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PS2 Component via an A/V

  • 15-04-2010 10:13pm
    #1
    noodler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,726 ✭✭✭✭


    Would a PS2 via Component to an upscaling A/V (which in tun outputs to the TV via HDMI) be an improvment over scart?

    Or would it be better to go straight from the PS2 to the HDTV with the component?


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  • #2
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    noodler wrote: »
    Would a PS2 via Component to an upscaling A/V (which in tun outputs to the TV via HDMI) be an improvment over scart?

    Or would it be better to go straight from the PS2 to the HDTV with the component?

    It depends on the TV. I got a small border around the image on a LG HDTV.


  • #3
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,394 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I'm not sure I get this. Make sure you mean component and not composite. I'm not sure how you could get a component cable into an A/v slot since they only accept 3 connections, video and two sound channels when component is 3 video channels and 2 sound channels. Either that or it's set up to accept a scart conector and then I've never heard of a component to scart connector.

    If it is a/v composite to an upscaled socket then you will get an upscaled composite signal which will look crap. The upscaling will get rid of the jaggies and dancing pixels up since the unscaled picture quality you start with is so bad it's going to look bad and blurry.

    The best thing to do is get either a RGB scart cable or a component cable. A component cable into a component socket will give you the best possible picture from your PS2. Some games will output in 480p which is a bonus but in my experience there's very few games that support this.

    A RGB scart cable will also give you the best possible picture quality but you won't be able to play games in 480p but again there's not many that support it. Just make sure it's plugged into a socket that supports RGB (pretty sure any upscaling socket will do this but if not the primary AV1 socket usually supports it)

    If you have been using composite (yellow, red and white) you really have been missing out all this time because the jump in picture quality from ****ty composite to RGB scart or component is massive. I find the jump in quality from RGB scart to 720p is less of a jump. Composite looks absolutely terrible, even worse on a HDTV. When I got my first RGB cable for the Gamecube I double taked because it was like playing on a new generation of console. I went out the next day and bought scart for the PS2 and Xbox I was that impressed.
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