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Title: Any good PS2 VGA boxes?
Post by: Generic Eric on March 20, 2008, 12:51:57 pm

I bought one off ebay awhile back and didn't like its results.  Has anyone had positive results?  Thanks

Title: Re: Any good PS2 VGA boxes?
Post by: SNAAKE on March 20, 2008, 04:03:00 pm

most ps2 games doesnt output vga so result is usually bad with most of these so called vga boxes. you can get the xrgb2 scan converter which upscans all ps2 games to vga. I have one everything looks great..its expensive..like $200 :dizzy:

Title: Re: Any good PS2 VGA boxes?
Post by: sega_naomi on March 20, 2008, 08:37:40 pm

200$!??
does it change the quality that much???

is there Much jaggies?

Title: Re: Any good PS2 VGA boxes?
Post by: genesim on March 20, 2008, 11:29:13 pm

I don't agree at all.  I just sold a box that does a fine job.

But one must have a progressive signal to get near one to one results.   480p looks fantastic oh high resolution.

The problem is that you have to blindly select the stuff on alot of games since it doesn't automatically go to progressive.

So in essence for Mortal Kombat Armageddon you have to push like 20 buttons BLIND till you finally get the progressive screen.   It works well, but yes it is better to get an Upscanner to coincide with the pass through.

Title: Re: Any good PS2 VGA boxes?
Post by: divemaster127 on March 24, 2008, 10:09:32 am

So if I understand correctly, if I have the xrgb2 scan converter, I could hook my vga monitor up to it, to use in my mame machine

Title: Re: Any good PS2 VGA boxes?
Post by: Generic Eric on March 24, 2008, 01:46:10 pm

Yup.

If you do have one, you should post some pictures of it in use, the monitor I mean.  I'd be interested to see how it looks.

Title: Re: Any good PS2 VGA boxes?
Post by: divemaster127 on March 24, 2008, 05:35:58 pm

I think this could be a solution for putting guns on my mame machine, xrgb2 scan converter with a playstation 2, some kind of y splitter to 1 end for my mame computer the other hooked to my scan converter 2 guns & im ready to go.  Does that sound like a possible solution since guns in mame are so weak plus i'm running vista 64
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Title: Re: Any good PS2 VGA boxes?
Post by: M.Lanza on March 25, 2008, 07:37:08 am

I got one of these for $60.00

http://www.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/xb360/3in1vga.htm

It will allow anything with component out to connect to a vga monitor.

I haven't used it with a ps2 yet, but I have gotten plenty of use out of it
with my xbox.

The picture quallity is excellent from the console, but it's pass-through circuit
sucks, so I would recomend getting a kvm switch if you want to have both
a console and a pc connected to the same monitor.

Otherwise, i'm very happy with it.