S-Video.....any improvement?

[BJammzz]

Anyoneh ave S-video on their N64? It make the image quality a little better? Make it less blurry at all? It's my biggest gripe w/ the N64 and I'd like to fix it if at all possable...

 

[CrazyGoon]

I stumbled across this page about a month ago. For image quality, S-Video is twice as good as composite, and only second best to RGB.

 

[BJammzz]

hmmm, a good read. SO this would take away some of that horrably blurry-ness that gives you a headache if you play N64 too long?

 

[CrazyGoon]

Well, I guess it should..

One way to find out

 

[BJammzz]

Hehe, guess i'll have to break down and get one...still needa grab one for my saturn. My GCN and XBox have component though, so I got the expensive ones out of the way.

 

[Pyrite]

Do the RGB mod.

 

[BJammzz]

will that let me hook up to component? How much/easy is it?

 

[Pyrite]

Here´s the link http://www.gamesx.com/rgbadd/rgbn64.htm I don´t think its very hard if you´re good with the iron, don´t know about the component part since I didn´t perform this mod I still want to get a cheap US N64 in ebay PAL N64 can´t be modded to output RGB.

 

[BJammzz]

hmmm, well rgb is usually meant to be the euro square output...but component is the equivalent here. hmmmm, anyone know?

 

[Pyrite]

Yes the SCART plug ;P Component is just 3 plugs, 2 for audio and 1 for video isn´t it? Don´t you guys have SCART plugs in your TV´s? I know that US N64 outputs S-video so go for it all you have to do is buy a cable I think S-video is common in US TV´s here in Europe TV´s with S-video are very expensive we all have SCART.

 

[BJammzz]

component is our version of scart. 3 video plugins. you still use your red and white for audio .

should have my s-video here soon. i'll let you all know how it goes...

 

[BJammzz]

hmmm got my cables in and tried them out....no noticable difference in picture quality whatsoever. I dunno if it's because of the cables or what (I got the ones from jandaman's). but ya, no noticable difference whatsoever. However my Saturn looks a lil more crisp with them.

 

[VertigoXX]

MadCatz makes a decent universal S-video cord. It has hookups for Xbox, PS1/2, and Gamecube/N64/SNES. (Just wish it had one for Dreamcast, then I'd be all set.) There is a slight improvement in many games, but some others end up messed up due to poor graphics. I really don't reccommend trying SNES games through S-video at all.

 

[MetaRidley42]

Hehe, guess i'll have to break down and get one...still needa grab one for my saturn. My GCN and XBox have component though, so I got the expensive ones out of the way.

javascript:emoticon('') Was it worth 35 bucks? i was condidering getting one,
smilie but when i tried an off-brand s-video, my nintendo AV was way better.....