you need 2 things 1) a real RGB scart cable 2) a real scart RGB in your TV set. Many TVC have 2 scarts but of them only one supports RGB, so try on the first slot and if it's not good try in the second one. if neither works perfectly (and you can tell when it's in RGB ), your cable is probably a wrong one... i have an unofficial cable and it works great.... very often 3rd party cables offer even better performances than originals....
Question about the PS2 RGB and greenscreen effect. Wouldn't the greenscreen effect be fixed if you have a modded PSTwo where removing the greenscreen was a modchip feature? When I was shopping around for one, some of the matrix infinities labeled that as one of their features.
Hey! Open the SCART plug and see if there are any capacitors (caps) inside Check the photos in this guide: http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/nintendo/pal-snes-rgb.htm
I cant seem to get the cable apart, it seems like the glued it shut and I dont really feel like breaking a cable I just bought for a large sum of money
The second screengrab you posted is probably from a non RGB cable. You will never get that kind of smeared image from any RGB cable no matter how crap it is. Most standard and especially official scart cables does not support RGB,
Not a bad idea Maybe it is even simpler to use a multimeter to measure the resistance for the R,G and B signals in the cable. If there are no capacitors in the cable, the resistance is close to zero or very low. If there are capacitors in the cable, the resistance is very very high / infinite - this can also mean that the pins are not in use of course
Anyone know of a way to force games from Dreamcast into Progressive mode? I know some support the vga cable, but I have an SCART one and would like to force it. Is it possible? I was told that the DC supports RGB via Scart (lie?) but looking at these shots I got off a Japanese and USA model DC's I can see some heavy artifacts in the background. Any idea? http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8330/0708151203470750720x480je1.png
DC does RGB-over-SCART on most games, Skies of Arcadia being an exception, for instance. And, AFAIK, SCART does not support progressive per se - not that it really matters, as it's really just passing thru whatever signal it gets on the RGB/CVBS pins.
i agree with anti pasta, there is no way to force progressive over rgb scart, i do remeber a long time back there were guides on how to make your own vga box, and i *think* there was a similar guide on making a component output as well, not sure if thats what youwere really asking though, but if it is for screen capture, the 3rd party vga boxes are just as good as the official one for vga output, and as long as you have a capture card that can support vga input it should work fine, faling that have you considered one of the dreamcast emulators for screencaps?
Id prefer to get video and screens from the actual unit to avoid any emulation issues. I cracked open the cable and heres the insides, can anyone say if its an RGB cable? http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/d89353d02e.jpg
looks it to me, ill crack open one of my unofficial rgb dc scarts tomorrow to compare as off to bed right now
Ah, thanks diddydonn and Consolefun I might just have to hunt an unofficial one down and compare the quality. I just opened the Saturn cable I was using, this is not RGB right? It was billed as it :| Anyone know where I can snag a real RGB cable for Saturn? http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/70200d6fc2.jpg Every other cable I have including that unofficial Nintendo one has 3 capacitors on them with a resistor tied to another?
Not to stray off-topic, but I've been wondering some things about SCART cables, mostly since I've had a French SuperNES SCART cable + TV for years but never fully understood the technology behind it. Is it possible to have an RGB signal via a composite or VGA output? I know my DC DevBox has the option to signal in RGB, but the only output I can see are the "red-white-yellow" connectors, s-video, & VGA.
Yeah, don't fall into the trap of calling SCART a format - it is a socket, nothing more, nothing less. It can carry RGB, composite or S-Video. Err, did the SNES output RGB? I'm not totally sure that it did. So you're probably using composhite. The best output for a PAL N64 was S-Video. The best quality cables are usually those made by Monster, QED etc. with OFC screened cable and high quality gold connectors. To be honest, you'd be better off making your own... although of course, that only really applies for MegaDrive (err, Genesis to you) unless you wanna install a new socket. I might have some RGB cables lying around from Saturn-Planet stock. Whether they're official or not, I couldn't tell you.
That appears to be an RGB cable, by sheer number of wires. Caps aren't mandatory. BTW, I'd still kill for an official PSX/PS2/PS3 RGB cable!
