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Post by buckoa51 on Jun 10, 2012 19:15:46 GMT
that's right. Powered switches generally give the best picture. How about the Thor?
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Post by buckoa51 on Jun 10, 2012 17:05:47 GMT
There's always the Micomsoft card if your budget will stretch to it.
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Post by buckoa51 on Jun 10, 2012 15:51:46 GMT
PS SCART cables? Not sure for official ones, quality varies widely. I'm trying to get some better quality ones from someone in the US, but he's gone dark on me at the moment.
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Post by buckoa51 on Jun 10, 2012 15:44:51 GMT
Why didn't you just get the cheapy capture device I suggested above?
No, there's a piece of /hardware/ you can get that does this, it's called a DVDO Edge (or other video processor). Likely much more than you want to spend though.
Have you tried a different Saturn?
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Post by buckoa51 on Jun 10, 2012 13:55:20 GMT
Generally those Mad Katz switches work great, they are next to impossible to find now however. The PS1 problem does sound like cabling.
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Post by buckoa51 on Jun 10, 2012 8:44:16 GMT
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Post by buckoa51 on May 29, 2012 9:02:26 GMT
Has been discussed /ad nauseam/ on here!
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Post by buckoa51 on May 21, 2012 22:47:10 GMT
I have found a tiny bit of WD40 to work quite well personally, only on black consoles of course.
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Post by buckoa51 on May 21, 2012 14:57:47 GMT
Outstanding compared to composite, still poor compared to CRT though. Doesn't sound like you're short of cash, so get yourself an XRGB Mini!
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Post by buckoa51 on May 20, 2012 12:06:47 GMT
You could try this www.meritline.com/usb-2-0-hd-video-audio-capture-card---p-71777.aspxFor the Saturn, you'd need to get a RGB SCART to Component transcoder or an S-Video cable of course, ( (probably better off with the latter). Here's Tobias/Fudoh's review from the Shmups forum:- Did cost $32 incl. international shipping and took 3 weeks to arrive from Singapure. The driver/capture tool lets you chose between MPEG1, MPEG2 und MPEG4 codec. MPEG4 is reported as VC-1 by Mediainfo and can't be edited in VDub unless it's frameserved through AVIsynth. For MPEG1/2 various bitrates are available. MPEG4 is fixed at 4MBit for 720x480 resolution. I wouldn't call the quality great, but it's what I expected from a device in this price class. Component recording shows a little choma bleed in the reds and going down to S-Video revealed little difference. Using component allows to split the signal though before the capturing device and play on your usual gaming setup while recording on the PC. The input/processing lag when recording in MPEG1/2 is rather high with at least 100ms, but it's suprisingly low when recording in MPEG4. Probably not low enough to record the DDP run of your life while playing on the monitor, but good enough for pretty much anything else. Contrary to what the specs say 480p input isn't support. On the other hand the device has no problems recording 240p and 480i and even switching between the two isn't a problem during recording. 240p and 480i are recorded at 29.97Hz, which is perfect for Youtube uploads, but not neccessarily perfect for archival purposes. Overall pretty much a bargain and it works surprisingly well.
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Post by buckoa51 on May 16, 2012 21:36:25 GMT
The Saturn's sync frequency is not quite bang on spec, but then neither is the Megadrives. I wonder if the two are different though, stranger things have happened.
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Post by buckoa51 on May 16, 2012 20:53:35 GMT
Seems unlikely but I've nothing else to suggest.
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Post by buckoa51 on May 16, 2012 18:20:45 GMT
Double checked that your capture card still captures with the other systems?
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Post by buckoa51 on May 16, 2012 17:28:15 GMT
Buy a 500N1? So you're saying your other consoles will capture correctly but your Saturn won't? Which other consoles have you tried and successfully captured?
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Post by buckoa51 on May 13, 2012 0:23:59 GMT
Not really, a good panel should look lovely at it's native resolution, and they usually do. Plus Plasma/LCD is perfectly flat, sharper (usually), uses less power and can be easier on the eyes at lower refresh rates. CRT wins at anything other than native res of course (since CRT's work equally well at any resolution they can support)
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