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HD retrovision (component) cables
monjici:
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--- Quote from: kingjohn3 on November 09, 2014, 02:09:34 PM ---How do i tell if my plasma from 2005 will accept 240p properly?
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Plug in a ps2 with component cables and play a ps1 game. Of you get a black screen after the ps1 boot logo your out of luck.
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Maybe kind of stupid, but I tried that and it blacked out for a few seconds. About the first half of the PS1 boot screen was missing, but then it showed up and everything after played as normal.
So does that mean I get 240p properly? The manual for my TV didn't mention it.
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Sometimes my TV does that when trying to select a mode, but at the same time it displays the mode in the corner. Did you see any mode displayed when the image came back?
romevi:
--- Quote from: Jeff on November 12, 2014, 12:41:01 AM ---What game was it? Some games will display in 480i for 2D elements. idk if the bootscreen does that or not.
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CTR.
--- Quote from: KalessinDB on November 12, 2014, 12:59:02 AM ---I've also been told that you can take a normal yellow composite wire and plug it into the Y jack for component... that'll display in grayscale if you can play 240p over component.
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Danke. Will try that tonight. Have to find my old PS2 composite cable.
--- Quote from: monjici on November 12, 2014, 06:18:50 AM ---Sometimes my TV does that when trying to select a mode, but at the same time it displays the mode in the corner. Did you see any mode displayed when the image came back?
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Like "Composite" or "Video" or something like that? If so, then no. No signal mode pops up.
monjici:
--- Quote from: monjici on November 12, 2014, 06:18:50 AM ---Sometimes my TV does that when trying to select a mode, but at the same time it displays the mode in the corner. Did you see any mode displayed when the image came back?
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Like "Composite" or "Video" or something like that? If so, then no. No signal mode pops up.
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More like: 1920 x 1080 - 60p
I have a Samsung un55d8000, it shows a little rectangle at the top left with that info when it detects a new input mode.
kingjohn3:
How does component compare to RGB? I know in order from worst to best its RF, then Composite, S-Video, but right about here is where I get fuzzy. I've seen it referred to as RGB/Component but I cant find any comparison pics between the two. It seems to me like using RGB to component converters defeats the purpose since the signal may be a little degraded while being converted.
KalessinDB:
Answers will differ based on who you talk to, but the best consensus I've found is: RGB is probably ever so slightly "better" than YPbPr, but to the average human eye, the difference is unnoticeable. At least I know I have never seen any difference between the two by any side-by-side comparisons.
Also, don't forget if you're in the US, your choices for true RGB are very, very limited.