Board 8 > A friend is giving me a PS2 and GameCube, what's the HD cable situation?

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LapisLazuli
12/30/18 1:27:58 PM
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I've never plugged anything older than a 360 into this plasma, doesn't even have composite connections on it. Component is the obvious choice, but are there other issues playing this stuff on modern TV like this? Would it be better to get an HDMI convertor? And what's this I'm hearing about it being really tough to get HD GameCube cables?
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Nelson_Mandela
12/30/18 1:40:20 PM
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Just use a splitter with composite cables. The PS2 component cables actually don't work with every game, and the component cables for the GameCube are hella expensive for no reason (there is no HDMI cable afaik).

The only reason to get an HDMI converter is if your TV doesn't have room for the other cables for whatever reason. You won't see any upgrade in quality.

EDIT: just saw you don't have component hookups, so yeah just get an HMDI converter.
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Nelson_Mandela
12/31/18 12:48:22 PM
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All good?
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NFUN
12/31/18 12:55:21 PM
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it'll be laggy

as in, input lag
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Mewtwo59
12/31/18 2:58:15 PM
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There are some GameCube HDMI options, though if you're getting the newer model GameCube without the Digital A/V port you're out of luck. I've heard good things about this one, and it's the cheapest I've found: https://insurrectionindustries.com/product/carby/. I have the GCHD Mark-II and it works really well, though I have a low latency monitor, so I can't guarantee the same results on your plasma.

PS2 has some cheapo HDMI converters, but they aren't very good. There just isn't a good solution for PS2 other than just getting a CRT and playing on that.
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pjbasis
12/31/18 3:05:57 PM
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