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Title: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Otaking on March 31, 2009, 04:28:04 AM: I'd be interested to hear what Forum peeps current PC-E/TG-16 set-up is?

For me, I no longer have a CRT TV just an LCD one and all my consoles (PC-E, SFC, Saturn etc..) look terrible on the LCD TV, so what i've done is built a tiny Media PC which connects to my LCD TV via the DVI Socket.
I then run Magic Engine on the Media PC and the picture looks crisp. To play PC-Engine CD games I rip the CD games to ISO images and then mount them using Magic Disc Virtual Drive which also means there are no loading times. For a controller I use the Sega 'Virtua Stick High Grade' which is gorgeous and has all Sanwa buttons and stick.

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-zl-49-en-15-virtua+stick-70-1rjw.html
(http://image4.play-asia.com/640/PA.82364.003.jpg)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: pceslayer on March 31, 2009, 04:40:13 AM: I have all of my classic consoles connected to my projector.

It sits right next to my bed, so its optimal length for that short ass controller cable.

*reserved for image of projector*
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k13/pceslayer/sf21.jpg)

And since my CDROM is dead, I currently use my xbox with mednafen_pce to play my CD games in glorious 720p

*reserved for glorious 720p image*
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Necromancer on March 31, 2009, 06:37:40 AM: Pretty basic setup here - just a TurboDuo connected to a CRT television.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Keranu on March 31, 2009, 09:49:46 AM: Quote from: Necromancer on March 31, 2009, 06:37:40 AM
Pretty basic setup here - just a TurboDuo connected to a CRT television.
Same here. I've been using my Turbo Express too since Turbo D fixed the sound for it!
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Joe Redifer on March 31, 2009, 10:05:18 AM: Quote from: pceslayer

And since my CDROM is dead, I currently use my xbox with mednafen_pce to play my CD games in glorious 720p

Actually you're playing them in glorius 240p upscaled to 720p. No detail is added anywhere in the process meaning the image is still ultra-low definition. Why do people think that if something is upscaled, it is as good as the native resolution? Such as people who think DVDs upscaled to HD is actual competition for Blu-ray's image quality.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: WoodyXP on March 31, 2009, 10:45:30 AM: I have my briefcase hooked up to my 42' Plasma. This will get me by until I find a day
where I'm not too lazy to unpack my other gear. 8)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: esteban on March 31, 2009, 12:31:50 PM: PCE white + SCD --> CRT TV
TG-16 + Booster --> CRT TV

Everything else is packed away.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: nectarsis on March 31, 2009, 12:34:54 PM: US Duo on a 36" Sony Wega Hi Def CRT
Super grafx/Super cd rom 2 on a Apex 27" CRT
Turboexpress
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: termis on March 31, 2009, 01:12:27 PM: Pretty basic setup: A region modded PCE Duo to a 27" CRT.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Tatsujin on March 31, 2009, 01:12:53 PM: (http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/9215/gamestackdb2.jpg)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: mukanshin on March 31, 2009, 01:29:05 PM: Turbografx-16 with CD attached to 27" Sony Trinitron. I also have a PC Engine Duo but I haven't had it modded yet so I'm using both. It's a tangled mess with both of those plus a Dreamcast, Playstation 2, and Atari 2600 in front of the tv.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Joe Redifer on March 31, 2009, 02:12:37 PM: Mine is TurboGrafx-16 + CD-ROM and all flavors of System Cards (except Game Express and v1.0) hooked to a 20-inch CRT TV. Video is output via RGB mod to a RGB to Component transcoder and that component video is fed straight into the TV which then sends a light beam to meet my eyes which send the signal to my brain... all without any dot crawl or color smear! For those who complain that the video signal is supposed to be a bit smeared, my right eye doesn't exactly see perfectly so it helps add a bit of fake smear so the developers' intentions are realized. The audio is piped out via two "RCA" style cables which carry the left side audio and the right side audio on two completely separate and independent cables to my audio system where it produces the sweet sounds that massage my ear drums which send signals to my brain which translates it into Cadash music (no matter which game is played)

Here is are a couple of pictures to show you!

(http://www.joeredifer.com/crap/turbo1.jpg)

(http://www.joeredifer.com/crap/trubo2.jpg)

Note: That computer is not the one I regularly use. It is a spare at best.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: ccovell on March 31, 2009, 03:10:10 PM: No pics, but I keep all the systems stored away in large plastic bins along with games, etc. Cables are in a large cardboard box, controllers in another... :)

Usually I take out a system and hook it up to a 15" RGB monitor and/or stereo speakers.
If RGB is out of the question, I hook it up to our TV... :cry:
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Keranu on March 31, 2009, 03:49:19 PM: Quote from: ccovell on March 31, 2009, 03:10:10 PM
If RGB is out of the question, I hook it up to our TV... :cry:
Anything but playing a system the way it was designed when shipped to markets!
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: TR0N on March 31, 2009, 06:09:52 PM: Region modded TG16+Turbo-CD as for right now.The Duo-R was my main setup for playing pce games,but i sent that to (duo_r) for the some mods he is going to do on it.

Btw as for what it was hookup too.

TG16>CRT TV
Duo-r>C64 1702 Color Montior
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: geise on April 01, 2009, 02:39:04 AM: My setup is just my US Turboduo with the orange kisado converter. It's all hooked up to a regular standard TV. No way I'm I bothering hooking it up to a HDTV. If I was going to do that I might as well just play Magic Engine on an LCD or something. It would just be wierd to me. I like a lot of the other setups people are using.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: SuperDeadite on April 01, 2009, 05:38:52 AM: Just found this beauty a few days ago in a used electronics shop. 29'' Sony Trinitron HD-CRT. Displays in 720p and 1080i for the 360, and all retro stuff is in beautiful SD. It will even take RGB directly through the Sony AV-Multi port, I just need to hack togheather some cables when I have more time. :dance:

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r260/SuperDeadite/Hikone Apt/hikone015.jpg)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: SignOfZeta on April 01, 2009, 06:48:46 AM: I have a region modded Duo R hooked to a 15" Samsung CRT. Its small but the picture looks better on this $100 twirp that it would on %99.9 of all the LCDs ever made so I'm sticking with it. I use one of those ADP extension cables and a CoreGrafx pad, usually.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Necromancer on April 01, 2009, 08:15:04 AM: Quote from: Keranu on March 31, 2009, 09:49:46 AM
Same here. I've been using my Turbo Express too since Turbo D fixed the sound for it!

Oops, I forgot about my ol' Express, though mine is sadly still waiting for sound and video cap replacement.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Arjak on April 01, 2009, 09:17:10 AM: System: PC Engine Duo RX
Hookup: Composite Audio/Video cable (Red, White, Yellow cables)
TV: Panasonic Plasma Screen (40", I believe)
Controller: Arcade Pad (It's an RX, after all!)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: geise on April 01, 2009, 02:18:04 PM: I love the clarity of the crt monitors/tv's you guys have. I don't know, but I like the way the scanlines on an sdtv filter the pixels. That Sony Trinitron is nice! I had a 17" trinitron for about 10 years. Those are great monitors.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Tom on April 01, 2009, 03:24:59 PM: My SuperGrafx with the Super CDROM^2 attached. I have it hooked up to a little 20' SDTV. I have a 52" HDTV CRT set in the same room, but it makes the games look all pixelated. No good.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Bloufo on April 02, 2009, 06:30:31 AM: This is my messy setup, cable chaos and all.
Notice the PC Engine Duo sitting nearer than the rest of my systems. That damn controller cable is so short that I got no choice but to bring the Duo closer in. Next purchase -definately a controller extension cable. lol

(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z278/Bloufo/DSC00021.jpg)

Since I only received my Duo only a few days ago, I've not had a chance yet to hook it up for larger screen gaming via my projector.
This is where that will happen.

(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z278/Bloufo/DSC00480.jpg)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Ninja Spirit on April 12, 2009, 02:14:57 AM: Just a Duo-R that's a fixer at the moment, controller port needs to be soldered back in line and I need a new RCA AV cable cause the red jack peeled like a Twizzler which means half assed mono sound.

When I use that same cable on the Genesis and Neo Geo, there's no sound period.

Quote
That damn controller cable is so short that I got no choice but to bring the Duo closer in.

:lol: Yup that's Japan for ya.

That pretty much reflects a japanese gamer's playing space.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: ikobo on April 12, 2009, 06:05:38 AM: I have a white briefcase as my main system, hooked up to a 50" LG plasma. It gives a surprisingly good picture, but the RGB modded engine sat in front of the screen is very blocky through it?

(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g317/ikobo/PCE003.jpg)

My stick of choice is an imp 328. Bought from ebay boxed, new for £20. Shaped like a Neo stick and surprisingly solid and good quality.

(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g317/ikobo/PCE004.jpg)

Big screen Sapphire goodness. :D

(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g317/ikobo/PCE005.jpg)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Ninja Spirit on April 12, 2009, 08:26:53 AM: But yeah this is my setup back in 2007
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/Oldschoolage/SETUP1407.jpg)
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/Oldschoolage/SS2finalboss.jpg)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Necromancer on April 13, 2009, 04:21:49 AM: Quote from: ikobo on April 12, 2009, 06:05:38 AM
Big screen Sapphire ~~goodness~~ distorted fatness. :D

Fixed that for ya. :wink:

P.S. - No offense intended; to each his (or her) own.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: ikobo on April 13, 2009, 04:56:56 AM: Quote from: Necromancer on April 13, 2009, 04:21:49 AM
Quote from: ikobo on April 12, 2009, 06:05:38 AM
Big screen Sapphire ~~goodness~~ distorted fatness. :D

Fixed that for ya. :wink:

P.S. - No offense intended; to each his (or her) own.

I love the way people say "no offense" just before being offensive! :lol:

None taken though, i had just flipped over from playing the 360 to take those shots, 4:3 is but a button press away............. :wink:
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 13, 2009, 05:27:19 AM: Actually he was offensive before he said "no offense". I think you owe him a free dinner as an apology.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Necromancer on April 13, 2009, 06:57:56 AM: I'm not sure that even qualifies as offensive anyway; the image is unarguably distorted and wider than originally intended. If I were being offensive, I would've added that only a stretched out dirty pirate hooker would play games in a stretched out fashion. :lol:
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 13, 2009, 06:59:47 AM: His stretched image was offensive so he owes everyone on the forum a free dinner. :)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Necromancer on April 13, 2009, 07:02:29 AM: Quote from: Joe Redifer on April 13, 2009, 06:59:47 AM
His stretched image was offensive so he owes everyone on the forum a free dinner. :)

You owe me a free dinner for talking about free dinners and making me hungry. I'll be in Denver tonight to collect, so you better come find me.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: esteban on April 13, 2009, 07:20:12 AM: Memo: fat, wide and stocky is retro.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: ikobo on April 13, 2009, 07:44:33 AM: Happy? :P

(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g317/ikobo/PCE004-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 13, 2009, 08:04:40 AM: Not happy. What is with the bright blue borders? Not only do you owe everyone a free dinner, but you now also owe every member 3 free gas tank fill-ups on their vehicle of choice as well.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: ikobo on April 13, 2009, 08:09:35 AM: No problem, just let me know the next time you're in Scotland. Always happy to show some Scottish hospitality. :dance:
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Necromancer on April 13, 2009, 08:10:55 AM: Quote from: ikobo on April 13, 2009, 07:44:33 AM
Happy? :P

Much better. Any concerns with image retention on your Lucky GoldStar?

Quote from: Joe Redifer on April 13, 2009, 08:04:40 AM
Not happy. What is with the bright blue borders?

Are they actually gray (standard practice for plasmas)?
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: ikobo on April 13, 2009, 08:22:30 AM: No, the screen is actually pretty good as far as that is concerned. This is in my "games" room, the room that keeps the peace between me and my girlfriend. She doesn't go in it, in exchange for me agreeing not to fill the rest of the house with consoles and guitars. Didn't seem much point buying a real high end screen just for gaming, this does the job just fine.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: BlackandBlue on April 17, 2009, 10:41:04 AM: This is my current setup that I have been collecting in the basement. The briefcase unit will be going ustairs after I fix the CDROM and region mod the CGII. She's my new project :o
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa150/boostedk20a/DSC_0825.jpg)
Here's the gang so far.
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa150/boostedk20a/DSC_0827.jpg)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Arkhan on April 20, 2009, 08:08:52 PM: Quote from: Necromancer on March 31, 2009, 06:37:40 AM
Pretty basic setup here - just a TurboDuo connected to a CRT television.

TG16 + CD hooked up to a CRT.

audio goes to stereo AND tv so I get GhettoDolby^TM

I have a Duo R on the way.

Its going to be the same setup , rofl.

B&B, I have a similar mess in my basement, spanning 2 TVs, lol. (I put all the 8bits and crap on a crappier TV because it has woodgrain, and thats a rule when you use an Atari)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: BlackandBlue on April 20, 2009, 08:42:19 PM: Quote from: Arkhan on April 20, 2009, 08:08:52 PM
B&B, I have a similar mess in my basement, spanning 2 TVs, lol. (I put all the 8bits and crap on a crappier TV because it has woodgrain, and thats a rule when you use an Atari)

Ha. I have an old 27" CRT that I was going to setup in the corner so i can use my light gun games again. I A/V modded my Intellivision, so it doesnt look half bad on the plasma.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Arkhan on April 21, 2009, 02:14:54 AM: yeah. we tried using light gun games on my friends LCD once. It ended in us throwing shit at the screen.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: guyjin on April 21, 2009, 05:29:09 AM: Quote from: Arkhan on April 21, 2009, 02:14:54 AM
yeah. we tried using light gun games on my friends LCD once. It ended in us throwing shit at the screen.

Yeah, light guns are finnicky. They don't like rear projection screens either.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: scottbpm on April 21, 2009, 10:28:09 AM: Hi everyone, new user here, 1st post.
Here is my small but slowly growing PCE set up.
(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/982/sgx.jpg)
Supergrafx with Tototek 32mb flash, ASCII stick & 3 way tap,
Image Fight & Daisenpu Hucards - Hopefully more to come !
This is hooked up to a Panasonic LCD projector & looks surprisingly good over composite video.
The Megadrive looks quite bad over composite, NEC must have used better parts than Sega !
What's next ? - maybe a CD-Rom drive .
Scott.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Arkhan on April 21, 2009, 07:59:05 PM: This just in:

Scott, I hate you!

:mrgreen:

in the nicest way possible
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Lord Thag on April 27, 2009, 11:01:54 AM: I'm pretty happy with my setup. I've got a TG-16 w/ multitap sitting next to my Duo-R sporting an awesome (rare) joystick (I forget the name, the one with all the buttons and doohickies and built in multitap). It's all hooked up to a big standard TV and a nice, kickin' game sound system with a respectable bass thump.

The fact that I have this, along with an Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Intellivision, Colecovision, Saturn, Atari XEGS, Odyssey 2, Arcadia 2001, Astrocade, Channel F, NES, SMS, Genesis, RCA Studio 2, Vextrex, and three Arcade games (along with a PC, a Laptop, and assorted routers) without causing a brownout is one of the Great Unsolved Mysteries of Northern California :mrgreen:

Let's just say I keep Home Depot ordering power strips on a regular basis... 8)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: boogiecat on May 02, 2009, 03:20:22 AM: My setup these days is just working properly on my 40 inch Sony LCD TV right now!! :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Lorfarius on May 04, 2009, 04:20:50 AM: I've got a region modded Core II hooked up to a Super CD Rom2. There's a good luck at my setup on my Youtube channel :D
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: ceti alpha on May 04, 2009, 04:26:29 AM: Quote from: boogiecat on May 02, 2009, 03:20:22 AM
My setup these days is just working properly on my 40 inch Sony LCD TV right now!! :mrgreen:

This is my setup as well. I will, however, probably switch this up when I finally get my brother's flatscreen CRT from him.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: override on May 04, 2009, 08:46:41 AM: I have a 52" Samsung Touch of Color LCD sitting inside a massive entertainment system! I have PS3, 360, Gamecube, PCE TurboDuo w/ regionswith, supernintendo, and the occassional laptop hooked up to it for emulators!

The games done look to bad on the screen though! I dont have to "stretch" them or resize them to make em fit either!

And once again it says that the uploader is full!!!! Go here (http://turbografxmod.synthasite.com/turbografx-pics.php) to see my pics!
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Necromancer on May 04, 2009, 09:57:30 AM: Quote from: override on May 04, 2009, 08:46:41 AM
The games done look to bad on the screen though! I dont have to "stretch" them or resize them to make em fit either!

.....but they are stretched to fit. :-s
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: ceti alpha on May 04, 2009, 01:01:30 PM: Quote from: Necromancer on May 04, 2009, 09:57:30 AM
Quote from: override on May 04, 2009, 08:46:41 AM
The games done look to bad on the screen though! I dont have to "stretch" them or resize them to make em fit either!

.....but they are stretched to fit. :-s

Yeah, you're stretching out poor ol' Bomberman. :(
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: override on May 04, 2009, 04:53:01 PM: Quote from: Necromancer on May 04, 2009, 09:57:30 AM
Quote from: override on May 04, 2009, 08:46:41 AM
The games done look to bad on the screen though! I dont have to "stretch" them or resize them to make em fit either!

.....but they are stretched to fit. :-s

How do you figure they are stretched to fit? If thats the case then displaying on a CRT or any tv or diplay would be considered stretching the image.

Neways what I was refering to is that I dont have to physically do into my options and change it to stretch it to fullscreen. It automatically fills the screen at 16:9!
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: ceti alpha on May 05, 2009, 12:20:53 AM: Quote from: override on May 04, 2009, 04:53:01 PM
Quote from: Necromancer on May 04, 2009, 09:57:30 AM
Quote from: override on May 04, 2009, 08:46:41 AM
The games done look to bad on the screen though! I dont have to "stretch" them or resize them to make em fit either!

.....but they are stretched to fit. :-s

How do you figure they are stretched to fit? If thats the case then displaying on a CRT or any tv or diplay would be considered stretching the image.

Neways what I was refering to is that I dont have to physically do into my options and change it to stretch it to fullscreen. It automatically fills the screen at 16:9!

Ah, so your TV automatically stretches the image. If you want to play the game in its original resolution you should change the settings to 4:3 aspect ratio, so you'll have the two black bars on the sides of the screen.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Necromancer on May 05, 2009, 03:11:11 AM: Quote from: override on May 04, 2009, 04:53:01 PM
How do you figure they are stretched to fit? If thats the case then displaying on a CRT or any tv or diplay would be considered stretching the image.

I meant 'stretched to fit the incorrect aspect ratio'. The games were intended to be shown on a 4:3 screen, so forcing 'em to fill a 16:9 screen will distort the hell out of everything. Haven't you noticed that everything looks kinda fat and that circles are now ovals? If that doesn't bother you, then game on; it's not my TV.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: termis on May 05, 2009, 04:52:59 AM: Yeah, you'll find that most of us old-schoolers will hate seeing 4:3 image stretched out to 16:9. It just looks... wrong...

But like necro says, it's your deal.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: override on May 05, 2009, 06:36:31 AM: No it really doesn't bother me that bad....Since this is the only TV I have and the only room for a TV I have then this is what Im stuck with. To be honest with you I dont remember what the system looked like on a nice size CRT. The last time I played a Turbo Duo, up until this year, was when I was about 12 -13. I had my TG-CD sitting in storage for a long time. When I pulled it out the CD portion didnt work. I got it all fixed up and added a region mod and sold it on here.

To me things look alright and I can play then on the bigscreen but you also have to figure that the big screen is what I have been used to now for over a year.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Necromancer on May 05, 2009, 06:54:33 AM: Quote from: override on May 05, 2009, 06:36:31 AM
No it really doesn't bother me that bad....Since this is the only TV I have and the only room for a TV I have then this is what Im stuck with.

As ceti noted, you don't have to play in 16:9 and can set it to 4:3 instead. In fact, your Sammy should be able to set each input independently; meaning just the Turbo's input would be at 4:3 and all other video sources would remain at 16:9, so you won't have to change modes manually each time you switch inputs.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: ceti alpha on May 05, 2009, 06:58:14 AM: Quote from: Necromancer on May 05, 2009, 06:54:33 AM
Quote from: override on May 05, 2009, 06:36:31 AM
No it really doesn't bother me that bad....Since this is the only TV I have and the only room for a TV I have then this is what Im stuck with.

As ceti noted, you don't have to play in 16:9 and can set it to 4:3 instead. In fact, your Sammy should be able to set each input independently; meaning just the Turbo's input would be at 4:3 and all other video sources would remain at 16:9, so you won't have to change modes manually each time you switch inputs.

Exactly. All my inputs are 16:9 except for my Duo input, which is 4:3. Though I think my emulators on the Xbox go directly to 4:3 as well. :-k
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: override on May 05, 2009, 08:34:37 AM: True True! Yes I know of my TV's capabilities...hell the damn thing can even connect to the internet via CAT line.

Although this is the case I honestly dont like the way my TV displays 4:3 in the older games. I think Im just gonna stick to 16:9.

One day after I move and I have the space I plan on setting up a game room! Then maybe Ill get the arcade I want and have a nice size CRT to play my older games on....Projector screen is another thing I might get!
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Arkhan on May 05, 2009, 09:30:00 AM: I just got my mint in box DUO R with all the stuffs inside, and hooked that motherbitch up.

Rabio Lepus time.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Ninja Spirit on May 22, 2009, 06:35:20 AM: My first pic since my Duo-R needs a solder joint reflow in the controller port and putting off on buying security bit screwdrivers. I got a "Whitey" to hold me over. I don't mind the lack of instant access to CD games.
(http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=303929&g2_serialNumber=3)

And in the utility room where the clothes are done (TMI?), here I got the PCE running on good ol Channel 95 RF on my old Symphonic, which I had since Christmas 1995. Surprisingly For RF it still looks good, despite that I can't see my score cause of the picture proportioning.
(http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=304189&g2_serialNumber=2)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Ninja Spirit on June 05, 2009, 01:46:25 PM: Today I pulled out the projector...it looks pretty hot. seeing the wallpaper texture was a nuisance but I got used to it.

(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/Oldschoolage/P6040021.jpg)
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Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Black Tiger on June 05, 2009, 01:47:55 PM: Quote from: Ninja Spirit on June 05, 2009, 01:46:25 PM
Today I pulled out the projector...it looks pretty hot. seeing the wallpaper texture was a nuisance but I got used to it.

Do you have a screen for it?
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Ninja Spirit on June 05, 2009, 01:51:27 PM: Quote from: Black Tiger on June 05, 2009, 01:47:55 PM
Quote from: Ninja Spirit on June 05, 2009, 01:46:25 PM
Today I pulled out the projector...it looks pretty hot. seeing the wallpaper texture was a nuisance but I got used to it.

Do you have a screen for it?
Tried a homemade tablecloth that was scrolled into two pieces of wood, wouldn't stay up. Other than that, no screen. I'll have to go get 4 pieces of posterboard and tape them together
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: nat on June 05, 2009, 03:42:36 PM: Oh man, if I was using a projector that wallpaper background would not fly.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Arkhan on June 05, 2009, 05:42:29 PM: Quote from: Ninja Spirit on June 05, 2009, 01:51:27 PM
Quote from: Black Tiger on June 05, 2009, 01:47:55 PM
Quote from: Ninja Spirit on June 05, 2009, 01:46:25 PM
Today I pulled out the projector...it looks pretty hot. seeing the wallpaper texture was a nuisance but I got used to it.

Do you have a screen for it?
Tried a homemade tablecloth that was scrolled into two pieces of wood, wouldn't stay up. Other than that, no screen. I'll have to go get 4 pieces of posterboard and tape them together

just nail a bedsheet to the wall!

serious! thats what we did
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: ceti alpha on July 15, 2009, 09:13:36 AM: The projector setup is sweet, but yeah, the wallpaper would be a major distraction. The bed sheet idea is definitely the way to go.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: blueraven on July 15, 2009, 09:45:48 AM: A sound-fixed PC Engine Duo I purchased broken. 2 Avenue 6 and 2 CGII controllers. Electronics store power supply and custom-built AV cable. Phillips Magnavox 26" CRT with really bad screen-fade that I dumpster dove on college move-out day. It's missing 2 buttons, channel down and mute. Protected by an APC UPS 550 surge protector with battery backup.

One man's junk is another man's treasure!
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: sunteam_paul on July 15, 2009, 11:03:07 AM: Quote from: Black Tiger on June 05, 2009, 01:47:55 PM
Quote from: Ninja Spirit on June 05, 2009, 01:46:25 PM
Today I pulled out the projector...it looks pretty hot. seeing the wallpaper texture was a nuisance but I got used to it.

Do you have a screen for it?

Sod that. Go and project it onto the side of a building somewhere!
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Ninja Spirit on July 15, 2009, 02:42:54 PM: My $2.00 screen (4 pieces of poster board for .45 cents a pop). This time the Famicom A/V system is the guinea pig.

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This title screen says "Mystery of Atlantis".

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Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: guyjin on July 15, 2009, 02:47:34 PM: neat :)
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Arkhan on July 15, 2009, 06:44:59 PM: You should try the bedsheet maneuver. Itl remove the wiggly bumps
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Adol2009 on July 16, 2009, 12:24:08 AM: I'm currently playing on my RGB Duo-R, on a CRT TV.
I can't get a better picture than that ^^
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Tatsujin on July 16, 2009, 01:55:16 AM: sure! RGB on low-res CRT FTW!!
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: esteban on July 20, 2009, 11:26:15 AM: You know, playing via projector is sounding less and less silly every year. I don't think I'd be able to play every action/platforming game on a super-big screen, but other genres (rpgs,racing) lend themselves to a big screen, perhaps.

Quote from: Tatsujin on July 16, 2009, 01:55:16 AM
sure! RGB on low-res CRT FTW!!

Hahahhahahahaa.

Anyway, I am picking up my brother's old Sony Trinitron (27") in the next day or two. It isn't a flatscreen, but it is very nice and hardly used. I wanted to take his 27" WEGA, but he's keeping that bad boy (it is sweet, let me tell you).
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: ApolloBoy on July 25, 2009, 06:54:17 PM: I've been using a region modded Duo (which I bought from D-Lite before that whole fiasco) for the past two years, and I have it connected to a Commodore 1702 monitor. Love those monitors.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: TR0N on July 26, 2009, 05:01:58 PM: Quote from: ApolloBoy on July 25, 2009, 06:54:17 PM
I've been using a region modded Duo (which I bought from D-Lite before that whole fiasco) for the past two years, and I have it connected to a Commodore 1702 monitor. Love those monitors.
Yeah those C64 1702 montior are nice it gives you a realy clear and crisp picture.Every once in a while i'd run my famicom av and duo-r on it.
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Arkhan on July 26, 2009, 06:08:31 PM: Those 1702s are neat. It sucks when they start to go alittle and the picture gets a bit fuzzy though :(
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: DCharlie on July 27, 2009, 03:35:54 AM: have a Duo-RX RGB out via XRGB-3 to a Pioneer Viera. Looks very nice indeed.

This is actually my foray back into the wonderful world of Duo - after my last duo died, i needed some cash sharpish, so i sold up almost everything. Now that that need has passed, i am going back and picking up a load of stuff :)

The Core Graphx is attaced to the CRT in the spare room. :]
Title: Re: Whats you're current PC engine Set-up?
Post by: Otaking on September 03, 2009, 07:43:20 AM: I'm on the look out for a decent CRT Monitor or Small TV, want that CRT goodness again 8)