@DarkLuigi4321 The Game Cube Component cable only works on earlier Game Cubes with the Digital AV output jack (even though component isn't digital that's what they called that port) this jack is separate from the multi AV out jack the normal composite and s-video cables used and the later Cubes took that port off. That cable won't work on the SNES.
Your comment about composite cables is spot on. I can understand them being used on the older systems back when not many people had s-video capable TVs, but why were they still being used as a pack-in with systems like the PS2 and Dreamcast? Even my damn PS3 came with composite cables but no HDMI
@truthseeker0183 Sweet! S-Video should look much better. Those filters can help but they can only do so much so I think you'll still notice a difference.
it seems like the s-video cable would add more jaggies on snes graphics then the composite. do you suppose, even though s-video is technically superior, that composite would make for smoother color blends thus creating the illusion of increased an graphical quality in snes games?
@advancedpillow Yeah, well some people do argue that with the old games sometimes having things a little blended together isn't a bad thing! Games that use dithering as a simple transparency effect for example do expect that your image is getting blended together and if you make it sharper the dithering effect looks worse. But still overall I think S-Video on the SNES looks best.
@TheMarioo0 AV just stands for Audio Video. AV could be Composite, Component, RGB, S-Video etc etc etc. But I know what you meant and what you meant was the standard Composite AV cable ;) they aren't bad, better than RF and so its fine. S-Video looks a little sharper but no big deal.
@SuperFrank97 LOL yup I wish we had SCART over here. RGB was the best and in my head seems the simplest since the TV at the core works in RGB anyway. It seems like they went out of their way to invent something like YbPbr component and make things more complicated for no reason. I just don't understand why we couldn't just have RGB!
@MN12BIRD Yeah, component has better color than composite/s video, but the brightness is either too high, or too dark. :p Here in the US, I've seen some CRT TVs with VGA, I might pick one up some day, but I was wondering, you know about the CRTs with built in DVD players and VCRs, is the signal from the built in stuff carried to the tube in RGB?
@MN12BIRD Yeah, component has better color than composite/s video, but the brightness is either too high, or too dark. :p Here in the US, I've seen some CRT TVs with VGA, I might pick one up some day, but I was wondering, you know about the CRTs with built in DVD players and VCRs, is the signal from the built in stuff carried to the tube in RGB?
@MN12BIRD What is nice is that the Gamecube used the same TV cable as the SNES did so a Gamecube S-Video will work on SNES too and my SNES games look nice on my HDTV. However the SNES game look real nice on Wii VC using a Wii Component Cable and I know what your thinking "I want to play SNES games with a SNES controller" well I do use a SNES controller on my Wii using a SNES Retroport I purchased from RetroUSB(dot)com (Google it) that lets me use all of my SNES pads like my Arcade stick.
Actually, the original hardware revision of the US SNES can output RGB Scart, which you can easily convert to component with a converter. But since the output is 240p, it won't display on most new flat screens; it'll work if you've got a WEGA CRT or something lying around. There are cheap SCART to HDMI upscalers (~$70) but onscreen text looks pretty terrible with it. Solid upscalers are out there, like the XRGB, but they cost over $500!
@bilditup1 Just a few days ago I bought a SCART to Component converter on ebay for $55. I'll be running SCART leads out most of my consoles into it. :p
@SuperFrank97 Yeah I ended up doing that as well, hooking it up to a pretty good upscaler. The picture quality is much better but the colors are not as vibrant. You're gonna need the upscaler, btw, unless you're using a CRT
you know where I can find a good quality s video cable? I've gotten 2 off ebay and people on gamefaqs said it was hacked since I got like a checkerboard pattern. the one I have now is a monster cable which is the real deal but the pins are so thin that they keep bending and I can't plug it in without messing with the pins for a while >< do you know what would happen if I used a gamecube component cable? (not composite)
@demonicloud Not sure I got another one recently at Zellers and it doesn't look as good as this one I got many, many years ago. Cube component cables? Wouldn't that be nice, but nope those won't work on the SNES.
in my opinion you were lucky to even have a composite television back in the 90s lololool true story i remember going to friends house's and they would be using the RF out put.
@Nonexistanthuman Yeah it's true I know alot of people still using RF in the mid 90s! In the early 90's most of us didn't even have TV's with composite AV input.
@916zombie1 Yep, this is what happens when you find someone who does videos but you find a video they did 3 years ago. In other words I didn't know exactly what I was doing back then and my videos have got better and better since. If you truly like retro gaming check out my channel and if not don't bother.
@MN12BIRD I actually have a cable similar to that but mine is made by Madcatz and I bought it at Goodwill and all the slots work (but I haven't tested the S-Video and the Xbox 360 because I don't own a 360).
That cable is crap, i bought it and later abandoned it after i seen how poor the signal was.I later bought the the Monster Video S-video cable for the Gamecube and used it for the SNES and N64 instead and it gives you a much better signal for the SNES then that cable in your vid.It Also gives you a really good signal for the N64.I never tried it for the Gamecube cause i bought the Component cable for the Gamecube which is only available in Japan and some stores in America that sales imports.
com-PAUSE-it :-D not COMP-a-sit... just saying. I was wondering where you lived where people pronounce it COMP-a-sit, then I saw you said NA. I assume that's North America? Maybe... Canada?
hell, back in the day i had to use an RF adapter with my NES and SNES because my TVs didn't even have RCA ins. composite was like the holy grail as far as i was concerned XD
S-video is awesome, I got my N64 connected to a "Composite/S-Video to HDMI converter" that connects to a 1080p HDTV and at first I connected the default N64 composite cables and the quality was 100% worse on my HDTV then it was on my crappy 20 year old CRT TV. So I basically went to Google to see why the hell my picture was so bad and found out about S-Video. Bought a cheap S-Video cable for the N64 and the picture is 200% better on the HDTV. S-Video does not give you HD quality but still great!
Holy shit thats the cable I saw 4 years ago. I also saw in block buster. I should have bought it. But the plugs that go to the systems don't seem spread out so well.
I have a an RCA Round tube with a Svideo. I have been looking for an S video cable for my xbox and ps2. Like a cable that will hook upto both my systems but allow me to switch between them. I know mad catz has a cable like that. Well did. I saw it 4 years ago.
I had someone mod my SNES Jr for s-video and the picture looks better than an original SNES through s-video! I was using the same cables and everything...
@SNESosT Another thing is to avoid damaging your system by adding a scart cable, which works as long as the system you have isn't one of those 'non-RGB' brands. (N64 and gamecube are notorious for this)
I have an explanation why we stuck with Composite.
1) There was no better option available ie, only composite on the TV. For example I was stuck with VHF connections with my N64 and Dreamcast (connected through RF/VHF connector), and didn't have a composite option.
PLEASE ANSWER THIS, if i get the SCART RGB (which turns out to be better than s video) well it work on my super nintendo, as well as on my sega genesis?
its too bad that this doesnt really apply for ALL technologies. as most DVD players and other systems dont SUPPORT s-video, but yet they ADAPT the composite into s-video in case thats all your TV or monitor uses, and to get people to buy their unit with a "better" video option. in my opinion, it def worth it for system that ACUALLY utilize the s-video for a true contrast/color separation rather than another crappy video choice...but not so worth it for most DVD players
@dwrhecktic no because youre basically still usuing the video signal that has been heavily compressed (composite) and just adapting it into a s-video plug.
I just found out today that the gaming TV that I've been using since I got my PlayStation in 1999 supports S-Video. Call me a geek, but that was the highlight of my day.
I just found the cable you were showing.I should go down to my local gamestop and pick one of these up sometime.By way,my local gamestop is in Aurora,Indiana.It's nice to have a Gamestop this close.
As far as I know,the "High Quality" option is now used by clicking on a resolution in the player.When you drag your mouse over the resolution,you can can choose from 360p to 1080p.480p is your high quality.However,if I a video is available in HD,I usually watch in 720p,because 1080p slows my computer down.
I'm assuming you're Canadian because the warning label below the power switch appears to be twice as big, and I know everythig in your region has to add French to all warnings and disclaimers because of one stubborn province.
@ClassicGamer88 Nope other than my PC witch can play any new games but I still don't play many newer games. Just Left 4 Dead, Resident Evil 5, Modern Warfare and a few others.
@zallard1 i compared S video (monster cable brand) and composite on a 63 inch rear protection HD tv with my snes, composite, i felt like it was losing my vision it was so fuzzy. s video made it clear and more colorful with a deeper contrasts. so with a tv that size you need s video for sure lol.
@zallard1 Your issue is the cable you have. It's not shielded properly. You need a shielded cable, perhaps one from Madcatz. The cheap ones often lack shielding and result in the bad image you describe.
too bad the snes jr has no s-video out,but you could use a hich $3000 hqv/faroudja upscaler to improve composite to near s-video and hd quality for your hdtv!!!!
No you cant. S-video does not work on that version of the snes. Sucks because I picked up one and it does not even produce RGB which is what I use to covert to component 480i on my flatscreen.
I use only original cables for my consoles. SNES and N64 i use the original Ninitendo RGB scart cable on my NTSC-U, NTSC-J and the PAL-EUR systems. The best signal is always the RGB and the worse is S-Video not for the Dreamcast. Older systems is the correct way and best way for the CRT. Full HD and HD Ready LCD is only for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Buy only the original cables for the consoles not the cheap crappy ones.
Easy to say if you live in Europe. You have to understand we never had SCART and RGB on our TV's over here was SUPER rare. Really next to no one had RGB ability on their TV's during this time. Because of that no one sold RGB cables for consoles and even if we could get SCART cables no TV's over here had it. For us we had little choice. It was composite or S-Video ;) and finding S-Video cables for the SNES was next to impossible too. Sad truth is over here almost everyone used composite.
"One pin is color and the other one is contrast." Is that like LUMA & Chroma? Because you said that the commodore uses broken S-video. If I were to take the 2 commodore video cables and made an adapter that switches broken s-video to regular 4 pin s-video, will it work? Because I tried running composite through the 2 ports on a commodore monitor before.
Yep it's Chroma and Luma (I say Color and Contrast so newbs can easily understand it) and I don't really understand your question. You want to make a custom S-Video cable for the C64? You should be able to and it should work to allow you to use the C64 on a normal S-Video TV. You can also use composite input on most (if not all) commodore monitors to begin with. they usually have 3 video inputs. the 2 for Chroma and Luma and 1 for composite.
I hear you. It's fine with me. My plan is to make the adapter turn 1-channel mono into 2-channel mono to work 2 speakers, and switch broken s-video to a regular s-video. I'll also make it so I can use it both ways. It's just a cool way for better picture if you have a C64 and a modern TV with S-video like me. But thanks for helping me out.
my GCN with s-video looks like shit, it's really weird looking and I get all kinds of ghosting, not with composite, but fuck that, I use the component cables :D
S video was the high definition of the 80's & early to mid 90's. lol if you had a laser disk player with s video and color stereo big screen tv, you had it made!
S-Video is definitely better than composite. But for the best picture quality, you need to get first-party cables. Most off-brand cables aren't shielded very well.
composite is the worst video signal ever. I always try to avoid composite whenever possible. it just looks like crap. especially when using composite on capture cards with PC, the brightness is very poor that when it's dark it's too dark and when it's bright it will almost burn your eyes.
yeah! snes looks very nice through s-video. I have my snes, cdi, 3do, jaguar, saturn, neogeo cd, aes (mod), psx, n64, dreamcast going to a powered svideo switcher. my ps2,gamecube, xbox, wii through component...and my xbox 360 & ps3 through hdmi. i'd really like to get some of my COMPOSITE systems (nes, gen, tg16) modded to svideo, or better yet, component! :}
your right on that one, but us north americans are stuck on that front. Lucky for us we aren't PAL so imports are much easier for us. Oh well ya win some, ya lose some.
The FZ-10 came out in 1995 as its the newer model to the FZ-1 witch came out in 1993. Still it was nice to have it right on the back with no special cables needed but if you wanna be impressed the C64 uses S-Video and its from the early 80s!
Maybe RGB Signal looks better than S-Video, but in europe you've got other problems. For Example the games are about 17% slower than usually (because 50 hertz). And the Aspect Ratio isn't correct.
The Holy Grail of analog i think is Component, because on RGB you've got Contrast problems on 80s films for example. With the "Y-Signal" of Component you don't....
So i Prefer the NTSC SNES (i ve got both SNES ... (living in germany, europe))
@Dant2142 on Component you've got all the colors! Y is your Contrast Signal (black and white) Pb has the blue information or it's inverted color yellow, and Pr has the Red information or is inverted Color (oh dear what's the word) "Aqua?" ..
So there's no chance, that it could be off. Only if you transcode RGB to Component and it's poorly done.
For example, the SNES is rendered in RGB, when i plug in a wii and play virtual console (wii of a frend) via Component, the colors a bit off.
@Vicejerri Well that's my point, the Green is estimated at the Television's end, Green info/inverted isn't in the signal, unless they've gotten decoders that good...
@Dant2142 Uhm, what do you mean exactly? Got only Signals here, where it has a "real green" in it, and and all look better (better gamma, better contrast) in Y/Cb/Cr (HDMI input) ... the direct component in isn't as good, as the VGA, S-Video or HDMI one on my Sony XBR5.
@Vicejerri I meant that without proper hardware on the TV's end to estimate the green based on the Red info and Blue info, you could potentially have off colors.
RGB is a component connection (same as VGA only for TV), so it does have perfect quality. Though i acknowledge the other problems, but it can be fixed by doing a 60hz fix on a PAL SNES or just getting an NTSC one instead.
Its a good thing Sega Genesis, Sega Mastersystem, Sega Saturn, and Sega Dreamcast produces RGB. Which can be converted to Component with a adapter I got, and I get a 480I picture. WAY better then s-video!
Alright Mr Keyboard doushebag! I guarantee you would not say that to me personally. I dont know where that even came from. So why dont you get your dad's dick out of your mouth and tell your mom to quit asking me to fuck her in the ass!
I've bought a S-video cable for my PS2 half a year ago. Definintely worth the purchase. And to think that the difference between Composite and S-video is actually quite small compared to Composite-Component or Composite-SCART RGB!
I'll be upgrading TV's soon, so I'll have my PS2 hooked up with Component then, gonna be sweet.
It seems weird to me that you put RGB below component (I'd think the opposite, though they're so close, you probably wouldn't be able to tell) and DVI below HDMI (I thought they were basically identical there, aside from HDMI also carrying an audio signal).
Component is definitely better than RGB, although that's a very good connection as well. Component can carry HD, while (SCART) RGB cannot. And I've placed HDMI over DVI because it also carries 7.1 HD sound, which makes it more convenient than DVI. But you're right, they're the same, visually. :)
Otherwise, RGB (through a VGA cable, perhaps, or when comparing two 4:3 sources) is still slightly superior to component though. God, I would love to get my Super Famicom running through RGB - I've read that you can get near-emulation picture quality. There's an adapter that claims to convert SCART RGB to HDMI, but I don't want to be the one shelling out the money to see if it works and is superior to S-Video on an HDTV.
Yup, SCART RGB rocks. I'm using it on my Dreamcast and GameCube at the moment. I tried to use my GameCube RGB cable on my N64 and SNES but both don't work with it. It's really annoying with the SNES, because for a few seconds I can see a crystal clear picture (to be expected with SCART RGB) and then the screen goes black (but I still get sound).
I've ordered a SFC myself recently, it should arrive any day now, will be sweet!
I'll definitely be looking for a S-video cable for my SFC myself. :)
Ugh. Why did the cable stop working? I've heard SCART (along with various more direct RGB hacks) works just fine with SNES/SFC (but not SNES 2/SFC Jr.). Maybe you need a cable made just for SNES, but I can't see why. :(
Anyway, S-Video looks great - there's very little inherent blurriness and very few "crawlies" on the screen, but my TV itself does weird things with the signal - fast motion causes (very minor, but annoying) blurring of the things that are moving (while static objects, say, in the foreground, retain their crispness). I wish I could figure out how to just make it stop processing the signal (aside from a simple pixel rescale and simple deinterlacing).
Yeah, Europe. That's true what you said, NTSC GameCube's don't support RGB, only PAL ones do. That's probably because SCART is relatively rare over there, while it's very common here. A shame for you guys, it's a mighty good connection if you can't afford the Component cable/don't have component in on your TV.
@Eyedunno: the cable didn't "stop working", it seems my PAL SNES just can't handle RGB. The cable (which has the regular multi-AV out) works fine on my GameCube.
Can you see a big difference between RGB and even s-video? The reason I ask is because I already have s-video and I want to know if it will be worth it to upgrade to RGB.
MN12BIRD, I just gotta' know: what tv are you using? It looks to be a JVC brand, but what about the model, that picture looks far better than my crappy Emerson.
I love s-video, but I have to wonder if some games need to assume the role of composite video for the blurring effects? I've heard stories that some developers assumed most people would use either RF or Composite so they used it's naturally occuring blurring for some smoothing effects.
For shizzle. It's so damn annoying right now though, my tv's picture is all messed up and I don't even want to play my old SNES games on it--the convergence is out of whack and so is the centering of the picture!
Heh, try NES through RF on a 52" plasma. BEST. PICTURE. EVAR. No, not really, but it was entertaining seeing Link supersized from what I remember him. Even composite doesn't look great on HDTVs...sad.
yeah our component is a little different than RGB and most peoples TV's over here can't use RGB but I'm not sure of the SNES puts out RGB it might or it might with a mod or two but I dunno.
Good info, but I gotta say, it's pronounced "comPOSite", not "COMPosite." Not that it matters, I am just a stickler for that kind of thing. Otherwise, thanks for the video. It's pretty useful.
sadly my tv is too new to have s-video
DarkLuigi4321 1 month ago
if the snes uses the same av cable as the n64 and game cube can I use the game cube/n64 component cable
DarkLuigi4321 1 month ago
@DarkLuigi4321 The Game Cube Component cable only works on earlier Game Cubes with the Digital AV output jack (even though component isn't digital that's what they called that port) this jack is separate from the multi AV out jack the normal composite and s-video cables used and the later Cubes took that port off. That cable won't work on the SNES.
MN12BIRD 1 month ago
Your comment about composite cables is spot on. I can understand them being used on the older systems back when not many people had s-video capable TVs, but why were they still being used as a pack-in with systems like the PS2 and Dreamcast? Even my damn PS3 came with composite cables but no HDMI
10forRP 1 month ago
@truthseeker0183 Sweet! S-Video should look much better. Those filters can help but they can only do so much so I think you'll still notice a difference.
MN12BIRD 2 months ago
it seems like the s-video cable would add more jaggies on snes graphics then the composite. do you suppose, even though s-video is technically superior, that composite would make for smoother color blends thus creating the illusion of increased an graphical quality in snes games?
advancedpillow 2 months ago
@advancedpillow Yeah, well some people do argue that with the old games sometimes having things a little blended together isn't a bad thing! Games that use dithering as a simple transparency effect for example do expect that your image is getting blended together and if you make it sharper the dithering effect looks worse. But still overall I think S-Video on the SNES looks best.
MN12BIRD 2 months ago
@MN12BIRD On a CRT it looks great using S-video. On an HDTV, it will look really pixelated, but it probably will anyway.
I have a CRT just for old games and it looks noticeably better using s-video than composite and especially better than RF.
thrash77581 1 week ago
i used the AV OUT cables
TheMarioo0 3 months ago
@TheMarioo0 AV just stands for Audio Video. AV could be Composite, Component, RGB, S-Video etc etc etc. But I know what you meant and what you meant was the standard Composite AV cable ;) they aren't bad, better than RF and so its fine. S-Video looks a little sharper but no big deal.
MN12BIRD 2 months ago
Screw all this. Get a Sony PVM broadcast monitor and get some RGB cables!
Tochir0 4 months ago
Whoops, I think I posted a comment twice. srry
SuperFrank97 5 months ago
Screw both composite and s video. If scart made it outside Europe, there would be no war.
SuperFrank97 5 months ago
@SuperFrank97 LOL yup I wish we had SCART over here. RGB was the best and in my head seems the simplest since the TV at the core works in RGB anyway. It seems like they went out of their way to invent something like YbPbr component and make things more complicated for no reason. I just don't understand why we couldn't just have RGB!
MN12BIRD 5 months ago
i have that excat same cable. i'l be using it for my SNES when i get my snes a/c adaptor
KolerikRocks 5 months ago
@MN12BIRD Yeah, component has better color than composite/s video, but the brightness is either too high, or too dark. :p Here in the US, I've seen some CRT TVs with VGA, I might pick one up some day, but I was wondering, you know about the CRTs with built in DVD players and VCRs, is the signal from the built in stuff carried to the tube in RGB?
SuperFrank97 5 months ago
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@MN12BIRD Yeah, component has better color than composite/s video, but the brightness is either too high, or too dark. :p Here in the US, I've seen some CRT TVs with VGA, I might pick one up some day, but I was wondering, you know about the CRTs with built in DVD players and VCRs, is the signal from the built in stuff carried to the tube in RGB?
SuperFrank97 5 months ago
@MN12BIRD What is nice is that the Gamecube used the same TV cable as the SNES did so a Gamecube S-Video will work on SNES too and my SNES games look nice on my HDTV. However the SNES game look real nice on Wii VC using a Wii Component Cable and I know what your thinking "I want to play SNES games with a SNES controller" well I do use a SNES controller on my Wii using a SNES Retroport I purchased from RetroUSB(dot)com (Google it) that lets me use all of my SNES pads like my Arcade stick.
loomp 4 months ago
@MN12BIRD @SuperFrank97
Actually, the original hardware revision of the US SNES can output RGB Scart, which you can easily convert to component with a converter. But since the output is 240p, it won't display on most new flat screens; it'll work if you've got a WEGA CRT or something lying around. There are cheap SCART to HDMI upscalers (~$70) but onscreen text looks pretty terrible with it. Solid upscalers are out there, like the XRGB, but they cost over $500!
bilditup1 3 months ago
@bilditup1 Just a few days ago I bought a SCART to Component converter on ebay for $55. I'll be running SCART leads out most of my consoles into it. :p
SuperFrank97 1 month ago
@SuperFrank97 Yeah I ended up doing that as well, hooking it up to a pretty good upscaler. The picture quality is much better but the colors are not as vibrant. You're gonna need the upscaler, btw, unless you're using a CRT
bilditup1 1 month ago
@bilditup1 I'm gunna use a CRT, but I will try it with an LCD, especially once I get my PAL VCR in the mail.
SuperFrank97 1 month ago
It's Com-po-site, not com-posite. ^^
SNESFanboy64 5 months ago
i used the same cable to use my xbox with my gamecube and ps2 attached.
ive got to say i approve this video. never used the cable to play my n64 or my snes but i will soon lol
hostelowner 5 months ago
@MegaCandy39 Only on the SNES 1, S-Video does not work on the SNES 2 or Jr if you want to call it that.
MN12BIRD 6 months ago
you know where I can find a good quality s video cable? I've gotten 2 off ebay and people on gamefaqs said it was hacked since I got like a checkerboard pattern. the one I have now is a monster cable which is the real deal but the pins are so thin that they keep bending and I can't plug it in without messing with the pins for a while >< do you know what would happen if I used a gamecube component cable? (not composite)
demonicloud 9 months ago
@demonicloud Not sure I got another one recently at Zellers and it doesn't look as good as this one I got many, many years ago. Cube component cables? Wouldn't that be nice, but nope those won't work on the SNES.
MN12BIRD 9 months ago
in my opinion you were lucky to even have a composite television back in the 90s lololool true story i remember going to friends house's and they would be using the RF out put.
Nonexistanthuman 9 months ago
@Nonexistanthuman Yeah it's true I know alot of people still using RF in the mid 90s! In the early 90's most of us didn't even have TV's with composite AV input.
MN12BIRD 9 months ago
@MN12BIRD these multi cables with s video still exist? seems like an upgrade from the past
Nonexistanthuman 9 months ago
Just found the same cable & i gotta say i love it. Cool vid.
hendoballs 9 months ago
You talk too much...
916zombie1 10 months ago
@916zombie1 Yep, this is what happens when you find someone who does videos but you find a video they did 3 years ago. In other words I didn't know exactly what I was doing back then and my videos have got better and better since. If you truly like retro gaming check out my channel and if not don't bother.
MN12BIRD 10 months ago 7
Does the S-Video work on the N64 (I don't have a S-Video on my TV where I play my games on it.
TheRaker55 10 months ago
@TheRaker55 Yeah the same S-Video cable will work with SNES, N64 and the Cube.
MN12BIRD 10 months ago
@MN12BIRD I actually have a cable similar to that but mine is made by Madcatz and I bought it at Goodwill and all the slots work (but I haven't tested the S-Video and the Xbox 360 because I don't own a 360).
TheRaker55 10 months ago
That cable is crap, i bought it and later abandoned it after i seen how poor the signal was.I later bought the the Monster Video S-video cable for the Gamecube and used it for the SNES and N64 instead and it gives you a much better signal for the SNES then that cable in your vid.It Also gives you a really good signal for the N64.I never tried it for the Gamecube cause i bought the Component cable for the Gamecube which is only available in Japan and some stores in America that sales imports.
barlog20 11 months ago
I play both SNES and N64 with a S-video cable and the picture quality I get is much better than using the AV composite or RF coaxial ones. : )
el69tufi 11 months ago
com-PAUSE-it :-D not COMP-a-sit... just saying. I was wondering where you lived where people pronounce it COMP-a-sit, then I saw you said NA. I assume that's North America? Maybe... Canada?
thadreazie 11 months ago
If I hook my snes up to a s video cable and plug it in to a RCA to VGA adapter and plug it into a computer monitor will it work?
Iamacatttt 1 year ago
@Iamacatttt Not a change. VGA is a very different video format.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
@Iamacatttt It will... won't be a huge difference (since its converting the COMPOSITE or S-VIDEO Signal to VGA...) but it will totally work
speewave 10 months ago
hell, back in the day i had to use an RF adapter with my NES and SNES because my TVs didn't even have RCA ins. composite was like the holy grail as far as i was concerned XD
Dibbid 1 year ago
@Dibbid lol I was wondering if I was the only other one thinking that as I watched this..
yourfaceninety 11 months ago
@Dibbid
I'm still stuck with a 20+ year old TV, and everything goes through a composite switcher to a universal RF modulator.
Except for the Xbox. It has HDMI so I use an HDMI to DVI adapter. All the other systems can just be emulated on my computers.
dkabot 10 months ago
COMP-a-sit! COMP-a-sit!
zuriko 1 year ago
sorry we all didn't use yellow cable, some people used the aux cable.
m22k3yt 1 year ago
Google the Gamecube Monster Cable S-Video cable. That's the one to get man B)
FeeLtheHertZ 1 year ago
S-video is awesome, I got my N64 connected to a "Composite/S-Video to HDMI converter" that connects to a 1080p HDTV and at first I connected the default N64 composite cables and the quality was 100% worse on my HDTV then it was on my crappy 20 year old CRT TV. So I basically went to Google to see why the hell my picture was so bad and found out about S-Video. Bought a cheap S-Video cable for the N64 and the picture is 200% better on the HDTV. S-Video does not give you HD quality but still great!
Zoowey07 1 year ago
Holy shit thats the cable I saw 4 years ago. I also saw in block buster. I should have bought it. But the plugs that go to the systems don't seem spread out so well.
GameFanism 1 year ago
I have a an RCA Round tube with a Svideo. I have been looking for an S video cable for my xbox and ps2. Like a cable that will hook upto both my systems but allow me to switch between them. I know mad catz has a cable like that. Well did. I saw it 4 years ago.
GameFanism 1 year ago
I had someone mod my SNES Jr for s-video and the picture looks better than an original SNES through s-video! I was using the same cables and everything...
MrCopyrightViolator 1 year ago
you can mod your snes 2 to RGB
SNESosT 1 year ago
@SNESosT Another thing is to avoid damaging your system by adding a scart cable, which works as long as the system you have isn't one of those 'non-RGB' brands. (N64 and gamecube are notorious for this)
voltz15 1 year ago
I have an explanation why we stuck with Composite.
1) There was no better option available ie, only composite on the TV. For example I was stuck with VHF connections with my N64 and Dreamcast (connected through RF/VHF connector), and didn't have a composite option.
2) People didn't care back in the day
thatguyontheright1 1 year ago
@thatguyontheright1 I think I'll go with no. 2 on this one.
voltz15 1 year ago
PLEASE ANSWER THIS, if i get the SCART RGB (which turns out to be better than s video) well it work on my super nintendo, as well as on my sega genesis?
SNESosT 1 year ago
@SNESosT Should but I live in NA so I have never used RGB or SCART.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
its too bad that this doesnt really apply for ALL technologies. as most DVD players and other systems dont SUPPORT s-video, but yet they ADAPT the composite into s-video in case thats all your TV or monitor uses, and to get people to buy their unit with a "better" video option. in my opinion, it def worth it for system that ACUALLY utilize the s-video for a true contrast/color separation rather than another crappy video choice...but not so worth it for most DVD players
codemsan 1 year ago
wheres the first song playing from?
xxliljpxx 1 year ago
on the snes 2 aka snes jr. can you convert the composite to s-video and still get the better quality picture?
dwrhecktic 1 year ago
@dwrhecktic no because youre basically still usuing the video signal that has been heavily compressed (composite) and just adapting it into a s-video plug.
codemsan 1 year ago
I just found out today that the gaming TV that I've been using since I got my PlayStation in 1999 supports S-Video. Call me a geek, but that was the highlight of my day.
sabombardonist 1 year ago
What if you plug all the systems at the same time and turn them on at the same time?
ShooterJoe 1 year ago
@ShooterJoe then your a turkey head
Transinater 1 year ago
I just found the cable you were showing.I should go down to my local gamestop and pick one of these up sometime.By way,my local gamestop is in Aurora,Indiana.It's nice to have a Gamestop this close.
JAREDMICHALLE 1 year ago
As far as I know,the "High Quality" option is now used by clicking on a resolution in the player.When you drag your mouse over the resolution,you can can choose from 360p to 1080p.480p is your high quality.However,if I a video is available in HD,I usually watch in 720p,because 1080p slows my computer down.
JAREDMICHALLE 1 year ago
"come-pause-it"
not "compass-it"
Silly Canadians! ;)
I'm assuming you're Canadian because the warning label below the power switch appears to be twice as big, and I know everythig in your region has to add French to all warnings and disclaimers because of one stubborn province.
jevansturner 1 year ago
Ahhh! kom-POZ-it!!! Not KOM-PO-zit .
Maggotchain 1 year ago
Do you own a current gen console?
ClassicGamer88 1 year ago
@ClassicGamer88 Nope other than my PC witch can play any new games but I still don't play many newer games. Just Left 4 Dead, Resident Evil 5, Modern Warfare and a few others.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
i have on of those cables. to bad it's busted . time to go to gamestop
bong264 1 year ago
That cable is pretty neat. I ended up buying an S-video cable for my N64 a while back, but the picture ended up having these horrible vertical lines.
Does your cable have any abnormal looking lines on your N64? (I can send a pic for reference)
zallard1 1 year ago
@zallard1 no looks fine with every system I've used it on inc the N64.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
@zallard1 i compared S video (monster cable brand) and composite on a 63 inch rear protection HD tv with my snes, composite, i felt like it was losing my vision it was so fuzzy. s video made it clear and more colorful with a deeper contrasts. so with a tv that size you need s video for sure lol.
davidevgen 1 year ago
@zallard1 Your issue is the cable you have. It's not shielded properly. You need a shielded cable, perhaps one from Madcatz. The cheap ones often lack shielding and result in the bad image you describe.
Lendorien 1 year ago
If you go to my sight I will show you how to get component 480i for snes. I do alot of comparison.
phonedork 2 years ago
We in Europe can use the better RGB output on Scart.
KommodoreKiki 2 years ago
yeah the picture is much clearer.
too bad the snes jr has no s-video out,but you could use a hich $3000 hqv/faroudja upscaler to improve composite to near s-video and hd quality for your hdtv!!!!
johneymute 2 years ago
Can i use s-video on Snes Jr?
TerporFIN 2 years ago
Nope. Nintendo took out S-Vid to save a few bucks on the Jr. I tried and you get no picture at all. Sucks.
MN12BIRD 2 years ago
Oh crap, but i have a bad eyesight so it really doesnt matter if i dont see few extra lines :)
TerporFIN 2 years ago
No you cant. S-video does not work on that version of the snes. Sucks because I picked up one and it does not even produce RGB which is what I use to covert to component 480i on my flatscreen.
phonedork 1 year ago
I use only original cables for my consoles. SNES and N64 i use the original Ninitendo RGB scart cable on my NTSC-U, NTSC-J and the PAL-EUR systems. The best signal is always the RGB and the worse is S-Video not for the Dreamcast. Older systems is the correct way and best way for the CRT. Full HD and HD Ready LCD is only for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Buy only the original cables for the consoles not the cheap crappy ones.
MyNameIsArmakuni 2 years ago
Easy to say if you live in Europe. You have to understand we never had SCART and RGB on our TV's over here was SUPER rare. Really next to no one had RGB ability on their TV's during this time. Because of that no one sold RGB cables for consoles and even if we could get SCART cables no TV's over here had it. For us we had little choice. It was composite or S-Video ;) and finding S-Video cables for the SNES was next to impossible too. Sad truth is over here almost everyone used composite.
MN12BIRD 2 years ago
"One pin is color and the other one is contrast." Is that like LUMA & Chroma? Because you said that the commodore uses broken S-video. If I were to take the 2 commodore video cables and made an adapter that switches broken s-video to regular 4 pin s-video, will it work? Because I tried running composite through the 2 ports on a commodore monitor before.
mattsprinter 2 years ago
Yep it's Chroma and Luma (I say Color and Contrast so newbs can easily understand it) and I don't really understand your question. You want to make a custom S-Video cable for the C64? You should be able to and it should work to allow you to use the C64 on a normal S-Video TV. You can also use composite input on most (if not all) commodore monitors to begin with. they usually have 3 video inputs. the 2 for Chroma and Luma and 1 for composite.
MN12BIRD 2 years ago
I hear you. It's fine with me. My plan is to make the adapter turn 1-channel mono into 2-channel mono to work 2 speakers, and switch broken s-video to a regular s-video. I'll also make it so I can use it both ways. It's just a cool way for better picture if you have a C64 and a modern TV with S-video like me. But thanks for helping me out.
mattsprinter 2 years ago
It can actually do RGB as well but I have never seen the cable.
Ragnark1 2 years ago
i have this cable too but i have a cuestion how can i conect & capture video with the computer ?
WalterLawnsville 2 years ago
You need a TV Tuner card or Capture device. Either an external USB device or a PCI/PCI-e card you install.
MN12BIRD 2 years ago
man, i still have RF on my SNES LMAO.
hyogaiceheart 2 years ago
my GCN with s-video looks like shit, it's really weird looking and I get all kinds of ghosting, not with composite, but fuck that, I use the component cables :D
VideoGamer945 2 years ago
My n64 looks horrid on my HDTV with composite cables, does s video make it looks better on HDTV's?
nairbzaid 2 years ago
Well it will help a little but the N64 just looks horrible on HDTVs no matter what you do!
MN12BIRD 2 years ago
Damn, I don't have any SDTV's in my house.
nairbzaid 2 years ago
dont worry one day we will find a way
ARIETGXXX 2 years ago
True the N64 is 340x240 resolution and a HD tv starts at 1200x700 thats a hecka lot of scaling and to a un-native resolution.
DavidRobertRoy 2 years ago
i actually bought the nintendo brand svideo cables at launch in 1991. it's one of the reasons i stopped playing the genesis after the snes came out
videogameobsession 2 years ago
Now put you put the video in High Quality by clicking the HQ button.
JAREDMICHALLE 2 years ago
does anybody know if component works with snes
ARIETGXXX 2 years ago
S video was the high definition of the 80's & early to mid 90's. lol if you had a laser disk player with s video and color stereo big screen tv, you had it made!
davidevgen 2 years ago
lol, man, technology has definitely changed. We now have monitors that display in 1600p (and probably higher).
Treasurefan02 2 years ago
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davidevgen 2 years ago
S-Video is definitely better than composite. But for the best picture quality, you need to get first-party cables. Most off-brand cables aren't shielded very well.
WhiskerFear 2 years ago
I was happy to find out that my s-video cables on my gamecube also worked with the SNES that I just got (which came with an RF adaptor, bleh).
Treasurefan02 2 years ago
it also works with the n64
davidevgen 2 years ago
Yep ^_^
Gotta give props to Nintendo for that decision
Treasurefan02 2 years ago
composite is the worst video signal ever. I always try to avoid composite whenever possible. it just looks like crap. especially when using composite on capture cards with PC, the brightness is very poor that when it's dark it's too dark and when it's bright it will almost burn your eyes.
sdutango 2 years ago
well but Y PB PR are much better than S-video
ahyhijooooo 2 years ago
my snes came with a s video plug but i lost it so i use the n64 white,red, yellow plugs for my snes
didn't think s video whould b better
YogiOBear18 2 years ago
Holy shit! Im definitely getting one of these for my PAL SNES or N64 when I get my new TV...
InfiniteGears 2 years ago
yeah! snes looks very nice through s-video. I have my snes, cdi, 3do, jaguar, saturn, neogeo cd, aes (mod), psx, n64, dreamcast going to a powered svideo switcher. my ps2,gamecube, xbox, wii through component...and my xbox 360 & ps3 through hdmi. i'd really like to get some of my COMPOSITE systems (nes, gen, tg16) modded to svideo, or better yet, component! :}
videogameobsession 2 years ago
now i've got a US Snes with a Japanese Super Famicom RGB Cable plugged into a XRGB-3 scaler.
The XRGB-3 is in Analog mode line doubling the 240p resolution to 480p. And that goes via VGA to my TV...
(The XRGB produces Scanlines in a selectable amount, if you like)
Result: Awesome Retro TV looking sharp picture from a LCD TV....
i am happy :-).. there's no better quality you can get with a snes on a new TV
Vicejerri 2 years ago
I have RGB scart on my SNES. Way better than s-video.
blajsad 2 years ago
SCART is a European plug, right? Well, lucky you.
SCSNSE 2 years ago 3
Yes it is.
blajsad 2 years ago
your right on that one, but us north americans are stuck on that front. Lucky for us we aren't PAL so imports are much easier for us. Oh well ya win some, ya lose some.
TennesseeHusker 2 years ago
my Panasonic FZ-10 3DO had s-video on it and it was made in the early 90's
cobra12369 2 years ago 2
The FZ-10 came out in 1995 as its the newer model to the FZ-1 witch came out in 1993. Still it was nice to have it right on the back with no special cables needed but if you wanna be impressed the C64 uses S-Video and its from the early 80s!
MN12BIRD 2 years ago
Maybe RGB Signal looks better than S-Video, but in europe you've got other problems. For Example the games are about 17% slower than usually (because 50 hertz). And the Aspect Ratio isn't correct.
The Holy Grail of analog i think is Component, because on RGB you've got Contrast problems on 80s films for example. With the "Y-Signal" of Component you don't....
So i Prefer the NTSC SNES (i ve got both SNES ... (living in germany, europe))
Vicejerri 2 years ago 6
@Vicejerri Maybe so, but because component doesn't transmit the Green signal couldn't that be off?
Dant2142 1 year ago
@Dant2142 on Component you've got all the colors! Y is your Contrast Signal (black and white) Pb has the blue information or it's inverted color yellow, and Pr has the Red information or is inverted Color (oh dear what's the word) "Aqua?" ..
So there's no chance, that it could be off. Only if you transcode RGB to Component and it's poorly done.
For example, the SNES is rendered in RGB, when i plug in a wii and play virtual console (wii of a frend) via Component, the colors a bit off.
Vicejerri 1 year ago
@Vicejerri Well that's my point, the Green is estimated at the Television's end, Green info/inverted isn't in the signal, unless they've gotten decoders that good...
Dant2142 1 year ago
@Dant2142 Uhm, what do you mean exactly? Got only Signals here, where it has a "real green" in it, and and all look better (better gamma, better contrast) in Y/Cb/Cr (HDMI input) ... the direct component in isn't as good, as the VGA, S-Video or HDMI one on my Sony XBR5.
Vicejerri 1 year ago
@Vicejerri I meant that without proper hardware on the TV's end to estimate the green based on the Red info and Blue info, you could potentially have off colors.
Dant2142 1 year ago
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@Vicejerri
RGB is a component connection (same as VGA only for TV), so it does have perfect quality. Though i acknowledge the other problems, but it can be fixed by doing a 60hz fix on a PAL SNES or just getting an NTSC one instead.
cakestalker 1 year ago
yeah i alomost see no differences between s-video and rgb.
johneymute 2 years ago
Its a good thing Sega Genesis, Sega Mastersystem, Sega Saturn, and Sega Dreamcast produces RGB. Which can be converted to Component with a adapter I got, and I get a 480I picture. WAY better then s-video!
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spiritro06 2 years ago
I guess I get frustrated too easy! LOL! You can check out the video I made on how to get RGB component on your genesis on my site.
phonedork 2 years ago
i have a TV from 2000 and i don't have no bull shit s video
orbitmint4 2 years ago
if you wanna be FANCY! you can say Chroma and Luma instead of Color and Contrast
desertman123 2 years ago
actuley if you look up svideo some svideo products us all for wires 4 pins for video 1 4 brightness 1 4 color 1 4 hsynce and 1 4 vsynce.
vorkev1 2 years ago
digital hase to thay called it rgb
vorkev1 2 years ago
Great info. You are educating me.
vintagevideogamegeek 2 years ago
Does Component work on snes?
switchfoot900 2 years ago
I've bought a S-video cable for my PS2 half a year ago. Definintely worth the purchase. And to think that the difference between Composite and S-video is actually quite small compared to Composite-Component or Composite-SCART RGB!
I'll be upgrading TV's soon, so I'll have my PS2 hooked up with Component then, gonna be sweet.
Enfeeblement 2 years ago
which is better component or s video on the ps2
ARIETGXXX 2 years ago
Component.
From worst to best, here are all connection possibilities (not just for the PS2, but in general):
(worst) RF - Composite - S-video - SCART RGB - Component - DVI - HDMI (best)
Hope that helps. ;)
Enfeeblement 2 years ago
It seems weird to me that you put RGB below component (I'd think the opposite, though they're so close, you probably wouldn't be able to tell) and DVI below HDMI (I thought they were basically identical there, aside from HDMI also carrying an audio signal).
Eyedunno 2 years ago
Component is definitely better than RGB, although that's a very good connection as well. Component can carry HD, while (SCART) RGB cannot. And I've placed HDMI over DVI because it also carries 7.1 HD sound, which makes it more convenient than DVI. But you're right, they're the same, visually. :)
Enfeeblement 2 years ago
Ahh, I see why you specified SCART RGB then.
Otherwise, RGB (through a VGA cable, perhaps, or when comparing two 4:3 sources) is still slightly superior to component though. God, I would love to get my Super Famicom running through RGB - I've read that you can get near-emulation picture quality. There's an adapter that claims to convert SCART RGB to HDMI, but I don't want to be the one shelling out the money to see if it works and is superior to S-Video on an HDTV.
Eyedunno 2 years ago
Yup, SCART RGB rocks. I'm using it on my Dreamcast and GameCube at the moment. I tried to use my GameCube RGB cable on my N64 and SNES but both don't work with it. It's really annoying with the SNES, because for a few seconds I can see a crystal clear picture (to be expected with SCART RGB) and then the screen goes black (but I still get sound).
I've ordered a SFC myself recently, it should arrive any day now, will be sweet!
I'll definitely be looking for a S-video cable for my SFC myself. :)
Enfeeblement 2 years ago
Ugh. Why did the cable stop working? I've heard SCART (along with various more direct RGB hacks) works just fine with SNES/SFC (but not SNES 2/SFC Jr.). Maybe you need a cable made just for SNES, but I can't see why. :(
Eyedunno 2 years ago
Anyway, S-Video looks great - there's very little inherent blurriness and very few "crawlies" on the screen, but my TV itself does weird things with the signal - fast motion causes (very minor, but annoying) blurring of the things that are moving (while static objects, say, in the foreground, retain their crispness). I wish I could figure out how to just make it stop processing the signal (aside from a simple pixel rescale and simple deinterlacing).
Eyedunno 2 years ago
That's interesting, do you live in Europe or something? NTSC Gamecube's don't have RGB capabilities, just composite and s-video, same with the N64.
zedrein18 2 years ago
Yeah, Europe. That's true what you said, NTSC GameCube's don't support RGB, only PAL ones do. That's probably because SCART is relatively rare over there, while it's very common here. A shame for you guys, it's a mighty good connection if you can't afford the Component cable/don't have component in on your TV.
@Eyedunno: the cable didn't "stop working", it seems my PAL SNES just can't handle RGB. The cable (which has the regular multi-AV out) works fine on my GameCube.
Enfeeblement 2 years ago
Can you see a big difference between RGB and even s-video? The reason I ask is because I already have s-video and I want to know if it will be worth it to upgrade to RGB.
zedrein18 2 years ago
Are you talking about the GameCube? Because I saw you're form the US, and NTSC GameCube's do NOT support RGB.
But to answer your question: yeah, the difference between S-video and RGB is atleast as big as the difference between Composite and S-video.
Enfeeblement 2 years ago
No, I am talking about the SNES specifically. I hate the Gamecube's guts.
zedrein18 2 years ago
MN12BIRD, I just gotta' know: what tv are you using? It looks to be a JVC brand, but what about the model, that picture looks far better than my crappy Emerson.
zedrein18 3 years ago
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tamerkun 3 years ago
i'v never used S-Video. none of my tv's today have the connection.
I Still use Composite video cable.
my ps3 uses Composite. i do play on VGA and have HD. most of the time on composite
SubaruXT6 3 years ago
i have that 4 my super famicom
awesomepivots 3 years ago
I love s-video, but I have to wonder if some games need to assume the role of composite video for the blurring effects? I've heard stories that some developers assumed most people would use either RF or Composite so they used it's naturally occuring blurring for some smoothing effects.
zedrein18 3 years ago
Yeah S-video is good....I GUESS! But RGB is at least one-million times better!!!
zedrein18 3 years ago
Yeah well most of us in North America don't have the ability to use RGB so we have to make due with what we have!
MN12BIRD 3 years ago
For shizzle. It's so damn annoying right now though, my tv's picture is all messed up and I don't even want to play my old SNES games on it--the convergence is out of whack and so is the centering of the picture!
zedrein18 3 years ago
I tried this switch and I don't notice a difference.
OrionPimpdaddy 3 years ago
Damn your TV must suck or something.
MN12BIRD 3 years ago
Heh, try NES through RF on a 52" plasma. BEST. PICTURE. EVAR. No, not really, but it was entertaining seeing Link supersized from what I remember him. Even composite doesn't look great on HDTVs...sad.
LastHour1 3 years ago
does the ntsc snes also outputs rgb.
i know the us does NOT use scart cables but i guess it uses a sort of component like cable???.
the japanese ntsc snes uses a scart cable.
s-video only saperates the contrast from the colors,the colors are still mixed together,but the difference is enormouse.
johneymute 3 years ago
yeah our component is a little different than RGB and most peoples TV's over here can't use RGB but I'm not sure of the SNES puts out RGB it might or it might with a mod or two but I dunno.
MN12BIRD 3 years ago
=( I cant find SCART input lagless LCD TV's
MT12XD 3 years ago
Good info, but I gotta say, it's pronounced "comPOSite", not "COMPosite." Not that it matters, I am just a stickler for that kind of thing. Otherwise, thanks for the video. It's pretty useful.
YourMameMan 3 years ago
it's actually not, but anyway...