Trying to get the best video quality with my consoles (and other problems)

[wiggyx]

Any chance of some comparison shots between composite, S-Vid, and crazy HDMI setup?

[markusman64ds]

Any chance of some comparison shots between composite, S-Vid, and crazy HDMI setup?

My TV doesn't have S-Video, which is one of the reasons I got the converter.

I can say that composite looks ok on the converter (played some Robotron 64 and Mario Kart 64). Of course it's not gonna be XRGB quality on something like this. S-video looks good on it (tried the 3DO startup screen). RGB would look way better but I don't have any of those cables yet. Finally, using my VCR I got RF to Composite to SCART to HDMI and played Freeway in 1080p, which looks worse than composite but still ok.

[bugrouleau]

What TV are you using, quality will improve not just not just on the cords but the output device as well.

[markusman64ds]

What TV are you using, quality will improve not just not just on the cords but the output device as well.

1080i plasma by Samsung. Just checked again and composite is about the same as without the converter. The strange thing is that while S-Video works fine with 3DO, my Gamecube on S-Video only shows a black and white image. This is likely an issue with the cord, as it's one of those "works with everything except Dreamcast" video cables.

[markusman64ds]

Are there any NTSC VHS players with SCART input and output? They would go well with my setup.

[ApolloBoy]

Are there any NTSC VHS players with SCART input and output? They would go well with my setup.

I don't think so, and it's not like you'll get any quality jump over composite that way. The best video quality you'll get out of VHS is composite video unless you have an S-VHS VCR which uses S-video.

[markusman64ds]

I've seen some VHS/DVD combo players that I think have component output. Would that be for just the DVD side or both sides?