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SVideo on TV any good?
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.