av -> vga

This is the main shmups forum. Chat about shmups in here - keep it on-topic please!
Post Reply
User avatar
diOdesu
Posts: 52
Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 10:58 pm
Location: south san francisco

av -> vga

Post by diOdesu »

sup all. its been a while for me, not that any of you remember who i am.

anyway, i just got a flat panel monitor that turns 90 degrees and im dying to shoot'em up tate mode. problem is it only has component and vga inputs. can anyone suggest a vga box or other method of getting my consoles to display on the monitor? its wasting away...
Top
PC Engine Fan X!
Posts: 9795
Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:32 pm

Re: av -> vga

Post by PC Engine Fan X! »

diOdesu wrote:sup all. its been a while for me, not that any of you remember who i am.

anyway, i just got a flat panel monitor that turns 90 degrees and im dying to shoot'em up tate mode. problem is it only has component and vga inputs. can anyone suggest a vga box or other method of getting my consoles to display on the monitor? its wasting away...
For diOdesu,

You'd be best getting a Microcom produced XRGB-3 upscan convertor for upscaling such low-res rates (coming from the PSX, PS2, etc.) to an LCD-based PC monitor.

If you do have an analog CRT-based PC monitor, then picking up an XRGB-2 or an XRGB-2+ would be your best bet. Of course, the die-hard arcade PCB hobbyist, like myself, already has such a fabled XRGB-2 in his or her stash to play such PCBs with an 15kHz horizontal sync rate output bumped up to 31 kHz PC SVGA monitor setup (by using a 21-pin Japanese RGB cable with a Supergun setup piped into the said XRGB-2 upscan convertor itself).

However, getting ahold of Japanese RGB cables for your respective gaming consoles is harder to come by these days (unless one gets Euro SCART-type RGB cables and modifies them to Japanese RGB spec -- which isn't so hard)...feel up to the task? ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~
Last edited by PC Engine Fan X! on Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Top
User avatar
diOdesu
Posts: 52
Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 10:58 pm
Location: south san francisco

Post by diOdesu »

thanks PC Engine Fan X! i did a quick search for the XRGB boxes but they are sold out on each site i came across. i read its description and yes itll do exactly what i want (if i can find one).

if i were to get a cheap vga converter, is the only downside lower display resolution?
Top
User avatar
Dave_K.
Posts: 4571
Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:43 am
Location: SF Bay Area
Contact:
Contact Dave_K.

Post by Dave_K. »

diOdesu wrote: if i were to get a cheap vga converter, is the only downside lower display resolution?
Hey Ray! Don't bother with the cheap converters, it will look like crap, especially for tated shooters, and may not even sync with your LCD if its very particular about those things. You really want one of the XRGB/2/2+/3 units as it will even emulate the scanlines of 240p PS2 shooters perfectly (i.e. ESPGaluda, DDPDOJ).
Top
Gwyrgyn Blood
Posts: 695
Joined: Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:48 pm

Post by Gwyrgyn Blood »

If you're going to use a PS2, why not just get Component cables for it instead? Older systems would be a problem of course. :I
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Shmups Chat”