[quote name='mkelehan']I just got mine in the mail, and ran it through some tests. Short story: glad I got it.
First, those AV jacks on the side are OUTPUTS, not inputs. That means that it's only compatible with PS2, Xbox 1, and SNES/N64/GC. But, on the flip side, it means that even if you never touch the VGA capability, you've got yourself a $20 S-Video cable for all said systems. It comes with a composite cable with S-Video, as well as connections from the box to your PC for video and sound, so you'll be all set to pass the PC signal through it for when you're not playing, and hook the thing up to your TV as well in case you want to switch off.
It needs to be plugged into the mem card slot when using the PS2 connection for some reason, so it doesn't work with the PS1 unless you've got a powered-on PS2 nearby to plug the mem card adaptor into. In which case, you should just play the games on the PS2. I didn't dig out my SNES or N64 to test them, but since they use all the same connections, I'd imagine they'd work. And we all know the 360 has different connections from the original Xbox, but if you want to play 360 games on the monitor, I know you're smart enough to spend $40 on the 360 VGA adaptor to play them in HD.
The picture: good. It doesn't upconvert it at all, it just sends an analog 640x480 picture to your monitor, so don't expect anything better than a nice flat TV with S-Video input. I tested it on some Beatmania to see if there was any lag whatsoever, and I'm pleased to say there was none at all. Since the HDTV I've got in my room sucks hard at 480i and will only display 480p in widescreen, this is a great alternative for old generation games that didn't support widescreen and 480p, which is the vast, vast majority. This is exactly what I expected, with none of the downfalls I worried about. If you just want to turn your monitor into another place to play your games, your $20 will be well spent here.[/QUOTE]
[quote name='locutus411']I got mine the other day and finally had time to hook everything up. I have to say that I am not as happy as mkelehan, but for $20 I am pleased.
As mkelehan stated, the VGA input is very nice. It means that you can still use your computer (or in my case, your Xbox 360 with VGA cable) with the monitor without having to mess with wires every time you switch platforms.
I have found that the picure quality of my Gamecube on my monitor is not quite as good as using a normal TV. The strange thing is that the quality varies between games. On Wind Waker everything in the the background is noticeably blurry, but the foreground is clear. On Paper Mario everything looks about as good as it does on the TV. On Resident Evil 4 pretty much everything is just a little blurry. The games aren't unplayable by any means, but they look slightly worse than they do on a tv.
For me, I wanted to play my Cube in the same place I played my 360. I also didn't want to drop a lot of cash on a nice VGA converter, as the Revolution is rumored to have native VGA support.
http://cube.ign.com/articles/522/522559p2.html "In June 2004 Nintendo engineer Genyo Takeda said: "You'll be able to play [Revolution] not just by linking up to a television but to a computer monitor as well."
This should get the job done for the next ten months or so until the Rev comes out.[/QUOTE]
Hm... two rather different opinions. I've been looking for such an adaptor and for $20, I'm willing to give it a shot. I don't expect any fancy quality but if this gets the job done, I might be interested.
I am PMing both of you a question, I need a quick response incase you guys miss this.