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DPete27 wrote:Doesn't the N64 have the standard RCA's (Yellow, Red, White)? Some TV's have a converter built in to the Y/Pb/Pr input so you can just plug that one Yellow cable in.
ludi wrote:I have an old N64 console with analog outputs (L/R stereo + coax analog video) which I would like to connect to a TV that only supports Y/Pb/Pr component and HDMI. I don't care which input type it goes to, but after searching through options at Monoprice, I can't find that exact combination of I/O in a converter. Am I missing something obvious, or does this conversion option simply not exist?
Scrotos wrote:ludi wrote:I have an old N64 console with analog outputs (L/R stereo + coax analog video) which I would like to connect to a TV that only supports Y/Pb/Pr component and HDMI. I don't care which input type it goes to, but after searching through options at Monoprice, I can't find that exact combination of I/O in a converter. Am I missing something obvious, or does this conversion option simply not exist?
http://www.everydaysource.com/product/p ... 82&mi=4715
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edit: my mistake, I thought the title of "Premium Component AV Cable for Nintendo 64 (N64), 4.67 FT, Gray" would indicate it's for an N64 but when I clicked on Compatibility, it said "Wii". Genius.
MadManOriginal wrote:Keep in mind an RF modulator would only work if the TV has an NTSC (analog) tuner.
cynan wrote:Scrotos wrote:ludi wrote:I have an old N64 console with analog outputs (L/R stereo + coax analog video) which I would like to connect to a TV that only supports Y/Pb/Pr component and HDMI. I don't care which input type it goes to, but after searching through options at Monoprice, I can't find that exact combination of I/O in a converter. Am I missing something obvious, or does this conversion option simply not exist?
http://www.everydaysource.com/product/p ... 82&mi=4715
?
edit: my mistake, I thought the title of "Premium Component AV Cable for Nintendo 64 (N64), 4.67 FT, Gray" would indicate it's for an N64 but when I clicked on Compatibility, it said "Wii". Genius.
Yeah. It's a passive cable. I'm pretty sure the N64 is incapable of outputting a component (RGB) compatible signal natively. And what a totally misleading product listing...
You could always go the cheap, old school way (if picking up an active converter to component/VGA/HDMI is cost prohibitive) and go with an RF modulator. Should work if you plug it into the antenna connection on the TV (or VCR if you still have one) and selecting channel 3 or 4.
But if your TV has a built in converter as per DPete27's suggestion, then this is the obvious way to go.
Scrotos wrote:If you had s-video or SCART output from the N64, could you then pop on a cable that converts it to component?
Scrotos wrote:If you had s-video or SCART output from the N64, could you then pop on a cable that converts it to component?
Ryu Connor wrote:Composite and S-Video to HDMI® Converter
I presume you didn't mean coax, but instead the composite yellow video out.
Forge wrote:MadManOriginal wrote:Keep in mind an RF modulator would only work if the TV has an NTSC (analog) tuner.
And not just ATSC (HD antenna), which should be obvious, but for some it's not.
cynan wrote:Forge wrote:And not just ATSC (HD antenna), which should be obvious, but for some it's not.
Hmm. My HDTV has both. But then it's from 2008. Are the newer ones are leaving out the NTSC tuners?
ludi wrote:I have an old N64 console with analog outputs (L/R stereo + coax analog video) which I would like to connect to a TV that only supports Y/Pb/Pr component and HDMI. I don't care which input type it goes to, but after searching through options at Monoprice, I can't find that exact combination of I/O in a converter. Am I missing something obvious, or does this conversion option simply not exist?
DPete27 wrote:$40 for something that can be done for free with one more cable.... I'd take the free route if you've got a couple RCA splitters laying around. Otherwise, does N64 audio really need to be broadcast through a home theater system in the first place?
DPete27 wrote:$40 for something that can be done for free with one more cable.... I'd take the free route if you've got a couple RCA splitters laying around. Otherwise, does N64 audio really need to be broadcast through a home theater system in the first place?
ludi wrote:It's this one: Best Buy 39" LCD
On further investigation it appears the TV's SPDIF digital audio output may be shared with component video input (haven't actually tried it yet). But I went ahead and ordered the Monoprice 720P HDMI converter. This will give me the ability to route the N64 through the receiver's HDMI switch, since I want the audio via the receiver anyway, and simplify the cable maze.
ludi wrote:Given the low-rent quality of this display, I don't have high hopes that what the manual says it does, and what it actually does, are the same thing.
ludi wrote:Well, well...it DOES work as a composite input, not sure why it was giving me trouble before, but I played a couple levels of Super Smash Brothers during my lunch break (living 5 minutes from the office has its upsides).
The TV's built-in scaler is pretty ungraceful, although I kind of expected that given how badly it performs when the HTPC is set at any resolution other than 1680x1050. Will be interesting to see if the analog-to-HDMI converter can do any better.
SecretSquirrel wrote:I gather your receiver doesn't have the conversion capability?