Cloning the Gamecube component cable

[philexile]

For anyone who bought with BAC, he just talked about it on his Twitch stream. He ordered it through a company and has still not heard back from them. He decided to switch companies. He said he'll tweet it out.

There were four pieces of flex that he ordered that were bad. The company refused to accept that the whole product was bad. He pretty much had to start over. He also said it's setting back his plug and play version.

I'm just throwing this out there, but wouldn't it make sense to offer to ship some orders without the flex cable? It looks like GCVideo can be installed with wires – which BadAss hates – but sometime perfect is the enemy of good. Maybe I'm mistaken though?

I would likely wait for the flex cable issue to be resolved personally. I have plenty of other projects to keep me busy in the meantime.

Yeah, I'm not sure I'm going to be very inclined to purchase from him in future despite being interested in these projects, just because his communication is so atrocious.

BadAss is completely trustworthy and just wants to ship an exceptional product. He is on Twitch nearly every night answering community/customer questions. He communicates that way. You should sign in sometime.

[vinnyguy]

Just a reminder that the plutoIIx hdmi option is available. Order that board for $60, install it(there's instructions online) and start playing your HDMI GameCube. I've had mine for months now, since June.
And now that's it's 0 Fahrenheit outside I'm glad to have an HDMI GameCube.

[citrus3000psi]

BadAss is completely trustworthy and just wants to ship an exceptional product. He is on Twitch nearly every night answering community/customer questions. He communicates that way. You should sign in sometime.

How would someone that doesn't read this post know that? That is why he has poor communication. He should say on his webpage then. "I don't answer emails, find me on twitch for answers."

If he has time for twitch then he has time to reply to questions from PAYED customers.

I would not buy anything from him.

[Ikaruga11]

How would someone thaIf he has time for twitch then he has time to reply to questions from PAYED customers.

paid*

[Guspaz]

How would someone thaIf he has time for twitch then he has time to reply to questions from PAYED customers.

paid*

*paying

[mickcris]

Making someone watch a lets play to get info about something they ordered is ridiculous. He still has not updated his website or anything so who knows when that will happen.

[Seraphic]

This was about a month ago.

Although it took about a week or so for him to reply to my last e-mail, he did get back to me.
He said the GCVideo line was up to 1100ish and my order was in the low 1300s.

I just sent another e-mail asking for an update on my order, hopefully he will reply quickly.

[bobrocks95]

This was about a month ago.

Although it took about a week or so for him to reply to my last e-mail, he did get back to me.
He said the GCVideo line was up to 1100ish and my order was in the low 1300s.

I just sent another e-mail asking for an update on my order, hopefully he will reply quickly.

I was thinking about this post and it just sounds fishy, you know? Like of course he's almost to your order.

When did you originally buy it? Because I made my purchase the morning it came out, maybe 4 or 5 hours after it was put up on the website. Wondering what the odds are that there were thousands of orders in front of me...

[Ikaruga11]

When did you originally buy it? Because I made my purchase the morning it came out, maybe 4 or 5 hours after it was put up on the website. Wondering what the odds are that there were thousands of orders in front of me...

You'd be surprised. Although not the same thing, Firewatch and Oddworld both sold out in minutes on LimitedRunGames despite having a couple thousand copies each.

[NormalFish]

You'd be surprised. Although not the same thing, Firewatch and Oddworld both sold out in minutes on LimitedRunGames despite having a couple thousand copies each.

Entirely different thing. not remotely comparable given the lrg releases have great precedent for being extremely expensive in post, and are largely hyped on social media and internet boards as truly limited. Thus, there are bots and scalpers paying a ton of attention to it and they drive up the competition for copies.

[bobrocks95]

Thousands of people aren't sitting and refreshing their browser over and over again for a DIY mod to a 10+ year old console that was put up at some random hour in the morning like they would for a limited edition, already popular game with a previously announced release date.

Maybe an earlier email gives an order number, though I doubt it's specific to GCVideo in any way.

Again, I haven't heard anything to make me think he's already shipped over a thousand orders... Somebody would have said something by now. 1100ish people haven't tweeted about it or posted on a forum with impressions? Badass never bothered to say "Hey, orders have started to go out finally, sorry for the wait!" or anything like that?

[CkRtech]

Coincidentally, I was casually looking into the GC HDMI mod from BAC last week or so. I usually wait for awhile before buying a mod/kit of some sort just to give time for growing pains.

After reading over the installation guide - a guide that seems to still need some additional photos - I started looking for reviews/videos of people that had installed the mod, what they thought of it, etc. I didn't see anything. That was a little odd. The website seems setup to basically order a kit with all of the desired options.

1: If the website listed it as on backorder, that would seem to infer that there were at least some releases in the wild.
2: If the kit wasn't available yet, the website should list it as preorder.
3: If it were available and in stock, it should list it as available to order.

The disconnect between how readily available the store makes it seem and the lack of users with it in-hand is a major red flag.

Naturally, I held off. Sorry to see you guys having this discussion here. I am sure it will eventually work itself out, but the investors like some of you in the thread would seem to be in an uncomfortable position, and I feel bad for you.

The website should be either setup with it listed as "preorder" with an option to checkout or simply "coming soon."

[mickcris]

here is my order status:

Order #1183

Order Date: 9th Sep 2016

This order is marked as Order received. If any further information is required you will be contacted via email.


Your Order Contains:

1 x GCVideo
(GCVideo Options: EZ Pak D, GCVideo Install Service: No installation service required, Prepay Return Shipping - USPS Flat Rate 2-3day: NA, installation service not required)

Maybe he is sending out the pcb only versions already and thats what Seraphic was talking about? I still see no status update anywhere about the delay. He did have time to put up an update on his twitter that was unrelated to the delay though.

[neorichieb1971]

Im surprised the GC warrants this kind of attention considering it was last in the 4th console war.

Has this idea of cloning the component cable de-valued my official one?

[Lord of Pirates]

Im surprised the GC warrants this kind of attention considering it was last in the 4th console war.

Has this idea of cloning the component cable de-valued my official one?

Still going strong at around $200. I don't think they'll go down until there's a 'plug it in and it works' option or there are a lot of modded GCs floating around.

[bobrocks95]

here is my order status:

Order #1183

Order Date: 9th Sep 2016

This order is marked as Order received. If any further information is required you will be contacted via email.


Your Order Contains:

1 x GCVideo
(GCVideo Options: EZ Pak D, GCVideo Install Service: No installation service required, Prepay Return Shipping - USPS Flat Rate 2-3day: NA, installation service not required)

Maybe he is sending out the pcb only versions already and thats what Seraphic was talking about? I still see no status update anywhere about the delay. He did have time to put up an update on his twitter that was unrelated to the delay though.

Ah, forgot about the PCB only option shipping first. Still haven't seen any impressions though...

Im surprised the GC warrants this kind of attention considering it was last in the 4th console war.

Has this idea of cloning the component cable de-valued my official one?

Dreamcast was last, and I think Gamecube and Xbox were both pretty close. Anyway, as you pointed out yourself, it's a hot topic because it replaces a $200+ accessory. If component cables were cheap and I already had them, it wouldn't be anywhere near as interesting of a mod, at least imo.

[leonk]

I disagree. Component is dying and many TV's don't have it. the appeal for hdmi is there.

[Guspaz]

"Component is dying" is a myth. It's still present on nearly all new TVs from the major brands. You have to look at the really low-end TVs or brands to find some without component.

[neorichieb1971]

I think component is there for older DVD players.

In the UK composite and SCART are nearly always present and predate component by 2 decades.

My question was more related to the GC and component in particular. Since most of the games for the GC are quite forgettable. I have about a dozen and some of them are not exclusives.

I suppose the big issue is that on the NTSC machines, without component you drop all the way down to svideo. I remember getting my cable from Nintendo America via phone call. I think it was $30 and the guy on the phone said "so you have one of those fancy TV's do you?"

[Ikaruga11]

I heard DVDs are encoded with the YPbPr color space. Is that true?

[BONKERS]

I disagree. Component is dying and many TV's don't have it. the appeal for hdmi is there.

Still plenty use on all the CRTs with component input for people who are incapable of RGB modding their TV or want a TV bigger than the average PVM. Or cannot find a decent PVM or do not like the look of a PVM.

There is a big difference between S-Video and component on several CRT's i've seen.

I think component is there for older DVD players.

In the UK composite and SCART are nearly always present and predate component by 2 decades.

My question was more related to the GC and component in particular. Since most of the games for the GC are quite forgettable. I have about a dozen and some of them are not exclusives.

I suppose the big issue is that on the NTSC machines, without component you drop all the way down to svideo. I remember getting my cable from Nintendo America via phone call. I think it was $30 and the guy on the phone said "so you have one of those fancy TV's do you?"

A lot of multi plat games that are also on PS2, more than likely run and look better than the PS2 versions.
XBox is a toss up, but the Xbox doesn't support 240p and doesn't have an attachment like the GBPlayer

[Xyga]

"Component is dying" is a myth. It's still present on nearly all new TVs from the major brands. You have to look at the really low-end TVs or brands to find some without component.

But it will happen, maybe very suddenly. It took only a couple of years for the Dsub/VGA port to disappear from pretty much all TV sets.
Analog connectivity, whatever kind, is always on top of the sacrifice list.

[Seraphic]

BAC never replied back to my request for an update... Like many people here the lack of communication has me a bit worried. How about a monthly newsletter or something with some updates? How many thousands of dollars has he collected through pre-orders? Has anyone received their order? I see some people ordered the DIY kit, I however ordered the Digital board with his installation service. Hopefully it will not come to this, but I paid with PayPal and have until March 2017 to file an item not received dispute. Trying to give the guy the benefit of the doubt though.

[BuckoA51]

and people wonder why I only do waiting lists and not actual pre-orders...

[Seraphic]

and people wonder why I only do waiting lists and not actual pre-orders...

Are you still doing/offering your own version of the GCVideo mod?

[BuckoA51]

If we can ever get it to work consistently, yes.

[citrus3000psi]

If we can ever get it to work consistently, yes.

What does your mod/install look like?

[FBX]

What we need is Marshall to come out with UltraHDMI³

I know I'd be all over that in a heartbeat. Never been happy with the smudgy PQ of the Gamecube, which even persists using official component cables.

[Ikaruga11]

What we need is Marshall to come out with UltraHDMI³

I know I'd be all over that in a heartbeat. Never been happy with the smudgy PQ of the Gamecube, which even persists using official component cables.

There's already an HDMI mod for the GameCube.

[FBX]

What we need is Marshall to come out with UltraHDMI³

I know I'd be all over that in a heartbeat. Never been happy with the smudgy PQ of the Gamecube, which even persists using official component cables.

There's already an HDMI mod for the GameCube.

But does it have the features and the PQ of the UltraHDMI? Is it digital-to-digital for razor sharp graphics, or does it look smudgy?