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SVideo on TV any good?
shfifty:
i think s-video would look fine with mame. component or rgb would be nice, but s-video seems to be a lot more common. I'm using s-video with my snes and it looks great, so i'm guessing mame will have a similar look too
Epyx:
--- Quote ---There is a big difference on a TV-out circuitry quality in video cards. The video cards could accelerate the images, and it produces a higher quality of the media.
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True but the thing all tv-out circuitry shares is that it is a compressed/squished image that doesn't look as good as the native arcade RGB.
--- Quote ---i think s-video would look fine with mame. component or rgb would be nice, but s-video seems to be a lot more common. I'm using s-video with my snes and it looks great, so i'm guessing mame will have a similar look too
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If you *have* to settle for S-Video fine...it is ok...not great but passable...just don't visit any real arcade machines or play on your friends if he has a real monitor...the difference is night and day. If you are going to spend the resources on an arcade cabinet then buy an arcade monitor or at the very least an LCD...my order of preference would be:
1) Arcade Monitor RGB/SCART TV
2) LCD Monitor
3) Component TV Out
4) S-Video TV Out
But really I would never really consider 3 or 4 again after having experienced 1...and failing 1...i would just go for an LCD.
WhereEaglesDare:
Well I just got my cab working and I had to use SVideo out of not being able to find an affordable alternative and I dont see anything wrong with it, the cab had a arcade monitor in it when I got it and to be honest I dont think I can tell the difference, in fact I think that the svideo may look better than the monitor did, well I know it did because the monitor had some brightness issues, but if Component is much better than it has to be phenomenal because this looks really good.
Epyx:
So if you took a screenshot of Castlevania on Nestopia on your tv it would look as good as what I posted earlier in the thread to your eyes? Same with the Rygar intro?
If you can't see the difference then everyone else's opinion is a moot point and just enjoy it :)
And I mean that...not intending to sound like an ass...the difference to me is obvious, if it isn't to you...who cares just have fun! :cheers:
WhereEaglesDare:
--- Quote from: Epyx on May 24, 2010, 09:26:35 pm ---So if you took a screenshot of Castlevania on Nestopia on your tv it would look as good as what I posted earlier in the thread to your eyes? Same with the Rygar intro?
If you can't see the difference then everyone else's opinion is a moot point and just enjoy it :)
And I mean that...not intending to sound like an ass...the difference to me is obvious, if it isn't to you...who cares just have fun! :cheers:
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good point I forgot that you posted those screen shots... I am keeping my eye out, and I still have the monitor from my cab (needs work). I might build a cab around an LCD but there is no reason to put a LCD in a full size cab and have even more empty space.
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