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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Mar 26, 2008 9:40:14 GMT -5
I was wondering if anyone knew of any good cables and software, etc. I could use to play all of these neat Falcom games (and do other neat stuff with my laptop; such as listening to my (crappy) music with superior audio and watching the neat visuals on a bigger screen) on my TV? I'm looking for a cable that can connect to a cheap, $130 SDTV, (not HD) quite possibly with the Y/W/R plugs or even the old fashioned cable plug (ah, the NES/SNES days...) you stick into your TV. Any help would be appreciated.  I tell you what, ebay doesn't help worth anything. The sellers show you the cables, but they don't exactly show you what they do, how well they do it, or if they're even worth a damn.  |
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Post by id1948 on Apr 4, 2008 15:24:25 GMT -5
When you say cheap SD TV do you mean a 1366x768 res LCD or 1024x768 Plasma?
Or is it a 576-line CRT?
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Post by FM-77AV on Apr 5, 2008 7:12:54 GMT -5
When you say cheap SD TV do you mean a 1366x768 res LCD or 1024x768 Plasma? Or is it a 576-line CRT? SDTV = Standard Definition TV. And since he lives in USA I assume he has a 480-line CRT. |
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Post by id1948 on Apr 5, 2008 16:22:55 GMT -5
aaah yes. poor NTSC people - lower resolution CRTs.  I was thinking maybe Unsavory Maggot was confused in the same way I used to be where "full HD" refers to 1920x1080, and 1366x768 they refer to as "HD" - as if it's "not-so-full-HD" or something. Seems as though anything above 480 or 576 scan lines is "some-kind-of-HD" HD. |
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Apr 5, 2008 16:39:51 GMT -5
Yeah, definately not a plasma. Standard Definition... yeah, that must be it. For $130, it's not bad, considering it's an SD *and* a flat screen. I think HD is just over-hyped. Wyrd, what did you use?
Maybe I could do it using the same setup?
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on May 4, 2009 23:20:30 GMT -5
I MUST REVIVE THIS THREAD!!!
*ahem*
Holy hell!
I'm amazed what a difference this S-Video to Composite Cable makes! I played "ROM CHECK FAIL", "Sonic Megamix 4.0b", "Super Mario Forever", and "Cave Story" on my TV. I used JoyToKey to use my Playstation 2 Controller with "ROM CHECK FAIL" and "Cave Story". The results were nothing short of spectacular!
I get a little bit of tearing, depending on the game, but it's otherwise perfect. Maybe I have to change the refresh rate?
For some reason, I can't figure out how to go full-screen on my TV without making it my primary monitor first -- and ATI won't let me save my monitor presets.
I've tried dragging the game windows from my laptop monitor to my TV (when my TV is a secondary monitor) and trying the full screen hotkey, but that just made it go full screen on my laptop.
Regardless of the minor issues I have, this is everything I wanted it to be. ^_^ I love my S-Video to Composite Cable!
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Post by Skeletore has a boner on May 5, 2009 9:21:41 GMT -5
aaah yes. poor NTSC people - lower resolution CRTs. I was thinking maybe Unsavory Maggot was confused in the same way I used to be where "full HD" refers to 1920x1080, and 1366x768 they refer to as "HD" - as if it's "not-so-full-HD" or something. Seems as though anything above 480 or 576 scan lines is "some-kind-of-HD" HD. Pfft...I'm rocking 1440 line...gogo XBR960...best TV ever made! |
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Post by liquidpolicenaut on May 19, 2009 17:33:34 GMT -5
I usually just hook up my laptop to either my SDTV through my S-Video output or to my LCD HDTV through the DVI output and, surprisingly, they both look great for the TVs they are on |
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I tell you what, ebay doesn't help worth anything. The sellers show you the cables, but they don't exactly show you what they do, how well they do it, or if they're even worth a damn. 
