stickem wrote:That's what I'll do. Get a vga box and go see if that does good enough for me. Really I'm just trying to get my Sony wega out of the house and plug up what i use on my hdtv. Plan on going the scart route with my saturn with a scart to hdmi convertor.
Cool. Thanks for the tips fellas. Never cared before so I'm just getting into the whole best picture possible for retro systems thing. And of course I'm late and missed the boat on the xrbg thing. I'm kind of behind on the newer hdtvs also. I knew alot when they first came out but skipped the 1080p generation until recently. Just didn't see a need if cable/satallite/OTA didn't broadcast in it.
I am guessing your WEGA is a 480i tube? Before you dispose that Sony, test out the upscaler as well as direct connections of retro consoles that require composite on your HDTV. At one time I was debating on an LED HDTV, took a Pacman PlugNPlay to Frys and saw first hand how bad the upscale "blur" was. Sticking to my WEGA HD CRT. Any consoles such as your Dreamcast that support SVideo are better off on the WEGA for the best Chroma Luma separation, though if you get that Dreamcast VGA to work on you flat screen it should be a better picture.
The HD LED/LCD TV has the best picture quality for HD signals, but upscale of 480i to 1080p has mixed results. I prefer the HD CRT WEGA for the best compromise of retro and modern systems; no upscale issues.
You will lose out on House Dead Lightgun support on your HD TV; try a VGA CRT monitor which supports the lightgun!