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Jakobud:

For Mame, S-Video looks great.  IMO its the closest thing you'll get to an arcade monitor w/o an arcade monitor.

Epyx:


--- Quote ---For Mame, S-Video looks great.  IMO its the closest thing you'll get to an arcade monitor w/o an arcade monitor.
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I respect your opinion. Just to make sure, you are saying that to you S-Video looks closer to arcade quality on a tv than component or RGB (DB15)?

I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder but on my Sony 27" S-Video (Mame) was noticeably worse than component, as in not even close. But again, I respect your opinion.

ahofle:

Don't forget that there are also vast differences in the TV-out circuitry quality in video cards.  I've seen horrible looking S-Video from one card and pretty damn good from another.  It's been a while, but I had better luck with ATI/Radeon cards.

leapinlew:

What about clipping? On my 32" TV, the picture is larger than the image and the sides are cut off in some games. Anyone else notice this or have a fix for it?

GameOver:


--- Quote from: Jakobud on April 17, 2010, 12:45:15 am ---For Mame, S-Video looks great.  IMO its the closest thing you'll get to an arcade monitor w/o an arcade monitor.

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Agreed.  Also agree with other posts - it will also depend on the TV & the vid card.  I've been running my cab thru s-vid since day one.  No complaints & I also think it presents a pretty authentic classic arcade experience.

The bottom of my cab page (link in my profile) has several screen shots of my cab using s-vid for a reference if you wanna take a look.

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