HD resolutions.

[APE992]

You wouldn't happen to have the model number of that Trinitron would you

I can do you one better:
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-KV-32FS10.../ref=de_a_smtd

There is an "HD ready" version that does 480p/720p/1080i but I cannot speak for its ability to handle PS1 games over component.

[dreamcaster]

You wouldn't happen to have the model number of that Trinitron would you

It's actually really sad that most TV's can't deal with a low res component signal. My 25 CRT inch can but it has a serious problem on the component input. The 32 inch Sanyo CRT my parents are gonna give me can't which sucks since it's a nice big curved CRT. I actually have to invest in a cheap Chinese RGB to VGA upscaler, then in a bit expensive VGA to YUV convertor, just to run low res component on that TV which in tern is upscaled anyway. Of course if I ever get an HDTV, I really want the X-RGB2 since it's very simple and it's RGB to VGA.

Makes me wonder when I get a backward compatible PS3 and I connect it via HDMI will it upscale PS1 and PS2 games to 480p. I sure hope it's only 480p, 720p and 1080p would look horrible with PS1 games.

My Samsung 32" 720p panel will display PS1 games played on my PS2 (phat) via component. But they look ugly as sin. My 37" LG 1080p panel won't display PS1 games at all (high res menus will display, e.g. Gran Turismo, but that's all).

imo, the PS3 does a nice job of displaying PS1 games and it's usually my platform of choice for playing PS1 games unless I really want to be able to use a PS1 controller.