Joytech 8" Digital LCD Monitor for PStwo

SkyeHack · September 24th, 2005

I just got this screen and I was wondering what is the best visual mode to set my screen at.

RGB

or

YCbCr

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Samor · September 25th, 2005

looks nice!

anyway, afaik RGB would give the best picture.

SkyeHack · September 25th, 2005

ill take your word for it but can you tell me why so i can learn something please. i tried to search google but i cant find anything that explains it correctly. thanks samor!

Samor · September 25th, 2005

well, I think it's got something to do with proper color separation.

I'm not perfect on the technical details... but I can tell this...
Dunno if your PS2 is as annoying as mine (PAL), but mine gives a green screen in DVD movies with RGB (through SCART), some sort of lame Sony copy protection. Dunno why they did it, but basically it means that if I want the best picture quality I have to buy a separate DVD player.
I could use Svideo instead, which is almost as good as SCART (=RGB), but almost isn't just as good =P ...maybe the Svideo signal is YCbCr, either way it doesn't give a green screen on DVD movies... but I have the PS2 for games and want them to look as good as possible, and not trade that in.... so I'll just be getting a decent DVD player sometime in the future.

Anyway, maybe someone else is better on the technical side - I'm probably mixing a few things up.

Also, you live in the US, right? and with that joytech screen, maybe it doesn't even make a difference. Do you see a difference when you switch?

here's some technical blah about it... http://tig.colorist.org/wiki2/index.php/Bit_Discussion

**General Plot** · September 25th, 2005

No contribution to this post, but I've gotta know SkyeHack, where did you get this, and for how much?? I've got the slim model, and this would be AWESOME to have.

Samor · September 26th, 2005

I know they're available at Dixons in NL....
Shouldn't be a problem to find one

- lots of online stores have it too.

SkyeHack · September 26th, 2005

This is where I bought mine from last week.

$148.92

IN STOCK

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=3611106

Valcrist · September 26th, 2005

http://gearmedia.ign.com/gear/image/...6054543326.jpg

is it just me or is that the intro to halo2?

SkyeHack · September 26th, 2005

Halo 2 Collector's edition Movie DVD playing possibly?

September 24th, 2005	#1 (permalink)
SkyeHack Cpl in U.S. Marine Corps Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Camp Lejeune, NC Posts: 2,175	Joytech 8" Digital LCD Monitor for PStwo I just got this screen and I was wondering what is the best visual mode to set my screen at. RGB or YCbCr Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! __________________ Click To View My Blog Alienware Area-51m Saucer Silver 16.1" UltraXGA 1600x1200 LCD Display * Pentium 4 HT 3.4GHz 800MHz FSB w/ 512KB Cache ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Module 128MB DDR * 1GB DDR PC-3200 @ 400MHz * Hitachi 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 8MB Cache 4x2x8x DVD+/-RW / 16x10x24x CD-RW Combo * Windows XP Home Edition SP2

September 25th, 2005	#3 (permalink)
SkyeHack Cpl in U.S. Marine Corps Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Camp Lejeune, NC Posts: 2,175	ill take your word for it but can you tell me why so i can learn something please. i tried to search google but i cant find anything that explains it correctly. thanks samor! __________________ Click To View My Blog Alienware Area-51m Saucer Silver 16.1" UltraXGA 1600x1200 LCD Display * Pentium 4 HT 3.4GHz 800MHz FSB w/ 512KB Cache ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Module 128MB DDR * 1GB DDR PC-3200 @ 400MHz * Hitachi 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 8MB Cache 4x2x8x DVD+/-RW / 16x10x24x CD-RW Combo * Windows XP Home Edition SP2

September 25th, 2005	#5 (permalink)
General Plot Britchie Crazy Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 4,793	No contribution to this post, but I've gotta know SkyeHack, where did you get this, and for how much?? I've got the slim model, and this would be AWESOME to have. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 \| 2 GB PC6400 DDR2 RAM \| GeForce 7900 GTX 2.5 TB Hard Drive Space \| Windows XP Pro SP2 Check out my site: http://generalplot.atspace.com Official betatester of PCSX2 and Co-owner of General Emulation

September 26th, 2005	#7 (permalink)
SkyeHack Cpl in U.S. Marine Corps Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Camp Lejeune, NC Posts: 2,175	This is where I bought mine from last week. $148.92 IN STOCK http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=3611106 __________________ Click To View My Blog Alienware Area-51m Saucer Silver 16.1" UltraXGA 1600x1200 LCD Display * Pentium 4 HT 3.4GHz 800MHz FSB w/ 512KB Cache ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Module 128MB DDR * 1GB DDR PC-3200 @ 400MHz * Hitachi 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 8MB Cache 4x2x8x DVD+/-RW / 16x10x24x CD-RW Combo * Windows XP Home Edition SP2

September 26th, 2005	#8 (permalink)
Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	http://gearmedia.ign.com/gear/image/...6054543326.jpg is it just me or is that the intro to halo2? __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

September 25th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 5,237	looks nice! anyway, afaik RGB would give the best picture.

September 25th, 2005	#4 (permalink)
Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 5,237	well, I think it's got something to do with proper color separation. I'm not perfect on the technical details... but I can tell this... Dunno if your PS2 is as annoying as mine (PAL), but mine gives a green screen in DVD movies with RGB (through SCART), some sort of lame Sony copy protection. Dunno why they did it, but basically it means that if I want the best picture quality I have to buy a separate DVD player. I could use Svideo instead, which is almost as good as SCART (=RGB), but almost isn't just as good =P ...maybe the Svideo signal is YCbCr, either way it doesn't give a green screen on DVD movies... but I have the PS2 for games and want them to look as good as possible, and not trade that in.... so I'll just be getting a decent DVD player sometime in the future. Anyway, maybe someone else is better on the technical side - I'm probably mixing a few things up. Also, you live in the US, right? and with that joytech screen, maybe it doesn't even make a difference. Do you see a difference when you switch? here's some technical blah about it... http://tig.colorist.org/wiki2/index.php/Bit_Discussion

September 26th, 2005	#6 (permalink)
Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 5,237	I know they're available at Dixons in NL.... Shouldn't be a problem to find one - lots of online stores have it too.

September 26th, 2005	#9 (permalink)
SkyeHack Cpl in U.S. Marine Corps Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Camp Lejeune, NC Posts: 2,175	Halo 2 Collector's edition Movie DVD playing possibly? __________________ Click To View My Blog Alienware Area-51m Saucer Silver 16.1" UltraXGA 1600x1200 LCD Display * Pentium 4 HT 3.4GHz 800MHz FSB w/ 512KB Cache ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Module 128MB DDR * 1GB DDR PC-3200 @ 400MHz * Hitachi 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100 8MB Cache 4x2x8x DVD+/-RW / 16x10x24x CD-RW Combo * Windows XP Home Edition SP2

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