Anyone have a Gamecube component cable?

[PizzaKat]

Was just searching to buy one since I'm about reorganize my game consoles layout. I remember seeing this on Ebay a few years back and now its even more expensive. Bids going over 100. Does anyone personally have one and is it light years beyond the composite cableS?

[Mr Mort]

On the right television, it can make a big difference. If you have a CRT that does component & 480p, games will look much better. F-Zero GX looks fantastic using them.


Then again, you can also get the same results with a backwards-compatible Wii and component cables. It may be a little cheaper that way.

[xelement5x]

Yes, if you're going to use if for Gamecube games it's a total waste as you can buy a Wii with component cables for less than the cost of GameCube component cables.

The real place it shines is if you use it with the Game Boy Player.

[BetaWolf47]

It does make a huge difference on just 480i. Say you have a very late CRT with component that can't do progressive scan... the difference is still there. But yeah, I'll echo what everyone else said on a BC Wii and component cables for that system, unless you plan on using it for Game Boy Player.

[bb_hood]

So, would using a gamecube brand component cable be better than using a scart cable going to a rgb box?

Also doing a quick google search shows you can get a madcatz universal component cable for about 20$, so why would the nintendo brand cable be so much?

[Leo_A]

Scart can't do 480p. And those generic universal component cables include composite connections which are the only part of it which will work on a GameCube. They lack the embedded encoder that's necessary and which is why the official cables were expensive and never cloned, so they don't work as component cables when plugged into a GCN.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

On the right television, it can make a big difference. If you have a CRT that does component & 480p, games will look much better. F-Zero GX looks fantastic using them.


Then again, you can also get the same results with a backwards-compatible Wii and component cables. It may be a little cheaper that way.

I heard the gamecube component still trumps wii component due to the quality of the built in dac on the gamecube cable


Don't know if its true and definitely know its not going to be 100 dollar difference better looking, but still, thats what I heard