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| wiggy:
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on July 24, 2012, 08:47:37 AM ---Would be interested in hearing that solution - i'm looking to have 12-15 hooked up in my office/games room. Unfortunately the Intellivision and Coleco are going to have to remain as Coax - unless anyone knows differently? --- End quote --- Two of these, then connect the output from both to a series of RCA "Y" splitters. Both switches essentially funnel into each other then into the TV. 6-way switch box on eBay RCA Y adapters on BestBuy.com edit: Although I didn't add it, S-video can be done the same way with an S-Vid Y splitter. |
| ShoothimNow:
So my problem is that I have S-Video cables, but I do not have S-Video input to my Television.... Answer that one! No matter how great the quality will be from the cables, the ending output of ONLY COMPOSITE limits the quality of the end result. Solution Idea 1: Does not work: Buy a component A/V Switcher. When the TV is set on Component, only component signals may be passed from devices into the television. I have tried this with Input 1 - SNES (S-Video) Input 2 - N64 (Composite) Input 3 - Wii/PS2 (Component) Input 4 - Genesis (Composite) Results: Input 1 - Black Screen Input 2 - Black Screen Input 3 - Wii Main Menu Input 4 - Black Screen So I thought that the games might be dirty... in all 3 systems, so I changed the video on TV from Component to composite, and all of the original systems were working like a charm. It seems that even if you have Component cables leading INTO the Television from the A/V switchers OUTPUT, it still requires a component signal. Solution Idea 2: Buy a S-Video to VGA output. Awaiting for this to come in the mail (2.5 weeks estimated) |
| zakurowrath:
--- Quote from: ShoothimNow on July 25, 2012, 11:32:06 AM ---So my problem is that I have S-Video cables, but I do not have S-Video input to my Television.... Answer that one! No matter how great the quality will be from the cables, the ending output of ONLY COMPOSITE limits the quality of the end result. Solution Idea 1: Does not work: Buy a component A/V Switcher. When the TV is set on Component, only component signals may be passed from devices into the television. I have tried this with Input 1 - SNES (S-Video) Input 2 - N64 (Composite) Input 3 - Wii/PS2 (Component) Input 4 - Genesis (Composite) Results: Input 1 - Black Screen Input 2 - Black Screen Input 3 - Wii Main Menu Input 4 - Black Screen So I thought that the games might be dirty... in all 3 systems, so I changed the video on TV from Component to composite, and all of the original systems were working like a charm. It seems that even if you have Component cables leading INTO the Television from the A/V switchers OUTPUT, it still requires a component signal. Solution Idea 2: Buy a S-Video to VGA output. Awaiting for this to come in the mail (2.5 weeks estimated) --- End quote --- S-Video to VGA won't work. S-Video is Luma and Chroma where's VGA is RGBHV (Red, Green, Blue, Horizontal, Vertical) There is a thing called a S-Video to Composite converter. It yelds the same results as composite pretty much maybe a small bit more sharp (not much) since it is coming directly from S-Video. What type of TV do you have? Before attempting the method below, connect your PS2 via component to your TV and play a few PS1 games, if it shows up your TV can accept low res component signals, if not, then the method below wont work. You could also do RGB to YUV (Component Video). That requires SCART cables and a converter box, and the N64 has to be modified to output RGB. But the quality is far greater than S-Video being that it's the best video option out of classic consoles. If your TV doesn't accept low res component, there's the RGB to VGA option or the RGB to HDMI option. It is investment either way to achieve the best video you can out of these console and it won't be cheap but for the quality it yields on a modern TV or even a classic CRT, it's well worth the money. |
| wiggy:
--- Quote from: ShoothimNow on July 25, 2012, 11:32:06 AM ---So my problem is that I have S-Video cables, but I do not have S-Video input to my Television.... Answer that one! --- End quote --- Um, use composite instead since that's all you're gonna get trying to dumb S-vid down to composite anyway, or am I missing something? I.e. just hook everything up with composite. |
| ShoothimNow:
Really? Did wiggy just say "dumb s-vid down to composite"? I want to "add" s-video, not dumb it down lol. I have a Samsung un40b6000vf Why would my $1.59 cable not work? It should in essence carry video, and then all I have to do is use my stereo to plug the audio into another channel and split the ports so I can hear it (sounds confusing, but very simple) PS2 and PS1 games look gorgeous with the component cable I want to "upgrade" to S-Video on systems that don't support component. I'll let you all know if my $1.59 fix works or not. You already have learned that the $25 Component A/V switcher did not work. It seems that you are trying to insist that the cable will NEVER work. Which is confusing on why there is a cable in the first... place... |
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