My experience with scan-converter

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Posted by Gorre on January 11, 2002 at 20:09:50:

In Reply to: SCAN CONVERTERS VS TV-OUT VID CARDS Post your opinions/experiences here posted by The Manuel on January 11, 2002 at 16:00:29:

First I tried to use a TNT Riva with S-VHS to Scart. The problem I had with this was there was just to much color-bleed.

Secondly I tried to make a VGA to Scart cable, unfortunately I couldn't get it to work.

Finally I bought a second-hand VGA scanconverter.Guillemot - Converter Deluxe 2 --> New price 210€, I payed about 120€.
The quality is very good (there were additional cables for going RGB to Scart).

The luxury of a scanconverter solution:
- no need for scanlines in mame
- no need to stretch screens, the converter does this automatically.
- no need for an extra PCI or AGP slot
- easier to switch between different PC's

I'm not going to say that it's the best solution, but for me it worked out great.

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: First I tried to use a TNT Riva with S-VHS to Scart. The problem I had with this was there was just to much color-bleed. : Secondly I tried to make a VGA to Scart cable, unfortunately I couldn't get it to work. : Finally I bought a second-hand VGA scanconverter.Guillemot - Converter Deluxe 2 --> New price 210€, I payed about 120€. : The quality is very good (there were additional cables for going RGB to Scart). : The luxury of a scanconverter solution: : - no need for scanlines in mame : - no need to stretch screens, the converter does this automatically. : - no need for an extra PCI or AGP slot : - easier to switch between different PC's : I'm not going to say that it's the best solution, but for me it worked out great.

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