Questions that do not deserve a thread

[andykara2003]

Hi - does anyone know what the cable length should be on an official PAL SNES controller? Aparently thats a good way to tell if the controller is genuine

Cheers.

[blizzz]

Hi - does anyone know what the cable length should be on an official PAL SNES controller? Aparently thats a good way to tell if the controller is genuine

Cheers.

About 2.30 m

[Xyga]

Dunno if genuine or not but mine are 2,33m (at +/- 1cm).

[andykara2003]

Awesome cheers guys

[Xan]

Are they selling off fake ones with Nintendo branding these days, or what?

[andykara2003]

So I've read - apparently the cord is about 60% shorter

[blizzz]

Official Super Famicom controllers have a 95cm cord, which is ~60% shorter than the cable on PAL controllers. Do you have pictures of fake SNES controllers? I've never seen one.

[andykara2003]

I haven't - I've just seen a couple of forum posts where someone mentioned it - it could easily be misinformation. I'm just looking to but a couple of unused PAL controllers. They don't need to be boxed as I want to use them. The high cost is why I'm being a little bit cautious about fakes...

[blizzz]

All SNES controllers I've seen that are marked as 'new' are obvious fakes. Just buy them on a flea market or on eBay, but avoid professional sellers. Cleaning SNES controllers is easy and there's little that can break.

[Pasky]

I've bought 2 new old stock SNES controllers that weren't fake. You can't fake that new roughness on the plastic or the stiffness of new buttons and Dpad. Not all are fake. Unless you're talking about a specific shop?

Those fake chinese $3 controllers are easy to spot. The plastic is crap, and not even cut to form correctly. They usually don't have the Nintendo logo (some do, and it's very poor). The buttons are crap and the PCB is practically made of cardboard.

[andykara2003]

Cheers Pasky - no I'm just looking on eBay - I have one already - I see what you mean, the buttons & pad feel amazing compared to a well used one. Can I ask where you got yours & the price you paid?

[Pasky]

Cheers Pasky - no I'm just looking on eBay - I have one already - I see what you mean, the buttons & pad feel amazing compared to a well used one. Can I ask where you got yours & the price you paid?

I purchased both on ebay. One was the old silk screen style, the other one without the silk screen with the debossed Nintendo logo. I paid roughly $45 shipped for the debossed version and I think $55 for the silk screen controller last fall.

Just beware, some people posting a new SNES controller that is indeed new, but was the third party controller. The box looks slightly similar to an OEM controller. I think it's called the 'Super pad'.

[andykara2003]

Cheers for that

[casino12]

Sorry for stupif question but i am new in this whole PVM thing.

I have oportunity to buy JVC TM-1750-PN-S or Sony PVM 1442QM.
Eeach for 50. Is either of them worth it ?

Thanks, and sorry for my engrish

[dunpeal2064]

I'm wanting to get S-Video out of my Genesis, but I don't want to mod it. My idea was to get a Scart cable and just pass it through to S-Video.

I see a bunch of little devices that do this, and they are all quite cheap, but will they do the job? Do I actually need to convert the video signal, or does a pass-through work?

[Fudoh]

There's no native s-video signal available on the Genesis, so you without modding you'd have to use an external RGB to s-video encoder. Micomsoft built two of them especially for the MD. XMD-2 and XMD-3. 2 was for the MD/GEN1, while the 3 was equipped with the smaller RGB connector for the MD/GEN2.

The XMD-1 was just a sync cleaner, so RGB in and RGB out.

[BazookaBen]

So I just got an original Xbox, and Soul Calibur 2. Soul Calbur 2 is actually playable in 720p, albeit letterboxed 4:3, so it's actually 960x720.

The problem is that it is still in the 1280x720 frame, and I can't stretch it out completely on my 4:3 PC monitor. So it would only be like a 17 or 18 inch image in a 21 inch monitor.

Are there any devices that could convert the black bars to the front and back porch, so I could get a true 960x720 (Disclaimer: I don't really know what porches are)? I was thinking something like the Extron Emotio, since they can apparent stretch an image, but I don't know if any of those are compatible with 45 hz signals.

[dunpeal2064]

There's no native s-video signal available on the Genesis, so you without modding you'd have to use an external RGB to s-video encoder. Micomsoft built two of them especially for the MD. XMD-2 and XMD-3. 2 was for the MD/GEN1, while the 3 was equipped with the smaller RGB connector for the MD/GEN2.

The XMD-1 was just a sync cleaner, so RGB in and RGB out.

Thanks for the response.

I see an XMD-2 on ebay, running at $250. Is that about what I am looking to spend for one of these?

I thought going this route might be cheaper than shipping the console for modding, but if that's the case perhaps modding would be a better idea.

[Fudoh]

These Micomsoft encoders are rare, still the price is way too high of course. I would consider $70-100 to be fair. A mod will be cheaper anyway.

[Fudoh]

Are there any devices that could convert the black bars to the front and back porch, so I could get a true 960x720

Most video processors with analogue output will do that. You can define a 960x720p custom timing and enlarge the 720p source to just show the inner 4:3 area. For a processor with HD processing (not just SD to HD), you need to spend $150 or higher.

[BazookaBen]

Are there any devices that could convert the black bars to the front and back porch, so I could get a true 960x720

Most video processors with analogue output will do that. You can define a 960x720p custom timing and enlarge the 720p source to just show the inner 4:3 area. For a processor with HD processing (not just SD to HD), you need to spend $150 or higher.

Anything you know of that can do this completely in the analog realm? I guess the Crescendo RTC2200 might get the job done, since it lets you adjust horizontal width (not sure if it could do the +50% adjustment I need). And I'm pretty sure that's 100% analog.

[Fudoh]

Not, nothing and not to the degree you want or need it.

[Xan]

Is is true that SHVC-CPU-01 SFCs don't have the vertical line at all?

[andykara2003]

Quick question - for a scart to BNC connector to be outputting from my consoles to a BVM, am I right in saying that the sync has to be connected to pin 20, not 19?

Cheers...

[Fudoh]

depends on the gender. Male Scart *to* BNC needs sync on Pin 19. Female Scart *to* BNC needs Sync on Pin 20.

[andykara2003]

Really appreciate that, thanks again Fudoh. I'll swap them around now. The BVM's arriving tomorrow, thanks for your advice re. shipping on a pallet. Looking forward to getting it hooked up

[22point8]

What kind of switch should I use if I want to make a powered sync stripper. I plan to use a switch to use either pin 8 scart or 9v battery, so I guess pin 8 goes to an outer leg, 9v batter to other outer leg and middle leg does to the lm1881. What I want to know is, is it ON/ON?

[andykara2003]

Hi, if I'm looking to terminate the RGB outputs of a BVM when using a scart to BNC cable (using some 75 ohm terminators). Would I just terminate the green out, blue out, red out and sync out of the analogue input board on the right?

[Fudoh]

yes, you would. But since you can use the SDI board as a component input as well, I would really simply terminate these outputs as well while you're at it.

[andykara2003]

Thanks Fudoh, will do