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Topic: Gamecube on HDTV

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xXNatsuXx

Hey guys/girls

I just bought a new Flatscreen, it's missing a SCART Port. Now I'm planning to buy a SCART to HDMI Scaler.
Something like the Framemeister is completly out of my budget.
Could you make recommendations for a scaler below 100€?

Thank you in advance <3

Natsu

xXNatsuXx

Eight-Bit-Yoshi

does it not have a av / component sock? Some of them have the av built into the component socket and you just use 3 of the 5 ports

Eight-Bit-Yoshi

xXNatsuXx

It has, but it's really not looking that good, the 42" of my TV doesn't handle the composite signal that well....

xXNatsuXx

xXNatsuXx

Hey WaveGhoul

Thank you for your advise, I don't own a Wii and im not planning to get one
I always thought S-Video is worse than SCART or am I confusing something?

xXNatsuXx

Tasuki

Best bet is just pick up a CRT TV. They are really cheap like less then $20. Just check a thrift store or garage sale.

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Mister_Wu

S-video should be worse than the RGB SCART cable Nintendo sells you, because with that SCART cable the output is set to RGB without chroma subsampling. Anyway, the European GameCube should only support SCART, while the US one should only support S-video, if I am not mistaken.
Likely the best output would be progressive scan (480p) output through component cable. It seems that without modding the European GameCube , even with the digital A/V port, isn't able to output progressive scan content (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_GameCube_games_with_480p_and_16:9_support), so you should end up with a better luma signal but with chroma subsampling (the digital A/V port uses 4:2:2 chroma subsampling: http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=av:nintendodigitalav).
So to sum it up, here are the recommended outputs and cables (assuming you don't have a modded GameCube or a "boot disk"):
NTSC GameCube: 480p output using component cable (digital A/V port required)
PAL GameCube: RGB output using SCART cable (component is recommended as well if a digital A/V port is present, should give a better luma signal, but with chroma subsampling and surely isn't worth the cost)

Final note: the composite-to-SCART adapter that is sold with the PAL GameCube does NOT carry a RGB signal, just a standard composite signal!

Edited on by Mister_Wu

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