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    Default The X'Eye.. did it come with S-Video?

    Okay, I'm pretty damn sure there are certain models of the X'Eye that had S-Video on them. I saw one.. last year.. at a flea market. I left it there, trying to debate if it was worth the $60, seeing as there are less good Sega CD games than fingers on a single hand.. but S-Video.. it was tempting. Finally, my friend gave me his X'Eye for my birthday. Alas, no S-Video. So I went back to the flea market. It had been sold.

    Was I going crazy? Did I find a mod at a flea market?
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    Default Looked at mine...

    Mine does not have S-Video, but it has a connection of the same shape (different pin connections). I think this is the Multi-A/V connection that you also see on the Nomad and at least one of the Genesis models. S-Video like on one end and then Composite Yellow, Red, and White on the other.

    At the same time I thought I read another post about an X'eye with S-Vdieo, but I wonder if people are just confusing this other connector with S-Video.

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    Does any Genesis, Sega CD version output S-Video?

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    yeah, I have an X'eye, and it doesn't have S video, just standard AV..

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    Mine doesn't have S-video, either. I've read that it was supposed it have it, but I think that's just someone seeing the Genny connector port (as mentioned above.)

    I don't mind myself... my TV is situated in such a way that it's very hard to get to the back of it, so I only have my Dreamcast connected directly to the S-video input on the back. Everything else connects to the composite inputs up front and gets put away when not in use.
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    It does npt. It's Genny2 style connector port looks kind of like an S-Vid port to the untrained eye though.

    They can be fitted with S-Video.
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    Default Re: The X'Eye.. did it come with S-Video?

    Quote Originally Posted by Leroy
    Okay, I'm pretty damn sure there are certain models of the X'Eye that had S-Video on them. I saw one.. last year.. at a flea market. I left it there, trying to debate if it was worth the $60, seeing as there are less good Sega CD games than fingers on a single hand.. but S-Video.. it was tempting. Finally, my friend gave me his X'Eye for my birthday. Alas, no S-Video. So I went back to the flea market. It had been sold.

    Was I going crazy? Did I find a mod at a flea market?
    None of the 5 i owned came with s-video.
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    Default Re: The X'Eye.. did it come with S-Video?

    Quote Originally Posted by *TRICKSTAR*

    None of the 5 i owned came with s-video.
    You have owned *FIVE*? How did you manage that? I'd been looking for one for years until I stumbled on one on craigslist.

    You are one lucky star, trick.

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    The X'Eye was known in Japan as the Wondermega 2, a stripped down second version to the the awesome Wondermega. In Japan, the Wondermega 2 (and the original Wondermega for that matter) both have S-Video outputs. For some odd reason, when they brought the WM2/X'Eye here, they removed the S-Video port. It honestly makes no sense to me as to why they did that (supposedly it was for cost-cutting measures, but whatever). Anyways, I have the original Wondermega and S-Video compliments almost every Sega Cd game and Genesis game beautifully...the exception being FMV games, which look even more grainy. I also got my regular Genesis modded for S-Video by D-Lite from this board and he did an awesome job. S-Video is the only way I play my Genesis/SCD games now

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    Okay, I must have seen the Multi-AV out socket. Damn.
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    Default Re: The X'Eye.. did it come with S-Video?

    Quote Originally Posted by Leroy
    seeing as there are less good Sega CD games than fingers on a single hand..

    Was I going crazy? Did I find a mod at a flea market?
    Damn...you must have like 20 fingers...I counted at least 15 off my shelf. ;D

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    I'm not sure if it's supposed to, but I plugged an S-Video cable into the back of my X'Eye and it works great. There is no hardware mod, I got it from one of my friends who isn't really into games(He was going to throw it away!).

    It is a multi-av port, but I use S-video with it somehow.

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