Look what I found today
I got Skies of Arcadia last week, the cable came in this tuesday, and the japanese games are Tokyo Extreme Racer 2 and Frame Gride.
I wanted the American version of SoA because the PAL one doesn't support 60hz and VGA. The new cable gives some really great results on my 17" CRT. Everything is a lot sharper, though I don't really like the effect on Shenmue 2 because of there being too much shimmering in the game, and it also makes the jaggies more visible. DC's AA was good enough for tv to cover up where it failed a bit, but on a monitor it's different. Skies of Arcadia on the other hand looks a lot better on CRT mainly because of the textures not having the shimmering and the AA working a lot better. I can't wait to test Sonic Adventure 2 or Jet Set Radio with it.