Playstation 2 user here, still collecting games for it and nothing beats the real deal. Fuck emulators.
I play on a wide Samsung LCD HD flatscreen, using a Component AV cable. This usually provides better scaling and image quality up to 1080 but can I benefit even more if I use a Component to HDTV converter like in pic related?
Unless you're going for the higher end converter it's gonna be various degrees of shit, Framemeister or OSSC whenever than becomes available publicly. Also just for your info the component output of the PS2 is inferior to it's RGB one for some reason (not by much though and it's still better than S-Video).
If you really want a try for yourself just try to find a lenkeng one (LKV356 or LKV7600), every other cheap one you can get (less than $150) is either using the exact same chip or an equally bad one and yes there are people who mark up a $30 box like that up to $150
Brayden Murphy
Honestly it depends on how good your tv's upscaler is. Honestly it's probably fine and you won't see many upgrades unless your tv is a cheap piece of shit. That said I have a Framemeister and run my PS2 through it to pretty damn great effect, but I didn't buy the Framemeister for that, I bought it so I could hook RGB sources up, Component upscaling was just a light bonus so I don't know if I'd suggest it for that.
My suggestion is to check out your tv's upscaler and if it's shit maybe just get a new tv.
Jaxon Johnson
There are some kinda' low cost game-streaming devices, but I have yet to purchase one for testing. People seem to use Elgato with high frequency, but then again, I don't have an LCD TV, and refuse to buy one because the only thing they're good for is watching fucking (((television))). You want a good game monitor? Sony PVMs, and any analog signal converter you can work together.
Liam Murphy
I saw that beforeā¦ but I'm not spending over 300 bucks for that thing.
That's why I got a PS3 Component AV cable.But shit I'll look into the Ienkeng ones. I'm not too cool with how pricey Framemeister is.
Not sure how to check the upscaler. I'll take a look at the manual. It's a amsung UE40EH5000 40-inch Widescreen LCD that I got a couple years ago for 500ish bucks.
Just seeing if I can make the most out of the current TV. I don't really use it much except for consoles. Not sure why I got an LCD at all come to think of it.
Nicholas Ramirez
Wouldn't this apply to people with multiple retro consoles?
Daniel Sanchez
Only way to know is to test it. If it's Samsung it's probably fine, Every Samsung I've ever tested handles 480i/480p/720p really well.