I Can See Clearly Now The RCA Is Gone

While I was picking up a new network card, I figured I’d finish converting all of my video cabling over to S-Video. I’m running everything through a switcher now, but all of the inputs have to be of the same type, so they were all still using composite/RCA for lack of enough cables. The PS2 was the real sticking point, since it only came with a composite cable and needs a special plug, and the official Sony S-Video adapter was $50 when I checked on it. Nuts to that. Fortunately, this time I found a third-party cable that was much cheaper.

And wow, what a difference it makes. I’d never really taken a close look before, since it’s sometimes hard to tell what the difference is, but GTA:SA makes it blatantly obvious. All of the fine print on the loading screen is clear and readable now instead of blurry, the little mini-map in the corner is sharp now, so it’s easier to tell where I am and what the markers are, I can finally clearly see the ammo numbers, and it just seems sharper and brighter overall.

Component inputs on an HDTV would be even better, but then I’d be spoiling myself…