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S-Video.....any improvement?

BJammzz - Dec 20, 2004

		BJammzz	Dec 20, 2004
		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	Dec 21, 2004
		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	Dec 22, 2004
		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	Dec 22, 2004
		Well, I guess it should.. One way to find out

		BJammzz	Dec 23, 2004
		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	Dec 23, 2004
		Do the RGB mod.

		BJammzz	Dec 24, 2004
		will that let me hook up to component? How much/easy is it?

		Pyrite	Dec 26, 2004
		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	Dec 27, 2004
		hmmm, well rgb is usually meant to be the euro square output...but component is the equivalent here. hmmmm, anyone know?

		Pyrite	Dec 28, 2004
		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	Dec 29, 2004
		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	Jan 3, 2005
		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	Jan 5, 2005
		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	Jan 29, 2005
		BJammzz said: 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.....