XMD-2 Question

[KindGrind]

Looking to buy a XMD-2 to hook up my Genny 2 to my TV. Question is... Is 15-pin RGB a standard VGA input? Meaning... will I be able to hook up the converter to my HDTV (that has a standard VGA input) and get RGB?

Thanks a bunch for any help. I'll get better at this one day...

[rolins]

Looking to buy a XMD-2 to hook up my Genny 2 to my TV. Question is... Is 15-pin RGB a standard VGA input? Meaning... will I be able to hook up the converter to my HDTV (that has a standard VGA input) and get RGB?

Thanks a bunch for any help. I'll get better at this one day...

The XMD-2 only converts RGB to S-video. Not the other way around. Same applies to the XAV-2S.

edit: Wait i think I'm wrong. It does have outputs for s-video and 15pin RGB I just saw photo of it. Maybe you can output to your HDTV, you'll have to make sure the pinouts are correct though.

[Fudoh]

Besides the S-Video encoding, it's just a pinout switcher from the port on the back of the Mega Drive to 15pin RGB. The signal is unaltered.

You *won't* be able to use this on a VGA input. Get a XRGB unit.

[Specineff]

Heck, or get a decent RGB monitor, and stop sweating. There is virtually no console today that doesn't output RGB. (Not sure about the two Xboxes, though)

[Fudoh]

Not sure about the two Xboxes, though

they do.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

I recall on the ye olde Shmups.com site, tech god Matt Ross, used to make and sell such fabled XBox RGB cables for anyone who was interested in them. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Fudoh]

They've been regularly available in Europe, so one could just browse any euopean eBay site for a Xbox1 RGB cable in the price range between 1 and 3 Euro.

[azmun]

I think you'll still need a converter. The Genesis / Mega Drive can natively output RGB signal but interlaced. VGA monitors and HDTVs however are progressive scan so you'll end up with some lag.