Playing games on older consoles with newer TVs with S-Video or better quality?
I am moving into an apartment with a den, which will make a great man cave. My big screen has an s-video input, but I won't be using that in the den. I will be using my pc monitor which does not have an s-video input. I was thinking of getting a second small cheap pc monitor or tv, but s-video inputs seem very uncommon (if anyone knows of a great cheap model, let me know!). Then I looked at s-video to vga/hdmi converters. There is a good selection of these, but they are all made by brands I have never heard of. To make matters worse, there aren't any serious reviews from gaming websites!
If anyone is knowledgeable about getting old systems to run on modern displays with at least s-video or better quality, please share your knowledge, I need ideas and recommendations :)
Best Answer
It may be not the direct solution for your problem, but there is this company in japan with great products for video capture, one of them is the XCAPTURE-1 you can get almost any input, and send to almost any output (recording at the same time if you want to). It's the most recommended capture device on broadcasters community(that don't go inside a PC). Great review http://www.sixfortyfive.com/streaming/xcapture1.html
They also make this scaler, FRAMEMEISTER, it will be a more direct approach, With almost none lag, and with hdmi/dvi output. http://solarisjapan.com/collections/micomsoft/products/xrgb-mini-framemeister-compact-up-scaler-unit
but I have little knowledge about the product, nor I know enough japanese to talk something about it besides the images. =D
But the guys at My Life In Gaming seems to like it a lot.
http://kotaku.com/how-to-get-the-sharpest-images-possible-out-of-your-old-1627089358
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Do older games look better on older TVs?
That resolution looks great on older TVs; these CRTs don't actually have pixels, but \u201clines.\u201d The TV takes the signal from the game console and displays it one line at a time (more on that later). But when you take a 256 x 240 signal and connect it to a 1080p or 4K TV, things get a bit\u2026 blurry.How do you make old games look good on new TVs?
The best way of making the old game systems look good on HDTV is by choosing the suitable cable \u2013 with maximum output, using an external scaler, and enabling game mode on your display (if available).Why do old game consoles look better on CRT?
Your games can look better and run smoother thanks to CRT technology's innate ability to hide the imperfections of lower-resolution video. "The picture quality you get with it is absolutely amazing," Ledbetter continued.Do game consoles damage TVs?
Burn in from video games is not a problem with most HDTVs made today. Previously, video games systems were known to damage television sets, but changes in television construction has practically eliminated the worry of a video game damaging an HDTV.Getting the BEST video quality from a PAL N64 (NO MODS!)
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