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| soundwave925:
Hello, this is my first thread on this site. I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on hooking up multiple game consoles on one TV, Iv just been switching out the AV cables each time I want to play a different system but if theres a better way to have them all plugged in at the same time, that would be more ideal for me. I have about 10-15 systems i want to hook up and iv seen more in pictures at various websites. If anyone has any answers it would be most appreciated. Pictures would be very helpful too. Thank you. |
| FellipeBr:
You can use AV Selectors! |
| KaiserWAVE:
Depends on what systems you have and what cables you use. For all systems SNES and up to the last console generation (PS2, GC and XBOX) I would strongly suggest RGB SCART cables (like the one pictured below (Ps2 version of that cable) They will get you the best picture you can get out of these consoles. Once you have that you can look for a SCART selector that works exactly like the AV selector in the picture before my post. Just make sure it's capable of receiving and sending the RGB signal. SCART selectors come in all sizes and with different features. There are ones that switch automatically between channels or manually. I'd recommend the ones that you switch manually. I suppose you have console from different eras. So not all of them will have the possibility to hook them up via SCART. So you can use a mixture of selectors like an AV selector for the older consoles, an SCART RGB selector for the newer ones and a YUV / HDMI switch for the current generation. However, if you need a lot of SCART inputs you will tear a pretty big hole in your wallet. The most common SCART selectors are with 4-6 inputs. I found one for 10 inputs (pictured below) which sells for 400Euros. I rather not tell you what that is in $$$ :D |
| sheep2001:
there are also 'spider cables' which have one scart on one end, and connectors for vairious systems on the other - my experience of these is that they do not offer a fantastic picture quality. The manual scart switch boxes offer the best solution, and you can 'daisy chain' them together, but will need to remember the switch configs to change to the system you want to use. for example - you could have a 4 way scart selector by the tv, and say switch 1 for sega, 2 for nintendo, 3 for sony, 4 for MS. then in port number 1 you have another 3 way scart - with your Megadrive, Saturn, and dreamcast in it. and continue like that. |
| soundwave925:
wow those are some great informative solutions to my problem, thanks guys. I own a: -Atari 2600 -NES -Sega Master System -SNES -Sega Genesis -N64 -Sega Saturn -Playstation -Gamecube -Dreamcast -PS2 -Wii and In the future Id like to hopefully get me a PS3, Xbox 360 and maybe a Sega CD |
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