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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: skim36 on September 16, 2004, 12:46:19 pm

Title: arcade monitor and PS2?
Post by: skim36 on September 16, 2004, 12:46:19 pm

I'm planning on a cabinet conversion...hopefully I can get a working monitor to boot....I want to integrate my PS2 into the cab to have a sort of total gaming center....has anyone gotten a PS2 to work with an arcade monitor?  I'm interested in how tangible it is before I start....all else fails...I do have a 24" TV :P  Thanx!

Title: Re:arcade monitor and PS2?
Post by: seibu on September 17, 2004, 04:19:04 am

It's easy. Get a PS2 RGB SCART lead (I guess you might need to order one from Europe or another place where RGB SCART is common?)

Now, chop off the SCART plug and connect the wires which carry the Red, Green, Blue, Earth and Sync signals to your Arcade monitor inputs. Easy!

BTW the picture is awesome. The PS2's RGB output is second only to the SNES as the best console RGB output ever.

Title: Re:arcade monitor and PS2?
Post by: skim36 on September 19, 2004, 08:02:05 pm

thanks...I'll check it out...

Title: Re:arcade monitor and PS2?
Post by: schuey74 on September 20, 2004, 07:57:06 am

Hi

I also had the same idea to incorperate a ps2 to my mame arcade monitor.

I'm doing a bit of research and was thinking of going another way, instead of the scart cable, but I'm not sure if it will work.

The idea is that I buy a ps2 to VGA converter box (ebay has them for sale) and plug that into Ultimarcs Video Amplifer which inturn is wired to my 15Khz arcade monitor.

Now for the question.

Is the output from the ps2 ok to go into the arcade monitor connected in the way I just described ?

My concern is for the 15Khz resoulution. For my PC I purchased an ArcadeVGA to make things simple. I'm just checking to see if there anything I would need to do to the ps2 video output singnal.


Any info on anything  you think I  have missed or not considered would be appreciated.

P.S.
Sorry to Hijack.

Title: Re:arcade monitor and PS2?
Post by: skim36 on September 20, 2004, 12:33:02 pm

Hi there...no prob hijacking...I'm wondering about that too....but I've found some unique solutions here....  http://www.gamesx.com/avpinouts/psxav.htm

it basically gives you the pinout for the audio/video cable of the PS2....the PSX and PS2 cables are the same.