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Post by HairyArse on Dec 7, 2022 10:22:29 GMT
I'm trying to find the best way to connect my SNES/PS2/GameCube/N64 to my new 4K TV which only supports HDMI in.
I've tried some of the cheap HDMI converters on Amazon but they're really shite. The Retrotink upscaler sounds like the best option but at close to £200 it's a bit expensive.
If I got a cheap A/V receiver with composite inputs and HDMI outputs, how good an image am I likely to get? Has anyone else tried this and if so, how did you fare?
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Post by malek86 on Dec 7, 2022 10:38:11 GMT
I don't think you could find that easily, at least not for a low price. Most A/V receivers will only output to the same format as the input. Some might do what you want, but I doubt they'd come cheap. You are better off with a converter, and they are probably kinda crap, unless you pony up a lot of money.
An idea might be to use a PC with a TV card with RCA input, and then output the PC to the TV. No idea how good those TV cards are, though. I imagine they are laggy.
Is there no component/composite input on the TV? Sometimes they share a cable, maybe with one of those 3.5" adapters.
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Post by HairyArse on Dec 7, 2022 10:45:47 GMT
That's a shame. I was hoping that most recent amps would just auto upscale or convert the signal.
If I'm gonna use a PC with a TV card, I may as well just install emulators on the PC and get the best image output that way.
There's definitely no composite/component input - but I haven't checked for a 3.5mm input - will have a look tonight.
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Post by gamingdave on Dec 7, 2022 11:12:12 GMT
If you could live without the PS2 and just get the Nintendos plugged in, the RAD2X are well regarded (no experience myself) but not the cheapest at £60. They do a PS1/2 equivalent, but then you are up to £120 and the Retrotink starts looking like better value - but then you also start looking at high quality scart leads (if you don't have them already) and a high quality scart switch, and the price jumps up again. I was looking into it all a while back, wanting to plugin all the PS's, MD>Dreamcast, SNES>Cube but the price spiralled and I whilst I knew my boy would love it, I wouldn't use them enough to justify the cost. Went the emu route and instead have spend days tinkering with renderers and not playing games  |
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Post by quadfather on Dec 7, 2022 11:13:27 GMT
Are we doing a phage? |
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Post by HairyArse on Dec 8, 2022 8:45:21 GMT
Managed to get a cheap ONKYO TX-SR608 receiver yesterday. Seems able to convert the composite signals to HDMI which is good. There doesn't seem to be some post-processing but I can hopefully disable all that.
With these things are you generally able to set them to output audio through the HDMI instead of having to wire up speakers? Yes, yes I know, speakers would be better, but this is a cosy little gaming corner where I just want to play some old consoles. I don't want to buy or setup speakers when I'm perfectly happy with tinny Samsung TV audio.
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Post by malek86 on Dec 8, 2022 13:06:46 GMT
Managed to get a cheap ONKYO TX-SR608 receiver yesterday. Seems able to convert the composite signals to HDMI which is good. There doesn't seem to be some post-processing but I can hopefully disable all that. With these things are you generally able to set them to output audio through the HDMI instead of having to wire up speakers? Yes, yes I know, speakers would be better, but this is a cosy little gaming corner where I just want to play some old consoles. I don't want to buy or setup speakers when I'm perfectly happy with tinny Samsung TV audio. Yes, according to the manual, that should be possible. Nice going though, can't imagine finding one of those receivers for cheap. Of course it's an old model, but still. Should be quite expensive even now. |
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