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How good is the vcd playback on saturn?
Hiroshirou - Feb 6, 2004
  Hiroshirou Feb 6, 2004
on an ntsc vcd cards for saturn, how good does it play?

when it encounters error in the cd (like alot of vcd does) or scratched up disc that makes the movie skip a little.. does it just stay there and stop like most dvd-vcd players out there? or does it just skips the error and plays the movie like normal? (like most of the standalone vcd players, this is extremely good)

 emazur Feb 6, 2004
I haven't used mine alot, but I'd say don't use it if you plan on playing cdr vcd's. Mainly b/c the audio and video get out of sync easily, and to fix that you have to either pause the movie for a bit or hit ff/rw, which is annoying. It will skip errors and keep playing, though sometimes it just stops. I've tried my vcd card on several saturns and have only tried cdr vcd's, but these are the results I always get.

 bubsy May 14, 2004
Hello,

I used to have the out of sync problem you just mentioned, but try playing the VCD in 'PCB off' mode, then there are no sync problems!!!

I still do not know what PCB is, but I always watch VCDs with PCB off now!!

 MasterAkumaMatata May 14, 2004

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Hiroshirou+Feb 6, 2004 @ 11:43 PM-->
QUOTE(Hiroshirou @ Feb 6, 2004 @ 11:43 PM)
on an ntsc vcd cards for saturn, how good does it play?



when it encounters error in the cd (like alot of vcd does) or scratched up disc that makes the movie skip a little.. does it just stay there and stop like most dvd-vcd players out there? or does it just skips the error and plays the movie like normal? (like most of the standalone vcd players, this is extremely good)[/b]



I have a Hi-Saturn that came with a built in Hitachi VCD card (see attached pic below). I've tested playing some VCDs on it and I was impressed on how smooth and stable the playback was. Even when I did some zooming in and out, playback was very smooth. When playing VCDs with errors, it just displayed green spots in certain areas of the screen, but playback was still stable and continuous.


  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by bubsy@May 14, 2004 @ 01:15 AM



Hello,



I used to have the out of sync problem you just mentioned, but try playing the VCD in 'PCB off' mode, then there are no sync problems!!!



I still do not know what PCB is, but I always watch VCDs with PCB off now!!


I think you mean PBC..., not PCB. It stands for playback control.