Comments on: The red wire! Cut the red one! http://www.showbits.net/2007/02/22/video-upgrade/ A blog of news, reviews, commentary, and quirks from Hollywood and Broadway, with a focus on quirky, geeky stuff like Star Wars, Star Trek, and superheroes. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:35:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Legend of Zelda http://www.showbits.net/2007/02/22/video-upgrade/#comment-10435 Legend of Zelda Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:29:28 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/02/22/video-upgrade/#comment-10435 I use a similar set up for all my consoles. I keep all my gaming systems plugged int at all time going all the way back to my atari 2600 lol. So I have a lot of adaptors and creative solutions. I also have 2 tvs that i use which obviously helps. I use a similar set up for all my consoles. I keep all my gaming systems plugged int at all time going all the way back to my atari 2600 lol.

So I have a lot of adaptors and creative solutions. I also have 2 tvs that i use which obviously helps.

]]> By: Chris http://www.showbits.net/2007/02/22/video-upgrade/#comment-164 Chris Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:50:28 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/02/22/video-upgrade/#comment-164 Oh, haha, I didn't read it correctly -- I thought you ended up going with a regular connection. Welcome to the mad mad mad mad mad world of HD! Oh, haha, I didn't read it correctly — I thought you ended up going with a regular connection. Welcome to the mad mad mad mad mad world of HD!

]]> By: Ken Gagne http://www.showbits.net/2007/02/22/video-upgrade/#comment-162 Ken Gagne Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:19:32 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/02/22/video-upgrade/#comment-162 Chris, what advice of yours didn't I take? That I buy an HDTV? My Wii and DVD are now both running on component; geez, does nothing please you? :-) Chris, what advice of yours didn't I take? That I buy an HDTV? My Wii and DVD are now both running on component; geez, does nothing please you? :-)

]]> By: Chris http://www.showbits.net/2007/02/22/video-upgrade/#comment-161 Chris Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:38:49 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/02/22/video-upgrade/#comment-161 Hey Ken, it's ok you didn't take my advice, but some day I will have you over and I will sit you down and tape your eyes open and make you see the difference between component and S-video. I WILL DO IT I SWEAR! Also, btw, 480i is what your tv is running at with S-video, or composite even. Component would bring it up to 480p, or 720p if you had a widescreen tv. The difference is night and day, I'm telling you! Hey Ken, it's ok you didn't take my advice, but some day I will have you over and I will sit you down and tape your eyes open and make you see the difference between component and S-video. I WILL DO IT I SWEAR! Also, btw, 480i is what your tv is running at with S-video, or composite even. Component would bring it up to 480p, or 720p if you had a widescreen tv. The difference is night and day, I'm telling you!

]]> By: Ken Gagne http://www.showbits.net/2007/02/22/video-upgrade/#comment-159 Ken Gagne Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:51:05 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/02/22/video-upgrade/#comment-159 I have no idea what happened to the Dreamcast cable. But the other two were regularly swapped in and out of the back of my TV, sight unseen, so that I could plug in my laptop's video out. Since I couldn't see the cable or the input, my fumbling to orient them snapped off the bottom/central connector. This is the same damage I observed in the Dreamcast cable, but I hadn't noticed because the DC was also connected using A/V, so video output never ceased, only downgraded. I have no idea what happened to the Dreamcast cable. But the other two were regularly swapped in and out of the back of my TV, sight unseen, so that I could plug in my laptop's video out. Since I couldn't see the cable or the input, my fumbling to orient them snapped off the bottom/central connector. This is the same damage I observed in the Dreamcast cable, but I hadn't noticed because the DC was also connected using A/V, so video output never ceased, only downgraded.

]]> By: sheppy http://www.showbits.net/2007/02/22/video-upgrade/#comment-158 sheppy Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:30:05 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/02/22/video-upgrade/#comment-158 How the heck did you break three S-Video cables? :) How the heck did you break three S-Video cables? :)

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