Picture is whitish and hard to see

[crazzywolfie]

Well I have been living with this issue for a while. Some games or systems seem better or worse than others dependong on the colors on screen. Stuff like the main screen on a wii is hard to see anything on because of how white everything is. Using the rca ports on all systems. I do got a rca switch. I was playing with hooking up a 2nd TV to the switch since there is 2 outputs and magically the colors on the main TV change to how they should look even with the 2nd TV off. If I unplug the rca cable the 2nd TV the picture goes whitish again. Hoping someone might have a suggestion that is a more permanent solution. Plugging the video cord into a vcr also works to do the same thing even tho it is not plugged in or even hooked up.
Thanks in advance
CW

[Greg2600]

Well I have been living with this issue for a while. Some games or systems seem better or worse than others dependong on the colors on screen. Stuff like the main screen on a wii is hard to see anything on because of how white everything is. Using the rca ports on all systems. I do got a rca switch. I was playing with hooking up a 2nd TV to the switch since there is 2 outputs and magically the colors on the main TV change to how they should look even with the 2nd TV off. If I unplug the rca cable the 2nd TV the picture goes whitish again. Hoping someone might have a suggestion that is a more permanent solution. Plugging the video cord into a vcr also works to do the same thing even tho it is not plugged in or even hooked up.
Thanks in advance
CW

Composite video is terrible, especially on an HDTV, if that is what you are using. There are some scalers that could clean that up for you, but honestly should get off those and to S-Video or Component/RGB or HDMI.

[crazzywolfie]

Composite video is terrible, especially on an HDTV, if that is what you are using. There are some scalers that could clean that up for you, but honestly should get off those and to S-Video or Component/RGB or HDMI.

well got too big of a collection to justify upgrading the systems to put out svideo or hdmi. i have seen what those mods cost and really can't justify the cost.

[Gameguy]

I'm a bit confused by this. What systems specifically are you having problems with? And what type of TV or TVs are they being hooked up to?

[crazzywolfie]

it is not 1 specific system i am having this issue with. i know it happens with ps2, n64, wii or seems like anything hooked up through the rca ports. it just seems more noticeable with certain games more than other depending on the colors displayed. stuff like whites or yellows are way liter to the point where it makes certain games hard to play or navigate. it is a lcd tv. it just seem strange that something as simple as plugging another tv into the same video feed would fix the issue.

[Greg2600]

it is not 1 specific system i am having this issue with. i know it happens with ps2, n64, wii or seems like anything hooked up through the rca ports. it just seems more noticeable with certain games more than other depending on the colors displayed. stuff like whites or yellows are way liter to the point where it makes certain games hard to play or navigate. it is a lcd tv. it just seem strange that something as simple as plugging another tv into the same video feed would fix the issue.

Your 2nd TV is a CRT? Well that would be why, as that TV was designed to accept and properly display a composite signal. The LCD TV has to upscale that input, and some just do a poor job doing so, with too many artifacts. The one you have probably has a bad or nonexistent comb filter. Regardless, Composite video by definition is combining the luma and chroma on the same signal, and this is what causes your issues.

Again the only thing to fix it is to use a different TV, or get an upscaler. Could try a Retrotink Mini (https://www.retrotink.com/product-page/2x-mini) but they are not foolproof. The OSSC probably does a better job (https://videogameperfection.com/prod...can-converter/) but costs a bit more.
You ought to check into something like