It's true that their quality control should be better. I've got a SCART cable from them that has shitty solder joints, and the jacket does not make it all the way in to the SCART hood. Given the eons that they take to make the cables, and the fortune that they charge there really is no excuse. Most of the cables that they have made for me are fantastic, though.ldeveraux wrote:Again, unless they've improved their QC in the last few years, they aren't "really good." I popped countless solder joints simply inserting the cable to the console.evil_ash_xero wrote:I'll chime in on Retro Access. Their cables are really good, but I'm not fond of how thick they have gotten. But they say it was demanded for, by fans. So, I guess that's that.
Sadly, they are still practically the only game in town for better-than-trash gaming console cables. Retro Gaming Cables is supposed to be great, but I remember when they used to use hot-glue damnit. Also, Americans get shafted on the exchange rate between GBP and USD. Insurrection only does SCART, and only for a scant few consoles, and they don't do full shielding (cheapos). HD-RetroVision is often not available, and quite expensive ($82 to hook up a PSX before shipping). Of course, HD-RV cables get rid off all of the RGB bullshit and allow the use of cheap and highly available equipment.
It really is a shame that our options are so poor. I would roll my own if it weren't for my shaky hands and my history of burning them. I don't solder any more.
SyncBaby is really the ideal paradigm, but of course it is only for Nintendo MultiAV ports.
I'm giving serious thought to having a friend install DE-15 and 3.5mm ports on the enclosures of all of my consoles (with sync strippers where appropriate) so that I can do away with non-standard cables completely forever.