Do they make composite-to-component video converters? We don't need even an upscaler or anything, just a converter
Searching only seems to return composite-to-hdmi and component-to-hdmi things and we don't want hdmi
@Felthry there's probably no demand because everything has composite in and composite is the worst input
@noiob our use case is that our TV has a combined composite/component input and we just got a switch that lets us switch between multiple sources, but the TV detects it as component as long as anything is inserted into the pR socket, even if there's no signal on it
the plan was to use this to switch between two component and one composite source (there are no component cables for SNES) but it looks like we're still going to have to unplug/replug one wire when switching things, which is annoying
@Felthry if you have a SNS-001 you could just get some component cables https://www.hdretrovision.com/snes/
@noiob we looked for those, they're impossible to find, I don't think they make them anymore and they're expensive anwyay
@Felthry any shitty component cable off the internet would probably look better than composite
@noiob as we understand it the SNES doesn't natively support component and that cable has active stuff in that box that converts it
@Felthry oh, yeah it probably converts from S-Video or RGB, which is available on the multi-out
maybe you can find a converter from those?
@noiob isn't RGB mod-only?
@Felthry apparently not, apparently even NTSC models output RGB according to my main source on this kind of stuff, My Life In Gaming. I guess they just put it into every version, not only in regions where SCART or JP21 is the standard. The RGB isnt too high quality apparently, that's what the hard mods seem to be for https://youtu.be/1k2HVB9S8CA
@noiob I just want to make it so we don't have to pull a plug out every time we want to play the SNES
all these solutions so far look like they're going to cost in the range of $60-$100 x.x
@noiob which is absolutely not worth the effort I think
I wonder about just using an rf modulator, does this tv even have an rf input?
@Felthry depends on how old it is, I don't think there's many places that still have analog tv
@noiob it actually does still have one but considering the image will be even blurrier than with component...
@Felthry I wonder if you could just splice in a physical switch to disconnect the plug that makes it think it gets Component
@noiob I'd have to open up the TV for that and I don't really want tot do that
@Felthry I meant outside it but idk
@noiob The way it detects isn't by the presence or absence of any signal on the wire, it's a physical switch that's actuated by the plug being plugged in
@Felthry wow that's a thing huh
@noiob the cheapest option appears to be way too expensive, more so than the hdretro one
@noiob or we could just play all the SNES games in black and white but that's no fun