Nintendo 64 support component cables or s-video the best?

There are good chances I will get a N64 again(had one during the era, then sold it to buy a gamecube, bad mistake!) but I was wandering what the best possible way to view the image was. I read some where that certain N64 games supported a High-Res mode so I wasn't sure if the console its self could use component cables or not.

s-video is the lowest quality out there. My N64 hooks up through component and works just fine. There is no "Hi-Res" mode but some games will support higher texture and polygon counts if you have the n64 expansion pack in the console.ColdfireTrilogy

[QUOTE="ColdfireTrilogy"]s-video is the lowest quality out there. My N64 hooks up through component and works just fine. There is no "Hi-Res" mode but some games will support higher texture and polygon counts if you have the n64 expansion pack in the console.TheColbert

[QUOTE="TheColbert"][QUOTE="ColdfireTrilogy"]s-video is the lowest quality out there. My N64 hooks up through component and works just fine. There is no "Hi-Res" mode but some games will support higher texture and polygon counts if you have the n64 expansion pack in the console.MonsieurX

I don't know. The Gamecube ones went into the Digital Out but does the N64 have that?

Also after digging around I found these on Amazon but it has some pretty shady reviews. Although their problem is it only goes into the Analog port which is I am correct is all the N64 has.

Component won't do anything with an N64.

There are tons of "universal" s-video cables out there. I bought one for less than $10 at an EB and has composite and s-video out for Gamecube, PS2 and Xbox. But the point is, is that the Gamecube and N64 output slots are the same size.

S-Video will give you 480i, basically the best resolution you can get for the N64.

Component is useless. It doesn't upscale, it'll give you the same output as S-video (in terms of the N64). The s-video is way cheaper.

Component won't do anything with an N64.

There are tons of "universal" s-video cables out there. I bought one for less than $10 at an EB and has composite and s-video out for Gamecube, PS2 and Xbox. But the point is, is that the Gamecube and N64 output slots are the same size.

S-Video will give you 480i, basically the best resolution you can get for the N64.

Component is useless. It doesn't upscale, it'll give you the same output as S-video (in terms of the N64). The s-video is way cheaper.

sonic_spark

Well, the color reproduction would be better with component, not to mention a sharper image and less bleeding. I too am trying to acquire my old n64.

s-video is the lowest quality out there. My N64 hooks up through component and works just fine. There is no "Hi-Res" mode but some games will support higher texture and polygon counts if you have the n64 expansion pack in the console.ColdfireTrilogy

S-Video is actually better than composite and way better than RF. RF is really the lowest quality, with HDMI being the best followed by component, but you don't use those on classic consoles. For classic consoles, the best thing to use is S-Video although some systems like the Genesis require a modification to use it. I do use S-Video on my N64 and it looks pretty good on my HDTV.

good info..

i have my n64 connected to my hdtv with composite . looks bad... didnt know s-video was available!

sadly my plasma has no s-video port damn.

[QUOTE="ColdfireTrilogy"]s-video is the lowest quality out there. My N64 hooks up through component and works just fine. There is no "Hi-Res" mode but some games will support higher texture and polygon counts if you have the n64 expansion pack in the console.dog64

S-Video is actually better than composite and way better than RF. RF is really the lowest quality, with HDMI being the best followed by component, but you don't use those on classic consoles. For classic consoles, the best thing to use is S-Video although some systems like the Genesis require a modification to use it. I do use S-Video on my N64 and it looks pretty good on my HDTV.

i couldnt find the cable i have doing a quick Google but its Svideo and has plugs for Xbox, any PS, Dreamcast, and the Nintendo one (snes , n64, gamecube). Right now i use it for my 64, snes, and dreamcast and they look pretty good on my 1080p 42in hdtv. I think it was advertised as 7 in 1 unverisal s video cable. also yes some games do advertise a "high res mode", i have vigilante 8 and i believe a couple others and with the expansion pak they do look a little better.

I recently got an N64 without cables and the a/v cable from my gamecube works fine. I've heard the SNES one is the same

It's the 64. Games are going to look bad no matter how you set it up.

480i is the lowest resolution lol so i dont see how people say it only supports upto 480i we all know everything supports that

I really wish people would research stuff prior to posting. The N64 standard outputs were 240p (NTSC 320x240) and 288p (PAL 320x288), but it was capable of 480i (576i for PAL with huge borders). Most developers never used the 480i mode however as it was too taxing for the system in standard configuration. The 4MB expansion pack allowed better use of this (due to increased texture res) but it was hardly used specifically for this. The only game which did was Turok 2 but the frame rate dipped a few times. Nintendo decided to use it to improve things in general such as visuals and things like more enemies on screen in Majora's Mask. 

I really wish people would research stuff prior to posting. The N64 standard outputs were 240p (NTSC 320x240) and 288p (PAL 320x288), but it was capable of 480i (576i for PAL with huge borders). Most developers never used the 480i mode however as it was too taxing for the system in standard configuration. The 4MB expansion pack allowed better use of this (due to increased texture res) but it was hardly used specifically for this. The only game which did was Turok 2 but the frame rate dipped a few times. Nintendo decided to use it to improve things in general such as visuals and things like more enemies on screen in Majora's Mask. 

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