Cable Question

[gaelan]

My xbox is using component to the tv. Now that I have a cube, i'm wanting to do the same hookup. i know i need a system selector to use two components to the one component input into the tv.

Question 1: What is a good selector? I've found a Philips at walmart for $20 (4 inputs) and a Pelican Universal Pro or something (3 inputs). Does anyone know if either will make me experience a loss of video quality?

Question 2: Where the hell can you buy component cables for the cube other than the nintendo site? They are currently $30 and on backorder.

 

[HeadRusch]

If you want a good component switcher that will also switch HD (the $20 and $30 switchers, which are passive, may not pass HD signals without image quality loss) look at the Audio Authority 1914 (I think thats the number).

It was about $130 bucks when I got mine a year ago and its fully automatic. PLUS it will also switch digital audio AND convert digital audio between COAX and TOSLINK, which is nice if your audio equipment is input-challenged.

Of course depending on the display you are using, you may or may not notice signal degredation even if one of those switchers introduces it. If youre gaming on a bigscreen or on a front projector, thats a different story.

 

[Ugamer_X]

Make sure the cube games you own are capable of progressive scan...Unlike the Xbox, there are a good numer of titles that don't support progressive scan on the cube. It would be a waste if you don't have the games to take advantage of the cables.

 

[gaelan]

my tv isn't hd, but it does have the component inputs. i was thinking of just using svideo for the cube due to what ugamer said. i'll probaly get the $20 walmart switch and check it out...if it isn't any good picture wise, then i'll jsut return it.

 

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[quote name='Ugamer_X']Make sure the cube games you own are capable of progressive scan...Unlike the Xbox, there are a good numer of titles that don't support progressive scan on the cube. It would be a waste if you don't have the games to take advantage of the cables.[/QUOTE]

I would find it hard to believe that none of his GC games take advantage of progressive scan. I would expect that most of his library does, but perhaps not all (as opposed to the xbox where I would expect his entire library does, or the PS2 where I would expect that most of his library doesn't).

[quote name='gaelan']Question 2: Where the hell can you buy component cables for the cube other than the nintendo site? They are currently $30 and on backorder.[/QUOTE]

http://www.lik-sang.com

[quote name='gaelan']my tv isn't hd, but it does have the component inputs. i was thinking of just using svideo for the cube due to what ugamer said. i'll probaly get the $20 walmart switch and check it out...if it isn't any good picture wise, then i'll jsut return it.[/QUOTE]

If you're TV won't do progressive scan then I would just go with the s-video cables. The differences between nonprogressive component and s-video isn't that big.