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Saturn VGA Box?
Kamalot - Oct 11, 2001
  Kamalot Oct 11, 2001
I run all my DC games through a DC VGA Box. I don't even have a real TV. Right now I play my Saturn through the TV card on my PC.

Is it possible to modify a Dreamcast VGA Box for use with a Sega Saturn?

 IceDigger Oct 11, 2001
no.

dreamcast already outputs the correct format for VGA.. 31 khz horizontal refresh rate. normal tv's 15 khz, and saturn just can't output it. you'd need an upscan converter.. cheap ones are blurry and ugly, the good ones are 200$+.

 ExCyber Oct 11, 2001
Actually, I think VDP2 can output VGA, but I doubt most of the games are coded to set it up that way. Some Dreamcast games have the same problem.

 Fabrizo Oct 11, 2001
Well, if you can't get a VGA box for saturn, I would think a s-video cable should suffice. I don't personaly have one, but from what I hear they improve the quality quite considerably.

 IceDigger Oct 11, 2001
if you want to go good quality, you'll have to go RGB.. most TVs in europe support it, most amiga monitors too. only very few in US, unfortunately.

 Dyne Oct 11, 2001
if im dumb just ignore me, but lik-sang "claims" to have his answer.

http://www.lik-sang.com/catalog....id=639&...

 IceDigger Oct 11, 2001
that's the lowcost blurry stuff I mentioned.

 Dyne Oct 11, 2001
thanks for the heads up then, ill make sure to stay far....far away

 MasterAkumaMatata Oct 11, 2001

  
	
	

		
		

			Quote: from Arakon on 3:59 pm on Oct. 11, 2001



no.



dreamcast already outputs the correct format for VGA.. 31 khz horizontal refresh rate. normal tv's 15 khz, and saturn just can't output it. you'd need an upscan converter.. cheap ones are blurry and ugly, the good ones are 200$+.

Hey Arakon, how would your rate the reception quality of the cheap, blurry ones on a regular computer monitor against regular composite cables on a regular TV? Better or worse, or about the same?

 galvatron Oct 15, 2001
s-video does great pitcure quailty for the saturn

 IceDigger Oct 15, 2001
the output signal can never be much better than the input signal.. if you input composite, you get about or slightly better than composite quality.. s-video is much better, and of course, if you have a way, inputting RGB will result in a very good image, quality-wise. most expensive boxes support RGB-in, and most videogame systems output RGB on the av port, so that is a definite advantage.

 Fabrizo Oct 15, 2001
Do you think s-video is worth owning? I use a normal cable connection for my sat, but I hear lots of good things about the s-video. Is it realy all that much better?

 IceDigger Oct 15, 2001
s-video is quite a bit better and sharper.

 Fabrizo Oct 15, 2001
Hmmm, mabye ill pick one up from the sega store, do you know if they are new if I buy them from their?

 Shaneus Oct 15, 2001
Ara: can u get a SCART -> RCA converter?

surely that would be pretty good quality...

 IceDigger Oct 16, 2001
I actually have a RGB->RCA (composite) converter, and the quality is way below a direct composite output. it's a very cheap one, and it clearly shows. again it's a matter of the parts used.