Title: RE: Help can my gamecube be hooked-up?
Post by: Gamefreak on February 27, 2005, 07:43:45 PM
Wow that's sweet. I think I'll get one. I don't have an HDTV and I really want to play in 480p, also with my GCN next to my computer I'll be able to use my 5.1 speakers too (which I don't use because I'm not about to move them back and forth between my PC and TV)... I'd pay 50 bucks for that.
Title: RE: Help can my gamecube be hooked-up?
Post by: georges_tia on March 05, 2005, 08:00:09 PM
I was going to recommend a component to VGA transcoder, like the one from Key Digital, which is what I use. Then I checked the latest prices, and was surprised to find that they're listed for $159 (!!) now. I bought one a year ago on sale for $60 to use with my Gamecube and Xbox, and it works great. However, if you are just wanting a cheap VGA hookup, that modified cable from Ahead Games looks like a better value. The adapter I use requires component inputs, which means you'd need to shell out $30 more for the GC component cables. The advantage of the transcoder is that it has a VGA passthrough so you can hook up both a console and PC at the same time, and since it takes component inputs you can hook up either a Gamecube or Xbox if you have it (I guess PS2 as well for the very rare progressive scan PS2 games, but I haven't tried that).
If you want to play interlaced games on a VGA monitor, you'll need an upscan converter. There are cheap ones out there, but I've never heard very good things about the quality of their output. I use an XRGB-2 Plus upscan converter from Micomsoft for this, but they're not cheap ($200+). The quality is excellent though. The drawback is that the XRGB-2 only takes an interlaced signal, so for a system like the Gamecube which has a fairly large number of non-progressive games, I have to switch back and forth between the transcoder and upscan converter.
