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2029

so, solved both the genesis issue & the above closet one!

about the last issue is never finding an automatic 10-12 SCART switch. i still have this one from alixpress but could never get it working right, so if anyone wants it, let me know!

so that one i’d tried to order from otaku-games right around covid never did ship (again, twitter back then said the owner died…?) so i got the refund, but checking back, the site seems to be running! it looks almost ideal to me too: automatic switch, 10 slots, good price

only, i can’t seem to place an order! submitting one after putting in my credit card info gets this error: “Your account cannot currently make live charges.” doesn’t matter if i try a new account or a different browser, just won’t go through :sob: anyone ordered from them in recent times, or have an alternative for a similar-ish price?

2030

I’m curious to know your opinion about that, sounds good to me:

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2031

D93 usually looks more “lush” and colorful for old games to me but I set it to the warmer setting because it’s more nostalgic to me.

I don’t think there’s a wrong answer here. CRTs were a “moving target” for devs back then.

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2032

Did you ever see that video about the Atari 2600 called Racing The Beam? I’m pretty sure it’s based on a book, but I found it super interesting.

2033

I’ve always been told that pretty much all professional screens and broadcasts in the US are balanced for 6500k.

Then again, whenever I’ve seen a calibrated screen, they always looked a little dull, and my CRTs usually lean red or green as they get older, so I tend to punch up the blue balance and set to 9300k. It doesn’t make or break my experience either way.

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2034

My Sega Saturn s-video cable broke and I’ve been playing Grandia via composite for about a week now.

Well the replacement cable came and uh I think composite looks better. :neutral_face:

Has it always been like this? I don’t remember composite looking good. But at least on my Panasonic security monitor hoooo it really does.

I don’t know what to do about this but I’m actually tempted to tear out my entire RGB/Component → s-video converters & s-video switches and just replace everything with composite.

Edit: yeah it really seems to depend on the system, NES looks awful.

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2035

It’s very dependent on the system, but it also is dependent on how you played the games originally. When composite was all anyone had, it actually looked good, and of course the developers knew most played that way so tuned their game to look as it does through that lens.

I have S-Video for Saturn and have had it since the system was like a year old. It definitely colored my past with that system in a specific way.

I think what I’m saying is just use what you enjoy. :slight_smile:

2036

Saturn composite is legendary

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2037

Composite can look solid and suits some games, but I would never swap down to it.

The dot crawl alone is a killer.

2038

Security monitor, so a smaller display? I think smaller monitors with a good composite out looks really good but you start to notice the faults more on a big screen