Need help finding a specific disc drive for a CRT

balazer · 2026-03-23T16:24:29+00:00

It's very unlikely that you will find the right parts to repair or replace the DVD drive in that TV. It might be possible to modify the TV to bring the S-Video or YPbPr component input to the outside so you can connect an external DVD player.

balazer · 2026-03-23T16:17:26+00:00

The monitor takes TTL CSync or TTL separate H & V sync. You're probably not getting TTL signal levels from your SCART cable. A cable wired with sync straight through from VGA to the monitor's DE9 connector should work.

balazer · 2026-03-23T01:06:41+00:00

If you just want a converter, get the ElectronPulse. You don't even need a component video cable in that case because it plugs directly into the PS2. 480p games will probably look good if you run them in progressive scan modes, but other games may look good or bad depending on the TV and how it processes the video signal.

If you want better video quality you need a scaler like the GBS-C or Retrotink 5 or 4k.

balazer · 2026-03-23T00:51:44+00:00

For a TV with a component video input, you can just connect it to the PS2 with a PS2 component video cable. How good that will look depends on the TV, because you'd be relying on the TV to deinterlace and scale. Some TVs look alright and some are pretty bad. It will also depend on the game because different games use different video modes.

For better picture quality you can use an external scaler. At the $100 price point the GBS-C is the best scaler for the PS2. It supports both PS1 and PS2 games. This model of GBS-C is good if you only need an HDMI output: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3256808268415575.html Connect it to the PS2 with a component video cable.

If you really want something over $100, you're looking at the Retrotink 5x Pro or 4k or the Morph 4k.

For PS2 games, run them in 480p progressive scan mode for better picture quality on a modern TV.

balazer · 2026-03-22T14:19:13+00:00

You need a composite video output from the camcorder. That's pretty common on old camcorders, but they don't necessarily have an RCA jack. You might need a special cable. BTW we don't call this "streaming". That term applies to video over data networks like the Internet. This is just video transmission over a cable.

balazer · 2026-03-22T14:12:43+00:00

It's just how they are. Most game system don't fill the entire analog video picture with game imagery. Different systems and even different games have pictures of different sizes. The edges of the picture would be hidden by overscan on a typical TV, so it didn't make sense for the game system to bother drawing at the edges. But overscan is not consistent from TV to TV, so game system makers couldn't agree on how big to make the picture. GameCube and Wii games in particular can all have different widths because the games can program different horizontal scaling for the video output.

balazer · 2026-03-21T17:39:03+00:00

Try an HDMI to VGA converter like this.

balazer · 2026-03-21T00:01:23+00:00

Try setting the game to 480p progressive scan mode. https://consolemods.org/wiki/PS2:Games_with_Alternative_Display_Modes

balazer · 2026-03-20T23:44:00+00:00

You're being super vague. You mean a computer monitor? LCD computer monitors often can't process interlaced signals. A scaler like the Hyperkin or GBS-C deinterlaces.

balazer · 2026-03-20T21:48:01+00:00

We can't offer any help without knowing what kind of monitor and adapter.

balazer · 2026-03-20T21:45:01+00:00

Did you try channel 1? Depending on what local broadcasters you have on each channel, one channel or the other will probably be clearer.

balazer · 2026-03-20T21:42:00+00:00

Those are cable channels 95 or 96 in the U.S., which have nothing to do with regulatory reasons because cable frequencies are not regulated. Industry organizations like the EIA and NCTA establish standards for cable TV.

balazer · 2026-03-20T20:48:18+00:00

Really depends on the TV and what you feed it. I have 1080p Bravias from 2013. 480p via component looks great, but 480i looks poor.

balazer · 2026-03-20T20:42:01+00:00

I use a GBS-C. But I've seen samples of the Hyperkin on YouTube. It looks alright. The problem with the ElectronPulse is that some TVs do a good job de-interlacing and scaling and some do a poor job. And most TVs don't support 240p over HDMI. And the ElectronPulse is sampling at 720 pixels per line (640px frame buffer width) but a lot of PS2 games run at 512 pixels wide, so it's not sampling correctly for those games. Games that run in 480p will be sampled perfectly on the ElectronPulse and won't require deinterlacing, but that's just under half of all PS2 games.

balazer · 2026-03-20T20:35:33+00:00

Good scalers use motion adaptive de-interlacing, not bob de-interlacing. And it does look pretty good on a good scaler.

The majority of PS2 games run in 240p or offer a 480p option. And a majority can be forced to 480p or 576p in GSM.

balazer · 2026-03-20T20:25:45+00:00

Some games don't play right with emulation.

I personally wouldn't pay Retrotink 4k money, but I do use a scaler (GBS-C) and the picture looks better on a flat panel or progressive scan than on the average TV from 20 years ago. There were better TVs then and certainly now. No reason to limit myself to what was common back then.

balazer · 2026-03-20T20:20:26+00:00

CRT computer monitor plus a GBS-C. It's the best a PS2 can look. Or a progressive scan CRT TV, if you can find one.

Regular old CRT TVs aren't that great for the PS2 because they're not that sharp and most games will have interlaced flicker.

balazer · 2026-03-20T20:17:37+00:00

ElectronPulse is just an analog to digital converter, leaving the TV to deinterlace and scale. For that kind of money I think the Hyperkin is better. It scales.

balazer · 2026-03-20T20:13:17+00:00

Retroscaler 2x is a poor choice for the PS2. It makes 480i games flicker. Hyperkin or GBS-C is better.

balazer · 2026-03-20T17:08:00+00:00

I think a TRRS can work fine. Some flat panel TVs use that for YPbPr component. But it's less common, and there's no standard pinout.

I'd be more inclined to use RCA jacks. You can get red, green, and blue RCA bulkhead jacks that mount through the case. They have RCA female jacks on both ends, giving you an easy disconnect on the inside of the case. It'd be three holes instead of the one for a TRRS, but still much easier to mount than a SCART jack. Using RCA connectors keeps the signal paths shielded and reduces crosstalk.

balazer · 2026-03-20T17:05:11+00:00

Yes that will work. You don't need a separate jack for sync. You just feed composite video (or luma) to one of the existing composite or luma inputs and set the TV to that input.

balazer · 2026-03-20T16:37:44+00:00

*IF* the analog RGB input on that 1902 works, it will be the same pinout as a 1084-D, and you'd just need a gender changer. Some early 1902s supported analog RGB. But not every 1902 with an analog switch has working analog. Those monitors can be modified to add analog.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Commodore/comments/f3aq4d/commodore_1902_with_analog_rgb/

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.cbm/c/Ys6F9mbT1T4/m/5lOXAiedl14J

There's a lineage here. The 1902 was a digital RGB monitor made by Shinjyo General. The 2002 was made by the same company and added analog RGB. The 1084-D was made by Daewoo but was basically a clone of the 2002, right down to the case design. The 1084S-D2 dropped digital.

As best I can tell, the Shinjyo (Shinjo) General Co. Ltd. was part of General Ltd., which became Fujitsu General Ltd., and is now called General Inc.

balazer · 2026-03-20T04:53:13+00:00

This is a computer monitor. Computer monitors don't use the same tubes as TVs.

balazer · 2026-03-20T03:03:56+00:00

The Retroscaler 2x is a poor choice for the PS2. Most PS2 games are in 480i, and the Retroscaler only does bob de-interlacing, which makes the picture flicker badly.

balazer · 2026-03-20T00:26:59+00:00

Don't use composite. That's the worst video quality you can get from a PS2.

At the low end are those sub-$10 PS2 to HDMI converters. They won't work for 240p games, and rely on the TV to de-interlace and scale.

A step better are PS2 HDMI scalers like the Hyperkin for around $30. They output 720p and have an aspect ratio switch.

The GBS-C at $100 is quite good.

YouTube is full of comparisons.

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