So after several hours of successfully tinkering & fine tuning the retro setup this weekend, I've decided my 17" VGA CRT is going to make the move with me this summer. I'll gift the 27" beast of a CRT TV... but man... the smaller VGA CRT looks great.
I've been thinking of doing a dedicated thread on this as I feel like VGA CRTs don't get enough love. There's not enough info on it & my images posted here previously seemed to get some kudos. Any1 interested in a write up on it? Until then... summary....
My current set up:
CRT MonitorGateway VX675 - 17" PC VGA CRT> Set color to 9300k
> Capable of up to 1280 x 1024 @ 60Hz
> I'm using at 640x480p over VGA for everything below
"Scalers"- XRGB 3 > For 240p 15Khz consoles
> Using B1 FPGA mode
> Less than 2 ms lag, ~1/10 Framemeister lag
> Scanlines at 127 of 255 for 240p
- Mayflash YPbPr to RGBHV Transcoder > For 480p inputs (no 480i support)
> Buy a new power supply!
> Tested as lagless transcoder.
ConsolesNESNES > composite out > XRGB 3 > VGA out > CRT
* use a high quality cable. I actually used a high quality component cable & it cleaned up a lot of noise
* Turn LFP (Low Pass Filter) on. Huge difference!
SNESSNES > RGB SCART out > XRGB 3 > VGA out > CRT
PS1PS1 > s video out > XRGB 3 > VGA out > CRT
OG XboxOGX > Monster component cables > Mayflash Transcoder > VGA out > CRT
* No scanlines on this method
* 480p not XRGB 3 strong point IMO