Gamecube component questions

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 08 Sep 2006 01:04 pm

A mate of mine wants to get a component cable setup for his cube.

A couple of questions however.

His cube is an Australian PAL system, but it still has the old digital av out port.
Do Australian gamecubes output progressive scan?

Or is the best he can hope for a 576i signal being output through $90 cables? Thats really only going to be a bit better in terms of sharper colour/less bleeding, isnt it?

As for sound, I assume the option is the standard av-out going through a y-adaptor and into a line-in port on his system for dolby pl2? (I can manage this bit, just a matter of whether theres another way or not)

Any help greatly appreciated

Peppermint Lounge · Post by **Peppermint Lounge** » 08 Sep 2006 01:07 pm

Aus Cubes will run prog scan with the cable but afaik you'll need to obtain Freeloader and import NTSC games as PAL software doesn't have prog scan available. That's what I did and it worked.

GreyWizzard · Post by **GreyWizzard** » 08 Sep 2006 01:11 pm

the only pal title I know that has prog scan is rayman 3 but that requires the s video cable for it. Go figure...

Ben · Post by **Ben** » 08 Sep 2006 01:22 pm

Yeah like Pep said Australian cubes display 480p just fine, but no PAL games support it.

480i still looks alright though, on CRT's moreso though, but at the very least you're getting rid of dot crawl and colour bleeding.

$90 cables though? I thought Nintendo Australia still sold them? Otherwise check out liksang/play-asia usually they have them for about the same price $50~ with shipping extra.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » 08 Sep 2006 01:26 pm

GreyWizzard wrote:the only pal title I know that has prog scan is rayman 3 but that requires the s video cable for it. Go figure...

? I thought it was that it needed an RGB Scart cable to display in 60hz?

edit:

Oh and pat, for sound just use one of these things;

GreyWizzard · Post by **GreyWizzard** » 08 Sep 2006 01:27 pm

d'oh my bad. RGB scart, pretend I said that and move on...

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 08 Sep 2006 01:30 pm

Liksang have some component cables for $90, but given he has a pal only collection it's kind of useless without the freeloader. Ill pass it on.

Thanks.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » 08 Sep 2006 01:33 pm

$90!? fuck that for a joke. It's the Wii component cable pricing here and now...
Are liksang just capitalising on the fact that they are hard to find or something?

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 08 Sep 2006 02:06 pm

I got my component cable from Nintendo Australia. 46.99 I think it was, including courier shipping. Took maybe two days.

I think it's worth it even just to sharpen up the image. But some might not find it worth the money unless they have some progressive scan support.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » 08 Sep 2006 02:12 pm

Seraph wrote:I got my component cable from Nintendo Australia. 46.99 I think it was, including courier shipping. Took maybe two days.

I think it's worth it even just to sharpen up the image. But some might not find it worth the money unless they have some progressive scan support.

Yeah that's my experience too, well worth the money to get them, and even moreso when I started building a NTSC collection.

edit: that is well worth the 46.99, not sure if I'd pay $90+ for them.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 08 Sep 2006 02:16 pm

He already called Nintendo, theyre out of stock because they said "there wasnt enough demand".

No fucking wonder - the games and half the consoles dont support it!

GreyWizzard · Post by **GreyWizzard** » 08 Sep 2006 03:06 pm

If they have an LCD then it is worth it. SD just look like shit

You are basically forced to buy component cables.

K.T.Shoe[BMs] · Post by **K.T.Shoe[BMs]** » 08 Sep 2006 03:46 pm

Seraph wrote:I got my component cable from Nintendo Australia. 46.99 I think it was, including courier shipping. Took maybe two days.

I think it's worth it even just to sharpen up the image. But some might not find it worth the money unless they have some progressive scan support.

I live 1km from Nintendo, and got the cable for $47ish (just walked there).

Anyway, with the Cube, you will really notice the difference between standard AV to component cable. I didn't really notice much with the Xbox.

MiNiStRy · Post by **MiNiStRy** » 08 Sep 2006 05:14 pm

I have a modded jap cube i bought on release and would not even consider playing a game without the component cables. Re4 on a 62 inch screen in 480p looks absolutely stunning. Keep a lookout in the trading post or ebay, you might be lucky to pickup a set on the cheap.

MiNiStRy · Post by **MiNiStRy** » 08 Sep 2006 05:19 pm

Found a us dealer on ebay that sells them for around $40 australian delivered.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/PS2-XBOX-HDTV-CO" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... dZViewItem

Beer Belly · Post by **Beer Belly** » 10 Sep 2006 01:41 pm

I got the cables for alot less than $90 IIRC. And like Ministry said I don't ever play the GC without component output.

Shaneus · Post by **Shaneus** » 10 Sep 2006 02:09 pm

My mate actually had a nice little run going... picked up component cable from the Nintendo office in Melbourne for around $50 (I think) then put them on eBay... got up to $120 for them!