These are less common on modern TVs and receivers, but you will see them occasionally.
To get emulator quality sharpness on a HD display from the real console you would to be outputting at a high quality video signal (RGB or component) and have a good upscaler too since the display's internal scaling are usually lacking.Ģ.) For 3D, you have everything mentioned above and more! You know how if you play a 3D game on PC and set the resolution very low that all the polygon edges look jagged and ugly? A similar principle is at play here. Now there are other factors that can come into play such as the video encoder in the system (a model 2 SNES will sharper video than a model 1, but needs to be modded to restore s-video and RGB), but this is an entirely different discussion topic on it's own and isn't the norm.Ī LCD/HD display will show the flaws/blurriness of lower quality video signals even more. I can play games on a CRT with composite video but I highly prefer having s-video at the minimum. Unfortunately, most retro consoles don't have component output, and RGB output isn't supported by most displays in North America. RGB and component are not the same thing, but are basically the same quality. As far as analog video goes (HDMI is digital) the video signals from worst to best are: RF (video and audio in one coax style connection), composite (video seperate from audio in the yellow plug), s-video, and RGB/component. Is there a way to use a monitor with a console? Or would that still not be as clear as an emulator? I've also been looking into getting a Sony Triniton since I've heard they look great, but want to avoid lugging one of those around if possible.ġ.) For 2D games it nearly all boils down to your video signal. I'm guessing it's something to do with my monitor (19" Hanns.G HW191D) being LCD. It's kind of annoying to know that I could just play my games on an emulator for a better picture than having the actual console and cart. Then I have another which is just a SCART lead (no red, yellow, white leads) which makes the picture look sharper but has the wrong resolution (looks squashed like it's putting it into 16:9 instead of 4:3). I have an official Nintendo A/V lead which has the right resolution but looks blurry. Yet when I plug my actual SNES or N64 into my old 24" Phillips CRT, it looks kinda crappy in comparison. Can see every pixel/polygon clearly, no blur. This is something I've been curious about for a while.
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