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    What is the best HDMI cable for Dreamcast?

    in Dreamcast

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    On 8/20/2021 at 4:27 AM, newtmonkey said:

    I wouldn't even consider anything from Hyperkin, LevelHike, or Pound, as they are pretty much all the same exact thing (garbage) in a different enclosure.  They might be "okay" (i.e. they work) for Dreamcast games that run in VGA and I doubt they would add any lag since they are likely just functioning as simple analog-digital converters receiving VGA and sending 480p over HDMI, but they don't seem to work with 240p/480i games.  I would be more concerned with their use of cheap components, which would likely degrade the image quality.

     

    The Beharbros products (Akuma/Gekko) are more expensive but use decent components and don't have problems with non-VGA games.  The Gekko looks to be 65 USD now, which is quite a bit more expensive that the cheap garbage you can find on Amazon, but I think it would definitely be worth spending the extra $$$ on a quality product that works properly.

    Yes the Gekko is $65, I will watch some reviews on it before I decide to get it or not.  I would rather spend $65 on something good then $20 on crap.

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    What is the best HDMI cable for Dreamcast?

    in Dreamcast

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    14 hours ago, aarthurn said:

    I'd second the Gekko, my TV has VGA in an looks good with a cheap VGA cable but when I gave an extra DC to a friend I got him a Gekko. We gave it a run on my 1080p BenQ 2150ST and it looked great even blown up to 150".  It isn't perfect and I think the DC Digital internal mod would be the best you could do but it is MUCH more expensive.

     

    Watch this for more detail:

     

    DC Digital

     

     

     

    The Gekko seems to be the one that I am most interested in since I am just looking for HDMI out that will look good on a modern big screen.

    I am not wanting to mod my console though and also want to be able to continue to play my Dreamcast discs.

     

    Thanks again for all the awesome suggestions.

    What is the best HDMI cable for Dreamcast?

    in Dreamcast

    Posted

    Thanks to all the suggestions.

     

    I like playing my disc games so not wanting do the digital thing.

     

    I am going to look into the Akura and LevelHike as I have not heard of those before.

     

    Since you who have tried them say they are not the best, I guess I may just stick with original cables that I have.

    Will they ever make a non portable TV only Switch console?

    in Nintendo Switch

    Posted

    Cool to see a few others here would be interested in a console version.

     

    For me currently, there is no point in buying a Switch since I do not want a handheld portable Switch at all and I do not like the idea of having a handheld that I will never use just to keep it docked 100% of the time.

     

    I would purchase a Switch TV console only version for sure if they ever released it.

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    Best Shinobi Game

    in Sega Genesis

    Posted

    Shinobi 3 is the one that I always go back to playing most often because it is the easiest to dive back into, even though they are all 3 are great games.

     

    Also really like the music in the pc engine Shinobi.

    Playdate: A new handheld console- with a crank?

    in Modern Gaming Discussion

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Bill Loguidice said:

    It has no backlight. And to be fair, that hasn't been acceptable in a portable device for a lot longer than 2021.

    What's interesting is that for whatever reason this device is appealing to people who normally wouldn't be interested in such devices. The hook(s) they have are working. However, that's a double-edged sword I think. While that audience may be intrigued by it, I also don't think they can appreciate how some of the purposeful design decisions may affect the actual user experience. In other words, things like the lack of a backlight (as just one example) can have the potential for real frustration in actual usage, but it's not something the average person can appreciate because they haven't had exposure to such devices in a very long time, if ever.

    I suspect this may be one of those devices that does well out of the gate, but once it's out in the real world and people actually use the thing (and the reviews hit), the various quirks will irritate and sales will slow to a crawl. We'll see, though.

    Yes and to be fair, they are clearly a niche product and always cool to see something uniquely innovative.  As weird as that crank looks, it is at least something that has not been done before.

     

    I don't even care that the screen is not color. Have an optional backlit version even if it costs more and I am in all the way.

     

    Hopefully they will upgrade it and release a future version with a backlight but that would surely piss off people who bought the 1st model.

     

    I just remember my frustrations with the first GBA that was not backlit. It was the worst fooling with the light bulb attachments and they never worked good.

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    First Evercade cartridge of 2022 announced: Renovation (i.e. Wolf Team) Collection 1

    in Classic Console Discussion

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    Looks like another awesome multi-cart game.  I will for sure be adding this one to my collection.

     

    The Evercade platform is growing and this will be a great cart for the Evercade VS.

     

    I think Evercade is going to have a huge library a couple years from now and when some of these Evercade carts go out of print, they will most likely be collectible.

     

    I can even see a couple years from now, them releasing a more powerful and upgraded Evercade2 handheld and/or the EvercadeVS2 console both with backwards compatibility with original Evercade carts.

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