Radeon 9600 component to SDTV problems!

[Pasqualz]

Hi all, In my cabinet, I have a 2 or 3 year old JVC 27" standard definition TV (AV-27D304) that has a component input on it. The JVC manual says it only supports an interlaced component input (480i). I have an ATI Radeon 9600 (latest catalyst drivers & control panel) video card with the optional DVI to Component adapter (The adapter is set to output only at 480i.)

When I connect the ATI component adapter to the JVC TV, I get very clear video, however it flickers very badly. I think this is due to the TV interlacing the video signal, but I can't seem to resolve this issue.

By comparison, the ATI video card also has an S-Video output and when i connect the video card to the TV via S-Video, The picture barely flickers at all, but it is not as clear. Obviously component is better quality, and I want to use it, but all the settings I try in the catalyst control panel don't help the flickering at all! Some people have suggested using the Powerstrip app instead of catalyst control panel, but i have no experience with this. Does anyone else have this issue, or more importantly A FIX FOR THIS?!?!?!?!?

[Hiub1]

I believe ArtMAME on these boards is using the same setup you are. I've seen it, and even though it looks nasty in Windows, the games look just fine. Give them a try.

[ArtMAME]

Yeah, I get flickering in Windows XP  ..., but the games in MAME look great and have no flickering  . 

With this setup, you are kinda limited as to what you can do in Windows because you can only go as high as 640x480 resolution plus the flickering .  This in not a big deal for me because I do most of my admin on a secondary VGA monitor and I plan to put  a front end on the machine anyway once I have completed the cabinet  .

I really don't have a fix for it except what I described above.

Are you just trying to play games on your setup or are you trying to do more with it such as surf, videos, etc.?