Hi!
I recently (without thinkig it through much) bought myself a Super Famicom. It came with a european power adapter that just worked out of the box, and with a Nintendo AV-cable (composite) that works fine on my flat screen TV.
Then someone on IRC pointed out the obvious, that converting the TV signals from analog to digital adds delay, and that using a CRT is noticeably better. Soo, I want that. I want noticeably better.
Now, before I "go ham" and buy lots of shit and hope it will work, could someone help me by clarifying a couple of things?
1. Will using a SCART-cable be as efficient, in terms of input-lag, as using S-video? Does it perhaps depend on the type the SCART-cable; RGB, composite etc.? I'm not sure all CRTs in Norway will have S-video inputs, since SCART and antenna-inputs was much more popular in the day. I don't remember anything I owned using S-video as a kid.
2. Getting a CRT is easy, there's 10 of them on our version of craigslist currently; but finding out if they support NTSC or not is hard. Some google-fu told me some does, and some does not. Is this relevant at all, or are there cables that I can use either way? I would guess that using a random european SCART-cable would not work, but some other page from my google searches told me that using a european GameCube SCART-cable will work with SFC on european CRTs that only supported PAL. Seem bullshit but that's what it told me.
tl;dr I wanna play on SFC on european CRT. Is it possible and how?
I recently (without thinkig it through much) bought myself a Super Famicom. It came with a european power adapter that just worked out of the box, and with a Nintendo AV-cable (composite) that works fine on my flat screen TV.
Then someone on IRC pointed out the obvious, that converting the TV signals from analog to digital adds delay, and that using a CRT is noticeably better. Soo, I want that. I want noticeably better.
Now, before I "go ham" and buy lots of shit and hope it will work, could someone help me by clarifying a couple of things?
1. Will using a SCART-cable be as efficient, in terms of input-lag, as using S-video? Does it perhaps depend on the type the SCART-cable; RGB, composite etc.? I'm not sure all CRTs in Norway will have S-video inputs, since SCART and antenna-inputs was much more popular in the day. I don't remember anything I owned using S-video as a kid.
2. Getting a CRT is easy, there's 10 of them on our version of craigslist currently; but finding out if they support NTSC or not is hard. Some google-fu told me some does, and some does not. Is this relevant at all, or are there cables that I can use either way? I would guess that using a random european SCART-cable would not work, but some other page from my google searches told me that using a european GameCube SCART-cable will work with SFC on european CRTs that only supported PAL. Seem bullshit but that's what it told me.
tl;dr I wanna play on SFC on european CRT. Is it possible and how?
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