cr4zymanz0r
Kuroko's Training Dummy
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- Mar 14, 2011
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I have a XRGB-3, but the problem is with it only having 1 RGB SCART style port (note that I do have a cable that converts the pinout from JPN RGB to Euro RGB). I have 9 or 10 retro consoles that are setup for RGB and currently I just have all the cable ends sitting next to the XRGB-3 with labels telling which each cable goes to. If I want to play something I have to unplug whatever RGB cable is currently plugged in and plug in the one for the console I want to play. That's annoying and these SCART cables don't seem to be meant for plugging and unplugging that much because some have gotten to where they're finicky about all the colors being connected when I plug them in.
Originally when I was on a CRT and using a cheap RGB SCART to component converter, I just bought two 5 port RGB SCART manual switches. They might not be the exact same model, but they're extremely similar to the one in the pic below. Now they worked decently on the previous converter because it would put a death grip on the SCART connector, though the input ports on the switch didn't hold the cables very well. I could get everything in there and working, but if i moved the switch around the cables would just barely come loose enough to mess up the signals. Another oddity was if the SNES was hooked up to the switch (even if it was off, but had the AC adapter hooked up), it would cause the video on the other consoles hooked up to have a weird fading look on the screen. It wasn't unplayable, but it sure was annoying. On my XRGB-3 the connection doesn't seem as snug (the plug end of the switches do look and feel cheap), so 95% of the time I can't even get a signal that isn't completely messed up.
Now butchering up those cheap switches to fix their flaws sounds like a pain and I'd prefer a quality solution/product anyway. Does anybody know of crazy 10 or so port RGB SCART switch that works well and has kind of a set-top-box aesthetic to it as opposed to the long smoothed brick look of the above switch that's harder to place nicely in an entertainment setup?
Another solution I've pondered is converting the RGB SCART cables to "component cables" (RGB to RGB, yellow for sync, red and white for audio) to feed into my Pelican System Selector Pro PL-957 AV switchbox, then on the output make a cable to convert it back to RGB SCART to feed to the XRGB-3. I think that would be pretty awesome myself......except it would be a MAJOR pain to hack up 9 or 10 RGB cables to do so, especially ones that need extra capacitors and such in them. Despite the potential awesomeness, I really wouldn't want to go through all that trouble.
Overall I think I'd just prefer a good RGB SCART switch with lots of ports. I don't care about a remote or anything for it and I hope it wouldn't have to be some studio level equipment that would run me $500. I'm open to other suggestions I might not of thought of either.
Originally when I was on a CRT and using a cheap RGB SCART to component converter, I just bought two 5 port RGB SCART manual switches. They might not be the exact same model, but they're extremely similar to the one in the pic below. Now they worked decently on the previous converter because it would put a death grip on the SCART connector, though the input ports on the switch didn't hold the cables very well. I could get everything in there and working, but if i moved the switch around the cables would just barely come loose enough to mess up the signals. Another oddity was if the SNES was hooked up to the switch (even if it was off, but had the AC adapter hooked up), it would cause the video on the other consoles hooked up to have a weird fading look on the screen. It wasn't unplayable, but it sure was annoying. On my XRGB-3 the connection doesn't seem as snug (the plug end of the switches do look and feel cheap), so 95% of the time I can't even get a signal that isn't completely messed up.
Now butchering up those cheap switches to fix their flaws sounds like a pain and I'd prefer a quality solution/product anyway. Does anybody know of crazy 10 or so port RGB SCART switch that works well and has kind of a set-top-box aesthetic to it as opposed to the long smoothed brick look of the above switch that's harder to place nicely in an entertainment setup?
Another solution I've pondered is converting the RGB SCART cables to "component cables" (RGB to RGB, yellow for sync, red and white for audio) to feed into my Pelican System Selector Pro PL-957 AV switchbox, then on the output make a cable to convert it back to RGB SCART to feed to the XRGB-3. I think that would be pretty awesome myself......except it would be a MAJOR pain to hack up 9 or 10 RGB cables to do so, especially ones that need extra capacitors and such in them. Despite the potential awesomeness, I really wouldn't want to go through all that trouble.
Overall I think I'd just prefer a good RGB SCART switch with lots of ports. I don't care about a remote or anything for it and I hope it wouldn't have to be some studio level equipment that would run me $500. I'm open to other suggestions I might not of thought of either.
