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TalkBack / RE:Nintendo Reveals "Third Pillar"!

« on: January 20, 2004, 11:06:20 PM »

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Originally posted by: Mario
Okay, can someone tell me this. What can you do with two separate screens that you cant do with one really long screen?

well, that's why THEY are game designers and WE (especially YOU) are not.

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General Gaming / RE: Hooking up to a monitor

« on: June 30, 2003, 01:54:43 PM »

wow, they did a really really good job then. doesn't look like a hack job whatsoever, and came in snazzy nintendo packaging :-)

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General Gaming / RE: Hooking up to a monitor

« on: June 29, 2003, 10:04:38 PM »

i bought that same vga cable from them. great service.

did yours come in very official-looking nintendo-branded packaging with japanese text on it? cause i thought these were homebrew cables, but if it is, it's the best-damned produced homebrew cable i've ever seen, down to the etched gamecube logo on the connector to the gc.

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General Gaming / RE: Hooking up to a monitor

« on: June 28, 2003, 10:33:59 PM »

s-video cables are found pretty much everywhere i go. pelican and interact make some, and nintendo has their own you can get for $15 at nintendo's online store.

or you can get them for under $10, shipped, on ebay (but they may be secondary-brands, which sometimes affects quality).

even monster makes gc s-video cables, but i've never seen them in real life.

s-video on a monitor does look a little fuzzy though--the monitor is way sharper than your tv. if you can do component via a vga cable, that's best (for those games that support it). component on a monitor looks AWESOME.

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General Gaming / RE: Hooking up to a monitor

« on: June 27, 2003, 10:16:10 PM »

i bought a cheapie one today (got impatient). it's so-so. i have the sound running through my stereo so sync isn't a problem. the refresh rate is pretty good. however the whole picture is just duller than the tv, even when you tweak the controls. likely because my monitor as a whole is not as bright as my tv. other than that it's alright. definitely better at night with the lights off!

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General Gaming / RE: Hooking up to a monitor

« on: June 26, 2003, 11:52:06 PM »

i'm using the goldenshop component->vga cable (works like a dream) for all my p-scan games. however, i'm still going to my tv to play 3rd party games that don't support it.
i'm looking at moving all my gc gaming to my computer room (nice stereo in here, 19" monitor, comfy chair).

i'm looking into the various pci tv cards with s-video input for the non-pscan games. for those of you who are doing this, does it look *bad* or just not nearly as clear as pscan?

for instance, if you had a 20" tv or a 19" monitor, both running the gc in s-video, which would it look better on? these tv tuners are cheap these days and probably worth it if looks ok.