2 questions re : sound/picture quality

horgan_p

Ok so I picked up a megadrive 1 , which as I understand does not do stereo through the av port.what's the best +easiest) way to pipe the stereo sound through the TV, or is there any point ?
Next up, I'm looking into picking up a Saturn. Anything I need to look out for ? Will the pal Saturn display rgb 60hz out of the box ?

Myrddin

For the Meg, there are custom built RGB Scart cables you can buy that source the audio form the headphone jack which gives you the proper stereo through the tv.

For the Saturn, it'll do RGB out of the box provided you have an RGB cable for it. It'll be hardware locked to 50Hz though, requiring a physical mod to allow a 60Hz signal

horgan_p

So an american Saturn and swap the internal PSU ??

Retr0gamer

horgan_p wrote: »

So an american Saturn and swap the internal PSU ??

No need to do that, you can convert a PAL saturn to 60 Hz. Really there's only a few consoles you should be getting the US/JAP version of, the N64 and 3DO being the only two off the top of my head that can't be modded to 60Hz.

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

No need to do that, you can convert a PAL saturn to 60 Hz. Really there's only a few consoles you should be getting the US/JAP version of, the N64 and 3DO being the only two off the top of my head that can't be modded to 60Hz.

The PlayStation as well. Much to the detriment of my massive 50hz collection

Steve X2

Retr0gamer wrote: »

No need to do that, you can convert a PAL saturn to 60 Hz. Really there's only a few consoles you should be getting the US/JAP version of, the N64 and 3DO being the only two off the top of my head that can't be modded to 60Hz.

Better off with a Jap 3DO so you have 100 percent compatibility.

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

The PlayStation as well. Much to the detriment of my massive 50hz collection

Well in the case of the PS1 it's the games that are locked to 50Hz so in other words never buy PAL playstation games unless they are PAL exclusive. It's the same with PS2 with a lot of PAL games not having NTSC 60Hz, most notoriously the Square Enix games and Persona 3 and 4.

Doge

Retro Conputer Shack do a very nice RGB SCART cable for the MD1.

Right angled audio jack, gold plated connectors and its labelled at each end too.

Well worth the extra 60p over the console goods cable imo.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Sega-Mega-Drive-High-Quality-GOLD-PLATED-RGB-Scart-TV-Lead-Video-Cable-STEREO-/260926939448?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cc0752138

Myrddin

^ some of the scarts I've got from consolegoods have been disappointing in terms of build quality, so the above is prob worth a punt

CiDeRmAn

RF all the way baby....


only kidding

Relikk

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Really there's only a few consoles you should be getting the US/JAP version of, the N64 and 3DO being the only two off the top of my head that can't be modded to 60Hz.

PAL N64's can definitely display 60hz with NTSC games though, albeit on a flash cart.

Retr0gamer

Relikk wrote: »

PAL N64's can definitely display 60hz with NTSC games though, albeit on a flash cart.

Really? I thought they slowed the games down to 50Hz and displayed them at 60Hz like a PAL SNES or Megadrive does with import games?

Still though better off with the NTSC machine since it supports s-video out of the box and most can be modded to RGB.

Retr0gamer

Retr0gamer wrote: »

No need to do that, you can convert a PAL saturn to 60 Hz. Really there's only a few consoles you should be getting the US/JAP version of, the N64 and 3DO being the only two off the top of my head that can't be modded to 60Hz.

NES too. The CPU is actually clocked slower in the PAL version.

Retr0gamer

True but from reading up on it I think Relikk might be right.