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| Going component on my Genesis 1, want HDMI conversion. Ideas? |
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| Madducky:
I have a Component cable for my Genesis 1 on it's way through the Kickstarter from http://www.hdretrovision.com. Can anyone reccoment a good component to HDMI converter? I see several on the market and I'm not sure what I should be looking for. thanks!! |
| Polygon:
There are a lot of pitfalls here. The biggest one is lag. You're going to introduce lag with HDMI. If you're going to do this you don't just want a converter. I have yet to see one that doesn't look like crap. You want one that has a good scaler as well. The one I'd suggest would be the XRGB mini. Relatively low lag, a lot of features, and a very good scaler. The downside is the price. Roughly around $300. Or, you can wait as the guys at HD Retrovision are working on a less expensive scaler as a lot of LCDs don't like to display 240p over component. Or, my suggestion would be to use a CRT. If you have the room. |
| Madducky:
I already have a fantastic SD Toshiba CRT with component input. It's not HD but it looks beautiful. I'm used to dealing with home theatre components where lag isn't an issue. My Laserdisc player goes through a Faroudja scan doubler and it looks great, but has lag. I guess I'll just have to wait it out. But the HD retrovision cable should help quite a bit when it ships. Their updates are very encouraging! |
| monjici:
Same as polygon. Analog to digital conversion will add lag. I'm lucky to have a TV to takes the 240p on component pretty well. |
| Polygon:
Yeah, I pretty excited for these cables. I also backed the Kickstarter for three cables. The updates are certainly exciting. I love how they've moved to these adapters with the Genesis cables to make them work with with the Saturn and PS1 now. I'm going to have to order those as soon as they done. I'm lucky that my LCD takes 240p over component as well. But I just love to play the old consoles on an SD CRT. Plus, light guns works. :) |
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