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Video Game Perfection!
Polygon:
I would like to see a comparison. It doesn't even need to be a screenshot. If you have a decent camera, that would suffice for me.
WolfAlmighty:
--- Quote from: AppleQueso on February 10, 2012, 11:26:16 PM ---I must be lucky or something because my TV produces a pretty all around satisfactory image with 240p. At least as long as you're feeding it RGB/Component or better.
Composite signals look pretty awful though, I might hunt down a decent standalone comb filter and an s-video to HDMI converter or something one day for my NES. My TV has no s-video inputs.
From the screenshot on that site though, It doesn't look like it's a huge improvement over how my TV personally handles these systems.
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A lot depends on your TV. Some TVs have decent upscalers which will eliminate, or at least greatly reduce, the input lag and throw out a decent picture. Most TVs have cheapo upscalers that do not and for them, that's what the EDGE is for. Most people don't need upscalers since movies and TV broadcasts are already transmitting in one of the TV's native resolutions. It's only retro gaming nerds like us that would really even have a use for something like this. I've heard that the X360 and PS3 also have built-in upscalers (I know for a fact that the Wii does not) so it's really only retro gamers and Nintendo geeks that need this stuff.
tiktektak:
--- Quote from: WolfAlmighty on February 11, 2012, 12:33:46 AM ---
--- Quote from: AppleQueso on February 10, 2012, 11:26:16 PM ---I must be lucky or something because my TV produces a pretty all around satisfactory image with 240p. At least as long as you're feeding it RGB/Component or better.
Composite signals look pretty awful though, I might hunt down a decent standalone comb filter and an s-video to HDMI converter or something one day for my NES. My TV has no s-video inputs.
From the screenshot on that site though, It doesn't look like it's a huge improvement over how my TV personally handles these systems.
--- End quote ---
A lot depends on your TV. Some TVs have decent upscalers which will eliminate, or at least greatly reduce, the input lag and throw out a decent picture. Most TVs have cheapo upscalers that do not and for them, that's what the EDGE is for. Most people don't need upscalers since movies and TV broadcasts are already transmitting in one of the TV's native resolutions. It's only retro gaming nerds like us that would really even have a use for something like this. I've heard that the X360 and PS3 also have built-in upscalers (I know for a fact that the Wii does not) so it's really only retro gamers and Nintendo geeks that need this stuff.
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For 360 and ps3 games only the 360 has an upscaler and always displays it's games in 1080p even when the game natively has been programmed in 720p. The ps3 does not do that. That is why most games on the ps3 are diplayed in 720p.
AppleQueso:
Yeah I must definitely have been lucky scoring my TV then. I haven't had any (noticeable) input lag on my retro consoles, etc. Yay me! ;D
'course I could also be less sensitive to it than a lot of people, idk. I'm trying to run some tests and find out just how much my input lag really is.
Polygon:
Only one problem...... you still can't use the original light guns.