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SVideo on TV any good?
Epyx:
--- Quote ---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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My main point was in comparison to Component. On its own without component to compare against, S-video can look *ok*...have you compared the two yourself? Just curious.
--- Quote ---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.
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As for Ati/Nvidia...I compared both on my Sony TV and the S-Video quality wasn't much different to the eye...but the component on both of the same cards was much better than either S-Video signal. The main difference was colour separation. The colour separation most approximated the RGB from the arcade.
I still have all the hardware from my original configuration: The Sony TV, The video cards, break out cables etc. I should do an updated comparison with my HDTV camcorder to highlight the differences. I could show them from Composite through S-Video, Component and finally Arcade. I know there are static pictures but maybe the footage will highlight what differences I see visually.
TOK:
Maybe it varies by video card and TV.
On my 27" Toshiba, component looked way better. In fact, the only way you wouldn't notice how bad s-video looked was if you hadn't seen component. Reds and blacks are much more vivid and solid.
My video card does both, if I can get some side by side pics later on I will.
BadMouth:
I'm using the S-Video on two systems and I'm happy with it. It's useable.
Component does look a lot better, but I have an old Act Labs light gun that uses S-video, so I use that input.
The key thing here is cost. There are a lot of 25-27" CRT TVs out there for free or close to free.
DJ_Izumi:
--- Quote from: TOK on April 17, 2010, 09:11:16 am ---On my 27" Toshiba, component looked way better. In fact, the only way you wouldn't notice how bad s-video looked was if you hadn't seen component. Reds and blacks are much more vivid and solid.
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The blacks should be the same quality on S-Video or Component, S-Video uses two lines, one for color data and one for black and white image data. Component does the same but uses two seperate lines for color and the third for black and white. Both basically have the same bandwidth and signal type for the greyscale image, it's only the color that you'd see improved.
trencej:
I honestly dont get this whole thread. If your playing old arcade games on nice sharp screens, Your just not playing PROPERLY!
I mean, i can only talk for my own experiences, But i like to recreate the arcade feel of when i was a kid.
So my perfect cab would have colours that are slightly off, a different type of stick for each player, random coloured buttons, cracks in the panel and ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?--- burns. (ciggarette burns for our friends across the pond). Oh and being able to change character mid fight with the start button (sf2 rainbow FTW!)
(Typical, Take our language, Ruin it, Then Ban one of the most commonly used, and completely Non derogatory words, Am i right, UK Guys? :) )
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