New Dreamcast HDMI cable

[JakobAir]

There's a new Dreamcast to HDMI cable out. I had no heads up about it and didn't even know it existed until last week. But it's already being sold, but it looks like it's only being sold on Amazon. It's about $30. I got mine in two days after ordering. It works really well, but doesn't have any custom settings or used tweakable options. I made a video for anyone interested.



I imagine it'll probably sell out quick, so grab one if you're interested. It's by the same company that made the Xbox HDMI cable.

 

[MrCokeacola]

Pound made a trash OG Xbox cable, sure this is about the same.

 

[kumikochan]

Max it can output is 720p anyway so using a vga box with a hdmi upscaler does exactly the same thing for about the same money and you'll have an upscaler with it to use with other consoles. But from what I could see from the video it was only running in 480p, he should have used patched versions to make it run in 720p

 

[Kleyon]

Interesting, currently having a VGA cable but VGA is more rare now on HD TVs. Too bad, this HDMi cable don't permit a proper full screen mode (well VGA cable is 4:3)

 

[tech3475]

Max it can output is 720p anyway so using a vga box with a hdmi upscaler does exactly the same thing for about the same money and you'll have an upscaler with it to use with other consoles. But from what I could see from the video it was only running in 480p, he should have used patched versions to make it run in 720p

One thing to be careful with something like this is lag and other potential compatibility issues, so make sure to buy one which has been tested for use with the Dreamcast and/or is easy to return.

I tried one once and while it worked fine on my desktop, it failed to work with my server while initially booting (odd resolution?) and I haven't got around to testing it with the Dreamcast.

 

[kumikochan]

One thing to be careful with something like this is lag and other potential compatibility issues, so make sure to buy one which has been tested for use with the Dreamcast and/or is easy to return.

I tried one once and while it worked fine on my desktop, it failed to work with my server while initially booting (odd resolution?) and I haven't got around to testing it with the Dreamcast.

Well most cheap cables are but I have the official vga cable plus a good HDMI upscaler so it works perfectly fine. Ofcourse a HDMI cable would take less space but i'm good with the setup I have right now seeing it provides the same resolution and quality. But from the video I did not see that much input lag tho

 

[JakobAir]

One thing to be careful with something like this is lag and other potential compatibility issues, so make sure to buy one which has been tested for use with the Dreamcast and/or is easy to return.

I tried one once and while it worked fine on my desktop, it failed to work with my server while initially booting (odd resolution?) and I haven't got around to testing it with the Dreamcast.

Well most cheap cables are but I have the official vga cable plus a good HDMI upscaler so it works perfectly fine. Ofcourse a HDMI cable would take less space but i'm good with the setup I have right now seeing it provides the same resolution and quality. But from the video I did not see that much input lag tho

I can't feel any lag at all, I'm sure there's got to be a slight lag, but I can't see it. There's a local shop that has a VGA box so I might pick that up and compare them. I had one years ago. It's a shame I lost it somewhere.