I Didn't Know A STOCK DREAMCAST Could Look This GOOD! Official VGA With Retro Dell Monitor!

[@Madlittlepixel]

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[@R4SK0_001]

Is that a TN Panel or IPS?

[@Madlittlepixel]

@@R4SK0_001 ips

[@legendsflashback]

@@Madlittlepixel of course vga is analog and near digital HDMI

[@Jabjabs]

For a little context, the Dreamcast having VGA output is a hold over of it being a stripped down Naomi arcade board. It was somewhat common for arcade boards to use VGA to get progressive screen output. And oh boy did it look GOOD!

[@waldogtv5486]

Makes sense.

[@Jabjabs]

@@eightbitlife4374 Just wondering how you think it is completely different hardware? They literally share the same hardware components only the Dreamcast had reduced RAM and memory bandwidth. The processors even all run at the same clock rates.

[@Ryuujin1078]

@@Jabjabs facts

[@MH-yp6wg]

V-RAM was also halfed and Sound Ram quatered, also Naomi could run from ROM-cartridges of course (GDs optionally).But other than that...@@Jabjabs

[@ICZERZERO3000]

Dreamcast has always looked great on a monitor via VGA, especially on a CRT round tube monitor ☝️… Keep up the great work as always Madlittlepixel. And Happy Gaming Everyone 😎.

[@doomisforu]

Yep, looks great on a CRT. Hooking up to my Pansonic DT-2730MS Presentation Monitor looks sick in 480p

[@Neodestro]

i still have my dreamcast on crt 21 inch monitor

[@ICZERZERO3000]

@@doomisforu Awesome…

[@ICZERZERO3000]

@@Neodestro Nice …😎

[@WhatAboutZoidberg]

Dreamcast over VGA almost looks like an upscaled emulator. It's really impressive. I use it on my PC Crt but this monitor looks great as well.

[@StraightToThePoint217]

I really hope you hook that person up because According to PriceCharting that which its brand new costs $378.00, complete $199.00, loose $119.00.

[@pinkflamingo5972]

I sold my dreamcast years ago and I’m currently on a trip back down that memory lane to get another. This just juiced me up even more. I didn’t know there was a sega VGA box either. I had a pound hdmi before I sold mine but I bet this looks so clean.

[@BFKAnthony817]

Pound cables SUCK on dreamcast, though they make good cables for OG Xbox. But VGA is where it is always at when it comes to damn near HD quality. 580P looks SO good on VGA on the DC.

[@dreamcazman]

The DC was so ahead of it's time, VGA, modem, VMU - amazing little console. Looks even better through HDMI with a DC Digital installed. ;-) Such a shame it didn't have a longer lifespan.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Console gamers in 1999/2000: WOW! VGA looks so good. Me, a PC gamer since 1991: Well, yeah.

[@kyles3335]

I had the dream dreamcast at launch. Even though I had a 32" trinitron I would pull out a 21" computer monitor and play with the vga box. It was like hi-def gaming before HD tvs were common. Games looked amazing

[@ccricers]

Even though the display resolution is not native it was very nice being able to bring a laptop with VGA-in and plug in the Dreamcast wherever there is a wall outlet. A few guys in my college did this across the campus.

[@carllavery4442]

A friend of mine had the VGA cable back in the day, whilst I played it through RGB scart and the picture quality from the Dreamcast was amazing. So much so it felt like a backwards step at times going to the PS2

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Cool that VGA was popular around the Dreamcast era, I use a VGA to HDMI for flatscreen play. Btw, I think you can output PS2 in VGA with a console softmod, heard that it also looks great with certain games and you will need a compatible lead also. 🤠👍 Luckily us in Europe had RGB so my go-to cables always been those RGB SCART cables Ron 👊

[@alistairblaire6001]

Yeah Dreamcast has one of the cleanest video outputs of any retro console imo. I've never owned the official VGA box but Behar Bros has been selling high quality boxes for years, but they cost a fair bit more than the Amazon cables.

[@greenneon7314]

I use my Dreamcast on a 2005 JVC plasma EDTV which does 480i 480p natively and I use a VGA cable through the VGA input and I highly recommend this set up for 6th generation gaming systems

[@GinoBrand5]

I did the VGA with Dreamcast all through the 2000s, some ebay VGA, but yeah it was great on my tv that had vga. Today though im rockin a more modern display.. and they have removed component and vga and svid(that hurts the most). So yeah displays now have all HDMIs so I got a Kaico HDMI adaptor which presumably takes that vga signal and converts. Looks great. VGA is just so clean that the conversion doesn’t seem to degrade it.

[@BATMAN-nb6nc]

True story. Happy to help add some content. I guess I could have sent it to WATA to get graded.

[@Madlittlepixel]

😂 Appreciate it man! Your stuff will be in the mail in the morning, ill message you the tracking then.

[@mightydeku]

Stop making me love your channel so much! (Keep up the good stuff)

[@RamuneRabbit]

I remember randomly thinking, "Wonder if Funcoland has a VGA box..." and walking in to find an Interact/Performance brand VGA box hiding behind the front counter of their store. Snagged it, brought it home, and MAN, the jump from RF to VGA was just mind-blowing. I later tried to sell my friends on the upgrade and got one of them to try it. He was playing an import copy of Biohazard: Code Veronica, and when he hooked it up to his Mother's PC, he TOO dropped his jaw at what he was seeing. And lastly, I brought it to my college campus to have something to do while I was waiting for finals to be over. I hooked it up to one of the monitors, and after a while, I drew a crowd in an empty section of our Computer lab where many more people were experiencing VGA for the first time. And actually selling them on a Dreamcast only 3 years after Sega withdrew. Seeing your reaction just brought back all those memories. Happy to see it's still blowing minds years later! 😎

[@ferndogg310]

Perfect timing! My brother gave me a modded Dreamcast from Japan. I need all this to play like I want to. Thank you!

[@bottledwaterprod]

I have a Dreamcast hooked to a crt monitor via VGA. Mostly to put in a bit of House of the Dead 2 whenever I want. Man I love that thing. I almost have a complete collection of light guns and fishing reels for it.

[@TooFurious4]

Xbox 360 also had native VGA support and had an official first party VGA cable.

[@muddyeyeball15]

BOTH BRIGHT AND TIGHT Ron!! Yet again another reason that monitor was a fantastic 2023 score!

[@Mullerology]

Beautiful. Miss my Dreamcast so much. I'm still in ownership of one, but it's at my mother's house in the storage. Need it back!

[@aakelly20]

Still one of my fav consoles. Obviously nostalgia plays weird part in that. MVC2 being my fav game on the system.

[@Chris-Courage]

This is why I have never considered the DChdmi mod. Even the cheap $15 VGA cables look fantastic. I've never seen distortion or lines in the image for the generic ones. I usually run my Dreamcast via VGA to a 32" plasma but 20" LCDs look great too.

[@MPascolin]

I have that monitor with a vga Dreamcast, mine is full screen, I think there’s a button to set up the screen options. Those small bars on the side don’t look right to me

[@segasdreamer]

I held on to one of my mom's old crt monitors from back in the day because plugging the DC into one of those with VGA is perfection.

[@DonkeyPuncher1976]

I had that VGA box I picked up for $10 in box. Such a great product

[@dextersbeard3472]

Dreamcast does look great through VGA, i always use to use a VGA cable but now i use the Kaico Adapter and run it through the mClassic to my 1440p monitor and it look beautiful.

[@皮皮-d6u]

Dreamcast still looks good. Great times playing Zombie Revenge with my older brother.

[@jakesmith5278]

Awesome! Kind of make me miss my Dreamcast.

[@gcfreak898]

Great video. I have the Akura from Turkey and that looks as good as that VGA dohicky from Sega. That VGA looks crisp enjoy.

[@mlangland]

I had this in 2000. We used to play Soul Calibur at work on our computer monitor when the boss wasn't in. Good times!

[@panikk2]

a big reason why those dell 2007fpb's are popular are because they are a common upgrade for arcade1ups. i bought one that was in terrible shape and returned it but i might revisit owning one in the future.

[@MadaoAU]

Many ppl also get it cuz it’s 4:3 IPS for Mister FPGA too especially if you play shooting STGs

[@michaelmarshall3729]

I'm really digging my fpb for Ps1, Snes, Nes, and Genesis. I was surprised how well the Snes looked via s-video compared to my crt via component cables. Played around with the retrotink-2x pro via hdmi to dvi-d for interlaced consoles, and it looked okay. Ps2 looked pretty decent. At the end of the day, I think emulation for 480i content through the Series X is king with a modern tv display. Dreamcast at 4k 60 4:3 via flycast is ridiculous.

[@TheMultiGunMan]

This is pretty cool. Thank you very much for this video.

[@syn.n8110]

That's how I hook up my Dreamcast vga or I did. I have since moved my Dreamcast to my crt and now used s video. My crt has a dvi input that I hook up my PS3 to. I regret throwing away this one wide screen crt that I had that did 720p. No it wasn't a Sony but man I remember it looking great. It has vga input as well

[@rolandorevidizo1757]

Love this one! And really playable and fascinating. However we all know that crt is the best way to play classic games

[@graydenfisher5704]

I’m seeing this video after literally a few days ago finally getting to try one out I found in a yard sale a couple years ago. It was a third-party one. It was still new in the package, although the package is in pretty rough shape now. For years, I didn’t have the adapter in the dream cast or any of the components in the same place at the same time. I just got to try it a few days ago. Next, I’m going to put it in a spare arcade cabinet. I have that has a VGA monitor and then I’ll look for the arcade stick for it.

[@voltz15]

i remember when all the later systems used component video and was upset that vga had become one and done too soon. DC was he absolute peak for analog. There is an issue with every vga box out there that the contrast is higher than standard, so it'll take something to properly attune the video color quality.

[@PabstOban]

Great pickup! Still waiting on that HD Retrovision Component video cable.

[@righty-o3585]

Wow, the difference in sharpness is crazy!! I didn't think it was going to make that much of a clear difference.. Awesome 🤘

[@brandogg]

Runs at 480p in VGA mode...looks pretty great!

[@righty-o3585]

@@brandogg Yeah, I never would have guessed your were playing 25 year old games on a 25 year old console, that's for sure

[@craigachuff6087]

I was amazed to when I tried using VGA. My one gaming monitor has it. What a difference. My wife's old VIZIO 32 inch t.v. in my sunroom has VGA also.

[@TangoWithTheCobra]

I used to rock composite on everything even up until the PS3 because I didn’t know any better. My life changed in a flash when I hooked up an HDMI while playing the original Dead Space. Still kicking myself for selling my Dreamcast though.

[@DustoMan]

I had bought a Sony Trinitron monitor back in the day and hooked it up to my DC with VGA. It looked so great on that monitor. I wish I held onto that monitor.

[@RetroFrito]

I recently received a set of Dreamcast component cables from Retro Gaming Cables and it looks great on my 40 inch Trinitron. Prior to that I had the Dreamcast HDMI adapter and wasn't very happy with how it looked. Glad I got the component cables, no regerts

[@ShinGoukiSan]

I had one of the original good quality 3rd party VGA Boxes and it was the only way I played my Dreamcast

[@tomianz-1242]

I remember how blown away i was when i saw how high res sonic adv 2 textures looked when i had my Dreamcast hooked up to a crt via COMPOSITE back in 2005, i just completely forgot about getting a ps2 until i really wanted to play a more trafitional 3rd party AAA like nfs and etc...

[@afriend9428]

*I got one in Hong Kong in 2000 it was worth every penny!* ⭐️

[@TheMcrico84]

Omg that song brongs back memories i loved my dc and is special cause it was the last present my grandma game me

[@MadaoAU]

Told ya the vga cable is amazing. Only game I remember not working is Last Blade

[@mr.strother]

At the time it was like magic, a true arcade at home experience, with a stick on a PC CRT. I still play on an old Sun monitor with low hours

[@sonicthehedgehognerd3219]

I have my Dreamcast hooked up with vga, looks fantastic.

[@martinaurik2189]

Nice that you got this.Thanks for sharing and enjoy😉

[@chrismeservey]

Great looking setup! I’m team CRT but can’t deny you’ve got something special there.

[@Cookiedon15]

Test the MiSTer with VGA 👍

[@musikal_hacks]

Still rocking my vga cable into a Samsung monitor and I remember I was blown away how good test drive le mans looked 👌

[@righty-o3585]

DreamCast was a good console, it looked good, had a few cool new features, and it had solid well made games. We played King of Hill part of the Monster truck game. Even had actual monster trucks. Gravedigger Bigfoot and a bunch of others. 🤘

[@ShamanNoodles]

I use Dreamcast VGA with my CRT monitor and it looks UNREAL. The colors truly pop on a CRT's phosphors.

[@KGNYC112]

How did you connect your vga box to a CRT TV. Can you please tell me how you did tha? I have a 32" Sony Trinitron CRT tv

[@ShamanNoodles]

@@KGNYC112 I have a CRT VGA monitor. The Dreamcast can output 480p, which can be played on CRT monitors. For a CRT consumer set(like your Sony Trinitron), you would need an VGA to Component adapter with the ability to interlace.

[@AllieRX]

Dreamcast also supports RGB SCART, so you can use that for all the other Dreamcast games that don't support 480p VGA.

[@neilthomas6042]

When I had a Dreamcast, I had a VGA box and it does enhance the picture.

[@michaels9917]

I wonder how this compares to a retro access scart cable with retrotink 5x pro

[@Bo_Knows_Tecmo]

Holly crap the monitor flips vertically too. Perfect shmup monitor.

[@soundsonline796]

Not for dreamcast though lol

[@kevinstrade2752]

I upscaled retro systems years ago. Its amazing how good older systems can look. Rgb scart being a big way. But yes...the VGA mode on dreamcast is Phenominal. And this is without modern scalers wich sharpen it further. Once I witnessed VGA mode its impossible to go back to 480. Lol

[@IamMarkSmith]

Dreamcast over VGA is CRISP! I have an aftermarket cable and it displays awesome. The only problem is that some games like the SNK developed titles won;t display over VGA.

[@jeffreypeters5578]

Vga to crt what be the cherry on top nice vid btw

[@alexflores_91]

Still waiting on a Dreamcast component cable and wireless controller

[@andybrind3639]

The dreamcast in the UK came with an RF cable!! In 1999 wtf??? I bought the official Sega rgb scart cable for my Sony trinitron crt. Worlds apart.

[@Riz2336]

I played my dreamcast through a vga box on a computer monitor back in the day and yeah dude the quality is pretty high

[@RetroFan]

I have a Tomee VGA cable and it's served me well. Yes, DC is beautiful through VGA. Mine is to a CRT but looks nice on lcd if that's all you have.

[@UberStarFkr]

Its the only way I play Dreamcast is with a VGA cable. I use a 720p upscaler (since anything higher is kinda pointless) and worked great on a 50" 4K UHDTV. There only a small few games that vga doesn't work while some games that isn't supposed to work still can be tricked to work simply by starting the game normally then hotswapping the vga cable as it only detects at boot. Some games though will still refuse to work with VGA but that's a very small amount of the entire library.

[@aztekno2012]

Looks like that connector would fit on a Saturn too!

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Completely different video port - think you may be looking at the box outputs 😅

[@spriteous]

Man, I have the dell 2007fpb. I need to hook up some vga cables to some retro systems. I have a mister fpga coming in soon. I'll have to try it out with that

[@tombarnhart7716]

I had the Mclassic on mine and I use Mclassic on my original xbox works beautifully

[@HalyconDayz620]

The Dreamcast was, by far my favourite machine. Even over my well loved SNES. Imported from Japan and was not disappointed. Lacked the audience though, too much hype for the PS2. Shame as the console industry could have looked a whole lot different.

[@davidbanner9001]

Wouldn't a CRT be better for such systems?

[@lunaraura2828]

had a vga box on a crt pc monitor and soul calibur never looked better

[@horroRomantic444]

Most 2007FPb that find in the wild has scratches on the lcd, but they are serviceable.

[@MrVan77]

I bought one of these back in the day but it was a 3rd party. Made by Blaze I think. I still have it and used it a lot over the years. Would have loved to have a first party one!

[@bluethunder8383]

This is very nice, jumped on eBay to check them out and they ain’t cheap, but still awesome

[@cheekyphuzz_thegod8558]

The Dreamcast is too sexy for its own good

[@superangrybrit]

We had trouble finding the broadband adaptor in Canada. But we did eventually. PSO forever! 😃

[@pcdeadpool]

I got to say not bad for a lcd screen. I got a unofficial vga adapter back in the day myself. I hooked it up to a heavy crt veiw sonic I don't rember the size exactly 27" maybe?

[@fizzyfuzz5878]

Would've loved to see him as ecw champ. Too bad it was such a short run when he was that over.

[@Hyper_Egret]

Nice Yor Forger Posket figure fren 😎👍 pretty based ngl.

[@marcretro]

dude looks good alays wondered how vga looked and that dreamcast is cleannnn how is lag? i need a Saturn or Dreamcast next to add to my 12 consoles lol

[@arcademaster1]

Are there any comparison videos between official Sega DC VGA cables vs. aftermarket?

[@RetroArcadeGuy]

That's why there aren't many visual mods for the Dreamcast. Its composite output is clear AF. Compare that with your average PS2 composite... Not even RGB helps it.

[@DubsBrown]

My Vizio on vga will automatically power on and off with the Dreamcast signal. Perfect for quick sessions

[@BagofSchmidt]

why is the aspect ratio so thin?

[@faustinuskaryadi6610]

Possibly because the monitor is 5:4, not 4:3

[@ReclaimerTyphoon]

Do yourself a favor and get a CRT monitor. Games that run at 60FPS, on a 60Hz CRT, are pure butter.

[@matthewsanders1486]

How did you use composite?

[@loren1970]

When are you going to do the video on modding a Wii U?

[@justsayin4632]

Does it rotate vertically the other way? Pretty sure Ikaruga only works rotated the opposite way. If not, you’ll have to mod the rotating mechanism. Done it on other rotating monitors.

[@thetigerman]

How does Brazzers look on the monitor?

[@soundsonline796]

So one problem with the dreamcast and dell monitors is the monitor tilts the wrong way for tate mode so you cant play the vertical shooters. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@samlepirate4845]

Always thought the HDMI mod was kind of an overkill because of the VGA box crispyness

[@larrytaylor2692]

Plus I still got my old vizio tv that has a vga port on back which was amazing when tvs used to include those

[@MrAlan1828]

Mine is a Japanese Dreamcast with a 33.6modem (dunno why) I also got the official VGA adaptor too. Alot of games don't support the VGA mode but luckily can switch to AV mode on the box

[@frankgutierrez6093]

Oh man, that’s lcd monitor wait until you try that vga box on a crt pc monitor!🤯

[@treblanuj]

I ended up buying the same OEM Dreamcast VGA cable on eBay ($100+ via Japan) and connecting to the same monitor. Didn’t realize 4:3 & fill settings would look so stretched and pixelated though, honestly thought it would look closer to the quality of 1:1 but for the full screen size, as that’s how I remember the pic quality looking all those years back playing on a CRT. Am I doing something wrong here or did I just have the wrong expectations? 1:1 looks amazing but obviously the picture is just too small. In this video the picture quality looks almost like 1:1 quality even though the screen is full/filled. Maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me at this point