How To Get the Best GameCube Picture Quality! - Prism HDMI Adaptor Review

[@mega77]

Now that you went this far, you're only missing an Mcable. Trust me this is going to be a HUGE improvement. The colors get better and deeper, but the best thing is going to be the antialiasing on those harsh edges. I'm playing on a PC monitor and the visual improvement on a game like F-Zero is stunning.

[@RetroBreak]

I’ve been thinking about getting an M cable for a while now!

[@mega77]

I find the improvement to be very noticeable on my PC monitor especially, but it's also better on a wide TV screen. It also slightly improve Switch games, it's not as pronounced compared to the GameCube, but it definitely make the games shaper, especially on slower pace games like Fire Emblem three houses :)

[@TheFred128]

Mcable ir mclassic?

[@JimmyRagZ]

Your videos are really refreshing dude

[@KISSbestfan]

So, there is something more to this than PS2 Hdmi or Wii2HDMI, which are basically converters of the digital signal console outputs into HDMI. That really does look good. Your videos make me feel Gamecube really had a potential as a console. Thanks for the review!

[@RetroBreak]

Yes this is true digital output straight from the system, no conversion, so it’s super sharp!

[@camthesaxman3387]

Wii2HDMI and PS2 HDMI are component to HDMI converters, so the console outputs an analog component signal, and the adapter converts it to digital HDMI. These Gamecube adapters plug into the digital port and convert the proprietary signal to HDMI using a FPGA. There's no significant difference in quality, so if you already have a Wii, just get the Wii2HDMI adapter.

[@duhmez]

Also I had another issue not mentioned in any reviews I seen. My adapter was stretching out everything to full widescreen all shitty and stretched out. Well it turns out my TV did not recognize it was 4:3 apsect ratio for some reason. So I just have to manually go into my tv settings on my tv and force the tv to 4:3 mode.

[@RetroBreak]

I think a TV will do that with any HDMI signal, just have to change it in the tv unfortunately

[@PlanetChaos22]

Quality piece of kit got one few months a ago to improve my gameboy player on gamecube looks really slick looking gamecubes games too

[@Ca11m3Raven]

My gamecube has a gcloader, one of these prism adapters, and a gameboy player with a gbax5 everdrive. (Which I wouldn't have gotten if not for the video on this channel.) I wasn't able to capture footage from gbi until I changed the video format to "Custom-M", and only being able to access settings once I ran gbi from an sd2sp2. And I'm curious to know if that's an issue others have.

[@RetroBreak]

I haven’t had any problem, I have tried all three GBI versions and I can record all of them. Might be your capture card?

[@Ca11m3Raven]

@@RetroBreak Likely. But custom-m does fix the problem. And neither of the other versions have trouble either.

[@jaysilvestercgiartist]

Hey man do you have a video on how to convert the Wii to an Oled tv???

[@SiGeTVee]

Remember to enable Progressive Scan by holding the B Button during booting the game.

[@emceemart]

Does this also work with the PAL version of the gamecube, or is this nog issue at all?

[@lexishere378]

What did u connect to the hdmi? Is that necessary or do we need that second part As well?

[@penguin422613]

I just bought this do you need to combine it with Mclassics to make it better or is that just pointless and overkill?

[@angelcloud6576]

Dammm you gus are really late i live in California i been using that device for about 9 months now lol 😂 is putty expensive you should said the price on this video so people won’t be surprise but is worth every penny that’s for sure 👍

[@RetroBreak]

I’ve known about it since it came out but only just for round to buying it, we didn’t get it any later than you

[@angelcloud6576]

@@RetroBreak ho……….. okay 👍

[@duck_man1048]

How much was it?????

[@Jafet2002]

I just use the component cable my brother had. :,( I wish I had access to hdmi for my GameCube

[@sonofmyrighthand2994]

How did you change it to 480p?

[@Dinofire1077]

were is the other iteam link

[@OliGaming-d1u]

I have just heard of adapters frying consoles. I'm worried now. I'm using a N64toHDMI adapter on my GameCube (wanted only one for both) but there are a lot of artifacts, ghosting and weird vertical lines apparent on light colors. The image is very clear though and it only cost $20. It plugs directly in the console too. That whole frying thing makes me want to go back to my generic $10 composite to HDMI adapter though. It' cheap and the image is blurrier but hey, I'm using the OG composite cable that came with the console this way for a more authentic experience I guess. I still have my CRT from my childhood but it only has mono sound and no widescreen for the games that support it. Stereo sound alone makesa good argument for playing on my 4k Bravia.

[@Monstermunchies]

Hey im having trouble understanding how to use swiss and what to do once ive got a prism, ive got a pal gamecube.. im a bit lost can you help?

[@GhettofingerGaming]

Great Video-=-= subbed and rang the bell

[@aztecwarrior182]

Has anyone noticed that the screen glitches with Star Wars rouge squadron 2?

[@claygraphics1]

Hi Nick. I just received my Prism adapter but want to look at getting ‘Swiss’ to get the 480p resolution. I have an Apple Mac though, will this be ok to download Swiss or is it PC only? Cheers.

[@RetroBreak]

Hi, I used a Mac and it worked fine :)

[@claygraphics1]

@@RetroBreak Cheers, appreciated. 👍

[@claygraphics1]

@@RetroBreak One more question if i may… I need to pair the remote with the adapter but I cant get the remote to register. It has a fresh battery in it. Is it just a case of pointing the remote at the adapter to use it?

[@carlgreene538]

Hello what is the difference between this and the Kaico adaptor?

[@RetroBreak]

I believe they are the same, they use the same code base, just a different design from what I’ve seen online..

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

Am missing out using a Wii and HDMI adapter? I mean, the drive is a lot quieter and seems more reliable and free to mod but the GameCube has that awesome digital output and Gameboy player and has a cute carry handle!

[@RetroBreak]

It’s loads better than a wii HDMI adaptor, that is just a converter, but this actually uses the digital signal of the console it’s self

[@pokepress]

It’s difficult to see the difference in captured footage, but the GCVideo-based solutions do offer a slightly cleaner picture if you see them in person. How much better depends on the quality of your Wii adapter.

[@carlgreene538]

Hello can you provide a link please for the device you are holding up to download swiss?

[@RetroBreak]

It’s this but looks like it’s out of stock now… amzn.to/3uXnM51

[@RetroAFCNicØ]

Would you recommend this simply for playing GameCube games. Is it best way to play by simply converting to HDMI? Or would you say playing via Wii best?

[@kruvik]

People generally say that the GameCube has the best image quality.

[@sonofmyrighthand2994]

What is progressive scan mode, how do I do that?

[@RetroBreak]

Use the Swiss program with the Datel SD loader and choose Force Progressive scan, or set it to 480p instead of 480i before launching the game. Or if you have an american console, just hold B when starting the game up

[@jojowilson2868]

Why do I lose sound at times when I play Phantasy Star Online and Zelda Collection gamecube? Is this thing defective with cheap parts in it or does it need a specific hdmi? Is it not getting along with my dell 32 inch 4k curved monitor?

[@GeekVincent]

Hello, will this work for PAL consoles/games? Recently bought a 4K TV and wanted to replay Pokemon Colosseum and I’m looking to buy a GameBoy Player. So I bought a upscaler hdmi cable but not only is it blurry the colors are all wrong! It boots in nstc mode I guess there’s only yellow and grey tints. Such a bummer, it looked better on my Plasma with regular AV cable. So will this make the colors right like in your setup? Or is there something else I need as a European. Thanks a lot!

[@jonathan2950]

It’s the PAL games that don’t output progressive scan, not the PAL GameCube itself. That’s the reason I mostly have US NTSC games, so I can get 480p from them natively even from my PAL GameCube. You just need a Freeloader to be able to play US games on it, or in my case just get a mod chip to make it even less hassle! I actually have the component cable for the GameCube, but I still prefer playing my games via RGB on a CRT at 480i. I think it looks better than 480p on a HD TV (that’s subjective of course). The ideal scenario would be 480p on a CRT. I have an adapter that would convert the component cables to VGA, but I don’t have an old style CRT PC Monitor to try it on. Hopefully I’ll find one going cheap at some point, everyone seems to want loads of money for them these days!

[@RetroBreak]

This has made me want to get a CRT VGA monitor to try it out at 480p :D

[@camthesaxman3387]

Swiss is able to force games to display in progressive scan. I have no idea how well it works with PAL games, but it's worth trying.

[@RetroBreak]

That’s how I recorded burnout 2 and paper Mario in this vid, they look and play great from what I’ve tried so far!

[@tomaszfalkowski7508]

Play the GameCube on an OLED looks so much better and you can change the screen aspect ratio to either 16:9 or Original or 4:3 or Preferably I like customizing the screen ratio in the four-way zoom ratio settings and then I turn the screen scan off. 👍😊

[@FarmerSlideJoeBob]

It's good to see to enhance the image quality of the gamecube😃

[@Darak88]

Idk dude remember metal jesus had this issue where his gc hmdi bricked his console

[@RetroBreak]

Didn’t he have a party and someone knocked into it? I’m a bit worried because of how far it sticks out!

[@cilldaracyclist2822]

Someone at the party knocked the console over, can't remember who...so it wasn't the adaptors fault

[@silverwah]

Trusting metal jesus is a mistake anyways. The adapters should be sturdy enough to not get ripped out of the port.

[@jakesmith5278]

Wow...this actually looks decent. I still have my GC somewhere but I am too spoiled by Dolphin.

[@lingiune9076]

Is this still a good choice in todays society? I'm trynna play mario baseball while it looks good

[@hadiKazemirad]

Why any one need this Wii can run game cube game And wii have the same object

[@RetroBreak]

You can get much better quality from the GameCube, plus the ability to play Gameboy, GBC and Advance games too

[@Rulumi]

@@RetroBreak For GameBoy I may recommend looking at the gbaHD if one doesn't already have a GameBoy Player.