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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: tetsu96 on March 21, 2003, 11:56:21 pm

Title: Arcade VGA with NTSC TV and RGB to Component Video converter?
Post by: tetsu96 on March 21, 2003, 11:56:21 pm

Since SCART hookups have already been made for the euro gamers among us, has anybody had the gonads to try this combo out with a regular NTSC TV?

Title: Re:Arcade VGA with NTSC TV and RGB to Component Video converter?
Post by: tom61 on March 22, 2003, 05:26:03 pm

Getting technical: Component isn't NTSC, only composite, RF, and S-video are (not positive on S-video though). Call it 'American TV' if you need to put a name to it.

Component is just one step down in quality from pure RGB.

It should yield a nice image at 480i, if that's all the TV can do. Most newer HDTV sets have RGB input, which you can hook up directly to the ArcadeVGA, or a regular VGA card (with some limits on resolution/refresh rate, depending on your TV).

:( Myself, I'm still waiting for the prices to come down, and getting by with my 25" TV that only has A/V inputs.