Video Asylum

Posted by T. Buns (A) on March 06, 2002 at 13:49:02

In Reply to: GameCube Progressive scan for my computer monitor posted by sfried on March 05, 2002 at 20:25:57:

Believe me I've looked into it, and the answer is no, unless you're willing to fork over about $400. Liksang.com will sell you an S-video to VGA adapter which doesn't take advantage of the hi res output nor does it convert the scan rate, in short it looks like garbage. You can buy a set of component cables for your game(less)cube and then use a component to VGA box from Key Digital, that would work nicely and be at full 640X480 resolution, it's just cost prohibitive.

I've been playing my dreamcast on a 17" VGA monitor, the same I'm using with my CPU as a matter of fact, and I can say that even the finest TV looks pathetic in comparison.

I wanted very much to be able to use my cube with the same monitor and was excited to see a D-Video cable output (in Japan) but it just won't work. As much as I would love to play my GC on my monitor I'm not going to spend $400 on cables and adapters for a $200 system