WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.840 Just like Linus said, we're about to go deeper on this whole setup. 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:08.520 This is a small version of what I have at home, and it's pretty wild. 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:11.560 It took a long time to kind of come together, all the different pieces. 00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:15.160 And I'm going to walk you through basically step by step on some of the 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:18.720 different consoles, how it goes from console through the scaling, 00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:23.000 the processing, all the way to the TV. First, let's talk about the six gen consoles. 00:00:23.240 --> 00:00:26.800 So both the PS2 and the Xbox can do component out natively. 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:30.400 So that's pretty easy. We do component out. The Dreamcast doesn't have component. 00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:33.560 It can do VGA or RGB out through SCART. 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:38.880 I actually have a VGA box I could use, but for this video to keep it simpler, 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:41.640 I did a SCART to component converter. 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:45.680 And basically all three of these get component to this AV receiver. 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:51.640 This one can do basically it can be a switch, but it's also a splitter. 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:57.080 And so it's lagless and it doesn't decorate the image. So it's sending both component to this TV. 00:00:57.080 --> 00:01:00.200 So these consoles are sending a native signal through this to this TV. 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:03.760 So this is the best case scenario, but also it's splitting off 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:09.600 into the RetroTink 5X. The RetroTink 5X is basically the best scaler on the market right now. 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:15.720 They're working on a 4K variant. That's going to be coming soon. It's kind of like the ultimate scaling box is going to have even more features. 00:01:15.720 --> 00:01:20.920 But for now, this thing can scale pretty much any retro game up to 1440p. 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:26.920 We're not using that. We're going up to 1080p because that's what this TV can sort of handle. 00:01:27.080 --> 00:01:31.640 1440p isn't great for TVs in general. From the RetroTink, we get HDMI out. 00:01:31.960 --> 00:01:36.960 We're then going to a switch. This makes it a little bit easier just to do everything. 00:01:36.960 --> 00:01:41.040 At home, I have several of these. It's really convenient. I can just switch easily. 00:01:41.800 --> 00:01:45.360 All this video signals are sent to this. The things aren't trying to control TVs. 00:01:45.360 --> 00:01:49.960 They're just speaking to this box. From here, I have a splitter and I bought this splitter specifically 00:01:49.960 --> 00:01:53.800 to strip HDCP from PS TVs and PS3s. 00:01:54.360 --> 00:01:58.280 PS3s and PSCVs have HDCP hard code enabled. 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:04.920 You can't turn it off. And so you have to buy a cheap splitter or a switch to strip it, which is really annoying. 00:02:05.080 --> 00:02:11.400 Thankfully, that's no longer a problem with the more modern systems. But from there, from that splitter, we go straight to the TV. 00:02:11.720 --> 00:02:14.960 Actually, in this case, we're going to the Capture laptop. 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:18.400 So what you're going to see in the Capture is basically what that TV is getting, 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:22.800 which is a 1080p signal, but then we're also splitting off into the Xtron. 00:02:23.160 --> 00:02:31.440 The Xtron DSC 301 is a scaler. Basically, this TV is some of the best tubes for CRT TV available, 00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:34.320 but its processing sucks. We talked a little bit about that in the video. 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:38.840 Depending on the resolution, you get different amounts of input. 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:42.040 Like at like 40i to 40p, this thing sucks. 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.200 At 720p, it's kind of its peak resolution with processing. 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:48.600 1080i, it's got like 30, 40 milliseconds of input delay, 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:54.400 but you can turn off the processing. In the service menu of the TV, it's jank. 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:58.160 You find the pro, oh, there it was, the processing and you turn it on. 00:02:58.160 --> 00:03:01.160 I'm not going to do that just because I don't want to mess up anything right now. 00:03:01.320 --> 00:03:06.200 And it turns off the processing. The problem is then basically everything but 1080i is a bad time. 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:12.000 So this is what the scaler does. It takes every resolution and it turns it into 1080i. 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:17.280 It scales it to 1080i and it makes it that this TV can basically put its best 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:20.800 foot forward on every console, every resolution, everything. 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:22.600 And it's really exciting. 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:28.720 Then, no matter what console I'm using, no matter what era it's from, 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:33.800 whatever display I want to play on, I can play on with no issues. 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:36.840 This is the ultimate retro setup.