Anyone found a reputable site selling component VGA boxes?

Legion · Oct 21, 2003

I am looking for a particular make and model that supports 480p, 720p and 1080i/540p. Has anyone see a multisystem vga box that supports said resolutions?

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-1-px-4-1-2-1I.html

London Geezer · Oct 21, 2003

Re: Anyone found a reputable site selling component VGA boxe

Legion said:
I am looking for a particular make and model that supports 480p, 720p and 1080i/540p. Has anyone see a multisystem vga box that supports said resolutions?

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-1-px-4-1-2-1I.html

depends on the platform... PS2 has the (amazing) Blaze VGA box, which i made a whole thread about, and is quite a cool piece or hardware.

the GC has the official VGA cable...

the Xbox has a VGA box but i can't really remember the website, it was german...

if u look at those multi-platforms VGA boxes, then DON'T, they are total crap. all they do is filter the interlaced signal into a VGA-compatible signal (so called double-liners), which looks absolutely horrible compared to true pro-scan.

Google it, u'll find some useful links...

Dural · Oct 21, 2003

Re: Anyone found a reputable site selling component VGA boxe

Legion said:
I am looking for a particular make and model that supports 480p, 720p and 1080i/540p. Has anyone see a multisystem vga box that supports said resolutions?

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-1-px-4-1-2-1I.html

That looks very similar to the Key Digital X-Blaster, I wonder if it is just a rebadged version of it? You can find the Key Digital version here for $69.

Legion · Oct 21, 2003

London boy would you mind linking me to your thread or showing me this blaze vga box?

Fox5 · Oct 21, 2003

Re: Anyone found a reputable site selling component VGA boxe

Legion said:
I am looking for a particular make and model that supports 480p, 720p and 1080i/540p. Has anyone see a multisystem vga box that supports said resolutions?

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-1-px-4-1-2-1I.html

Hey, I have that VGA box. Not sure how it compares to others though, but it does support 480P, 720P, and 1080i/540P. Doesn't support 480i though.

London Geezer · Oct 22, 2003

Legion said:
London boy would you mind linking me to your thread or showing me this blaze vga box?

Legion, there are some threads that deal with how the adapter works for PS2 games individually, but these 2 threads have the biggest amount of info on the thing u'll find around...

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7114&highlight=blaze+vga
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4534&highlight=blaze+vga

Evil_Cloud · Oct 22, 2003

Mmm @ ECTS I saw a VGA-box from a South Korean company. Looked pretty good (and wasn't that expensive too). I think it was from "Itpia". I'll look it up.

Legion · Oct 22, 2003

I would appreciate that Evil

London is this some kind of a hack? Does this vga box yield the same qualities as progressive scan 480p would?

Evil_Cloud · Oct 22, 2003

Itpia's VGA box is called "Game Zone".
http://www.itpia.com/english/products/products01.asp

-> If I remember correct, they are planning to distribute it in Europe/US/Japan. Price is around $50 if I picked it up correctly.

Legion · Oct 22, 2003

thanks for looking that up for me.

Fox5 · Oct 23, 2003

That Itpia doesn't even seem to support component in, let alone progressive scan......
However, it does support vga in, can it actually upscan vga? Or is that just so you can have a dreamcast or pc hooked up too?

The best bet for a progressive scan supporting multiconsole vga adapter is the key digital transcoder
http://www.hometheaterworld.com/xblaskdcomto.html, though it does not support interlaced video at all, and thus would be useless for many ps2 games, and some gamecube.

London Geezer · Oct 23, 2003

Legion said:
I would appreciate that Evil

London is this some kind of a hack? Does this vga box yield the same qualities as progressive scan 480p would?

check those threads matey,
the software "switches" pro-scan OUT on...
call it an hack if u want but it works, and yes, it is TRUE progressive scan out for those games that support Pro-scan AND all those games that do not support it BUT are rendered at full resolution (ZOE2, MGS2, SH3, and many new games).
check those threads, LOADS of details there (arguably the BEST source of details u'll find on the net about that thing...)

notAFanB · Oct 23, 2003

I have a question. why component inputs?

London Geezer · Oct 23, 2003

notAFanB said:
I have a question. why component inputs?

huh? where? what? huh?

notAFanB · Oct 23, 2003

london-boy said:
notAFanB said:

I have a question. why component inputs?

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huh? where? what? huh?

exactly what it says on the tin. why the proliferation of component inputs on VGA/scnline boxes?

I am curious because as we all know most consoles output RGB natively just fine.

London Geezer · Oct 23, 2003

notAFanB said:
london-boy said:

notAFanB said:

I have a question. why component inputs?

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huh? where? what? huh?

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exactly what it says on the tin. why the proliferation of component inputs on VGA/scnline boxes?

I am curious because as we all know most consoles output RGB natively just fine.

nope. still don't get the question.

VGA boxes need component inputs in order to output a pro-scan signal...
the Blaze VGA adapter is different, but we all know it's not a "normal" VGA box... it's merely a modified VGA cable (the same included in the Linux Kit). the big part is played by the software really...

Legion · Oct 23, 2003

well i ordered teh blaze vga box....kind of frustrating they forced me to take the basic shipping.

London Geezer · Oct 23, 2003

good Legion. have u checked out those threads? i think there should be some kind of list of games that "can handle" it and what happens to the ones that dont...

notAFanB · Oct 23, 2003

VGA boxes need component inputs in order to output a pro-scan signal...
the Blaze VGA adapter is different, but we all know it's not a "normal" VGA box... it's merely a modified VGA cable (the same included in the Linux Kit). the big part is played by the software really...

well yes but what is the technical reason for this???

darkblu · Oct 23, 2003

notAFanB said:
VGA boxes need component inputs in order to output a pro-scan signal...
the Blaze VGA adapter is different, but we all know it's not a "normal" VGA box... it's merely a modified VGA cable (the same included in the Linux Kit). the big part is played by the software really...

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well yes but what is the technical reason for this???

maybe because component is the standard in video equipment, whereas RGB is pretty much consoles only? plus RGB<->component conversion should be pretty clean, i.e. you hardly gain anything by providing original RGB to the VGA box. but all that's just my speculation

Anyone found a reputable site selling component VGA boxes?

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