Angel P Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 I recently picked up a used N64 for $15 with the intention of playing one of my all-time favorite games, Doom 64. Although I have the Pelican Selector Pro, I tried to do a quick hook-up on my Toshiba 50h80 calibrated set and found the picture quality very, very dark. Although I'm no expert, I figure that it has to do with the N64 only outputing a composite signal while the set is better with S-Video or component. (If I'm off base here, someone please correct and educate me.) What can I do, other than play on another tv, to enjoy Doom 64? Like I mentioned, I've yet to try it on the Pelican but am holding off since I'd hate to go through all that trouble of getting behind my stand and f***ing around with all those cables back there, only to get the same results. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 You can always use a s-video cable for the Gamecube and see if that makes a difference. The Nintendo A/V connector has been the same since the SNES. Of course, Doom 64 is a dark game to begin with, so it might not help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 I remember having a lot of issues with the images on my N64 being too dark. I usually turned up the brightness about 5 clicks in order to see better. If it's not too inconvenient, and if you're only going to own the system for this one game, why not do the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 SVideo will work on the N64. I used to play N64 on my computer through my TV Tuner card, and the improvement in picture quality with SVideo was huge. On a normal TV it might not make as much of a difference, but it certainly can't hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel P Posted February 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Thanks for the replies. Jeff, I'm just afraid of making changes to the settings after having the set calibrated. Maybe I'll gather enough courage to do it. Graeme, where can I get an s-video cable for the N64? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsappel Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Originally posted by Angel Pagan@Feb 7 2004, 07:26 PM Graeme, where can I get an s-video cable for the N64? Any GameCube cable will also fit the N64. You can find the S-video cable most anywhere videogames are sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 I don't know if its a problem with the NTSC machines, but potential PAL 64 owners out there should be warned that the fancy iMac-style translucent colour N64s the UK got don't actually output S-Video, only composite, due to stupid cost-cutting measures. Also, none of them output RGB. Arrgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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