jeffl Posted September 13, 2023 Report Share Posted September 13, 2023 I would like to dedicate one of my xboxes to 8 and 16-bit emulation. I own a Sony 2030 PVM that is 240p/480i only. My understanding is that the xbox can output a component signal over SCART which doesn't help me as the monitor doesn't support component. Can a modded xbox be configured to output RGB-S over SCART? If so, how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prtscn Posted September 13, 2023 Report Share Posted September 13, 2023 xbox is not capable of 240p output. 15khz RGB output is awful on xbox (RGB scart). Best video quality is via component output. What do you mean by scart, its just a plug standard and you solder wires as you wish (rgb, component, composite, svideo). use wii for 240p emulation. I wouldn't recommend RGB signal for 8bit, 16bit games. Since games rely on dithering tricks. Composite all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted September 13, 2023 Report Share Posted September 13, 2023 You can do VGA output if you're feeling adventurous.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffl Posted September 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2023 Thanks, @prtscnand @Marty. Yes, I could do VGA out or component out with a converter. Or composite out. It looks decent on PVM 2030. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted September 13, 2023 Report Share Posted September 13, 2023 1 minute ago, prtscn said: xbox is not capable of 240p output. 15khz RGB output is awful on xbox (RGB scart). Best video quality is via component output. What do you mean by scart, its just a plug standard and you solder wires as you wish (rgb, component, composite, svideo). use wii for 240p emulation. I wouldn't recommend RGB signal for 8bit, 16bit games. Since games rely on dithering tricks. Composite all the way. How well does the Xbox scale to 240p? I know that there is an RF adapter for the Xbox, and I wanted to know if I could use that for emulation for now until I get my little wad of cash and buy a few retro consoles with everdrives. I have a nice little Daewoo 240 monitor with RF input at 240 and I was wondering if that would scale okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prtscn Posted September 13, 2023 Report Share Posted September 13, 2023 1 minute ago, jeffl said: Thanks, @prtscnand @Marty. Yes, I could do VGA out or component out with a converter. Or composite out. It looks decent on PVM 2030. https://twitter.com/CRTpixels composite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prtscn Posted September 13, 2023 Report Share Posted September 13, 2023 7 minutes ago, Bowlsnapper said: How well does the Xbox scale to 240p? I know that there is an RF adapter for the Xbox, and I wanted to know if I could use that for emulation for now until I get my little wad of cash and buy a few retro consoles with everdrives. I have a nice little Daewoo 240 monitor with RF input at 240 and I was wondering if that would scale okay. xbox doesn't do 240p at all. WII could be a neat and faithful 240p emulator. 240p is a tricked 480i signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted September 14, 2023 Report Share Posted September 14, 2023 48 minutes ago, prtscn said: xbox doesn't do 240p at all. WII could be a neat and faithful 240p emulator. 240p is a tricked 480i signal. It has to end up being 240 somehow Does RF even carry 480? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffl Posted December 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 I am no expert on analog video signals but I can share my understanding. 240p is a hack used by early consoles to obtain a progressive signal. Rather than drawing alternating fields like 480i, consoles instructed the beam to draw every other line. This resulted in a smoother image than the flickery 480i. Ideally we'd want the Xbox to do 240p for emulation but it looks like the consensus is that even modded xboxes cannot do this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldasijs Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Look at a GBS control to downscale to 240p. It’s a good and relatively cheap solution for your problem https://www.retrorgb.com/gbs-control-installation-overview.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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