Hdretrovision component cables with a PVM
I have genesis and snes cables from HDRETROVISION Hooked up to a trinitron.
Is is there any type of adapter that fits rca into the pvm input?
Will the display look any better than the crt?
Thanks.
Is is there any type of adapter that fits rca into the pvm input?
Will the display look any better than the crt?
Thanks.
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Genesis consoles have RGB outputs, if your PVM can handle RGB as input you'd want to go that route instead.
How much different is the picture quality from RGB to component? I have been wondering about this myself.
I have a nt mini hooked up to a PVM with a RGB cable. However I have been thinking about switching to a component cable. Component switches are easy to find and inexpensive. That way you could hook up multiple console without having to disconnect cables all the time.
One thing to keep in mind is that HD Retrovision cables convert the RGB signal from a console into component. So if a console can use a HD Retrovision cable without a mod, than you can run RGB from it. However, you will find that most of the time, it's easier to get an HD Retrovision cable to run component than it is to find the appropriate RGB cables.
To answer your initial question, there are adapters to convert RCA into BNC. That's what I use for my 16x8 matrix switcher. However, if the BNC inputs are for RGB, I don't believe you will be able to hookup a component cable to that. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me, but I'm pretty sure that would not work. Component and RGB are not the same thing. That's part of the reason why the HD Retrovision cables are somewhat expensive. They all have a chip in the cable that converts the RGB signal to component (I'm probably over simplifying, I believe that's basically what's happening).
How much different is the picture quality from RGB to component? I have been wondering about this myself.
I have a nt mini hooked up to a PVM with a RGB cable. However I have been thinking about switching to a component cable. Component switches are easy to find and inexpensive. That way you could hook up multiple console without having to disconnect cables all the time.
If your PVM can handle component video (YPbPr) and it’s more convenient for you I’d say go for it, it’s only a slight downgrade from pure RGB video signal so it’s no big deal really.
To answer your initial question, there are adapters to convert RCA into BNC. That's what I use for my 16x8 matrix switcher. However, if the BNC inputs are for RGB, I don't believe you will be able to hookup a component cable to that. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me, but I'm pretty sure that would not work. Component and RGB are not the same thing.
Depends on the PVM. Many PVMs can take component and RGB, even might share the same input, which are BNC connections. You change the selection from RGB to component on the PVM through a button push. That is the way it is on a Sony 14M2U. Other series don’t take component and some only composite and s-video.
However, you will find that most of the time, it's easier to get an HD Retrovision cable to run component than it is to find the appropriate RGB cables.
I agree with everything you've said, except this. It's very easy to find almost always readily available RGB cables for most any system on either www.retrogamingcables.com or www.retro-access.com .
HD Retrovision cables are great, but they are very often backordered and not available. So I'd say the opposite is mostly true; it's way easier to find RGB cables than HD Retrovision cables.
To answer your initial question, there are adapters to convert RCA into BNC. That's what I use for my 16x8 matrix switcher. However, if the BNC inputs are for RGB, I don't believe you will be able to hookup a component cable to that. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me, but I'm pretty sure that would not work. Component and RGB are not the same thing.
Depends on the PVM. Many PVMs can take component and RGB, even might share the same input, which are BNC connections. You change the selection from RGB to component on the PVM through a button push. That is the way it is on a Sony 14M2U. Other series don’t take component and some only composite and s-video.
That's a good point, but it doesn't change the fact that component and RGB are two different things, and the monitor will need to be able to accept component. My Matrix switcher also has the ability to do both RGB and component using the same BNC inputs, but that's a little different because it's a pass through.
However, you will find that most of the time, it's easier to get an HD Retrovision cable to run component than it is to find the appropriate RGB cables.
I agree with everything you've said, except this. It's very easy to find almost always readily available RGB cables for most any system on either www.retrogamingcables.com... or www.retro-access.com... .
HD Retrovision cables are great, but they are very often backordered and not available. So I'd say the opposite is mostly true; it's way easier to find RGB cables than HD Retrovision cables.
Every time I've ordered HD Retrovision cables, I've simply gone online and purchased them. I've never had to wait or had them out of stock. However, I won't disagree with you that they do sometimes have issues keeping up with demand. RGB cables may not be a difficult to find as I implied, since they are easy to import, but when it comes to monitors or TVs with RGB, it's a very different story because they were not widely used here, and they are much more difficult if not impossible to import. At the end of the day, it's still much easier to setup your retro consoles with component over RGB.
At the end of the day, none of this really matters because more and more retro consoles are getting HDMI mods. I've already begun to look into what it would take to convert most of my consoles over to HDMI. I'm sure I will get there eventually, but I have no short term plans to do any of that at this time.