Connecting the Nintendo Switch via SCART to an old CRT Television
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Hi, this video shows you how to connect up your Nintendo Switch console to an old CRT TV via the SCART Input. The graphics are no way near as good as a new 1080p or even a 720p TV but if you only have a CRT TV or even a flat screen with no HDMI input then you can use a HDMI to SCART adapter to still use the Switch on older equipment and it is still very playable. Make sure you get an adapter with the HDMI as the Input and not as the Output as both types exist. You will need to resize your screen via the setting on the Nintendo Switch to allow you to see all of the display.
Many thanks Vince.
dunno why but i kinda like playing video games on crt tvs. Yes 1080p and 4k Tvs are beautiful but playing on a old tv takes me back to my teens
older crt tvs actually give you that richer color, thats why twilight princess hd feels off compared the original.
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It's because CRT TVs have no input lag, richer color, and scan lines.
@@PaperBanjo64 No input lag is my thing. I have a PVM but I'd like to switch to a preferably 20 inch VGA CRT monitor so I can convert HDMI from my OSSC to VGA
Actually in the US (and other countries which use NTSC-U), they never has the SCART connector. All they had was Composite/AV (Red, White & Yellow connectors) and the select few used S-Video (i.e. Hi-Fi & AV enthusiasts). This meant that them countries had to put up with shockingly bad image quality on their TV's (which is the best that Composite/AV can give) until HD television came along. Us in the UK and other European countires were very lucky indeed to have high quality true RGB Scart pictures. :-)
Interesting, I thought Scart was a worldwide connector. Thanks for clearing that up and for posting :-)
But most of the time we got the same games on consoles, so everything ran 16% faster than it should and the supposedly "higher" resolution ofthe PAL system (567i or so) wasn't used by most games making them have artificial borders to fill the gap. Also European Games ran at 25fps, while US ones ran at 30fps.
that's because they didn't fix the games.
Marcus Terry-Bedford there is one crt tv in my basement that I don't use it has s video and composant
that's a great tv then use it with your gaming stuff, I have a PAL CRT TV which also supports NTSC and 60hz with scart component composite S-video and I have a HDMI to Component adapter with a HDMI switch connected. I also own a HD CRT (those things are bloody amazing too!) I have a 4k TV but it's not for gaming, too much input lag for gaming purposes
I still use my 360 and PS3 on a crt. With a good quality cable it can look good. Only downside with these converters is that that the video is composite quality and not rgb. I prefer crt for the colours and no input lag
Monitors have (despite what the manufacturers say) input lag. That's the reason I'm using a CRT, not because I don't have a monitor
quality of cables have like no real effect
Gravity for digital this is true but for analog it simply isn't. Voltage drop over the cable length can lead to lower quality (so always use the shortest cable possible) and you can also get crosstalk and interference. There is a huge difference between composite an rgb scart. Even between different cables of the same type you can see small improvements.
Well done, I still use my PS2 and my Amstrad CPC from 1980s. For the other comments about input lag, converting HDMI to Scart is likely to be doing some digital processing, digital to analog, so while CRT have no input lag as they don't do digital signal processing on direct analog signals, plugging in a converter will introduce some lag.
Zero 1 I still play my gamecube
One unfortunate problem with this technique is that a HDMI-SCART converter like this is only converting HDMI into a crappy composite video signal rather than RGB, reducing the quality. You want ideally to be using an RGB capable converter.
Yes sadly
Among us.
Can you share the name of an RGB capable converter or do they not exist?
If your hooking up your switch to a crt and still care about quality then you may as well just hook it up to a hd tv
Hi did you ever finde out witch rob convert was best to hdmi I have a crtv with scart
One clarification: the actual vertical resolution of CRT TVs isn't its norm's standard (576 for PAL or 480 for NTSC), it's actuall half that. Since these norms worked as interlaced formats each frame (25 on PAL and 29.97 on NTSC) was made of fields that in practice translate to 50 and 60 frames per second respectively but at a vertical resolution of 288 pixels for PAL and 240 for NTSC. So that's a long way from 720p, very noticeable difference.
Still, CRTs are awesome, I definitely prefer them for classic gaming and have all my compatible consoles hooked to it (via composite, S-Video and component which are my best options for now... no SCART here in Argentina either!)
If you're gonna get a CRT for a modern console like the Switch, it's worth looking for a Trinitron CRT. They have superior picture compared to traditional shadow mask CRTs. ;)
The Sony PVM/BVMs were simply the best ever made. If you could find one, you should definitely try and get one of those. Though the HD capable PVMs are hella expensive. Sony did make some HD capable consumer grade Trinitrons in the early 2000s just before the switch over to flatpanels. But this was during the "flat tube" era and I don't really care for flat screen tubes. They tend to have some geometry issues and it's most noticeable on retro side scrolling games.
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Not hd any more
Hd now
Is it realy hd if its on that tv and also the adaptor gives extra inputlag
Some Virtual console games look better on CRT. A good example of this the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, where in Castle Town in particular, it's very obvious that the textures haven't aged well, and they look like complete crap on a flat screen TV. However with Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, I'd actually recommend getting the 3DS versions at this point, as they have better graphics and controls. Also some games have text that's surprisingly more legible on a CRT TV, most likely due to the font being used.
You can just plug the USB in to the switch dock...
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Lol I didn’t even knew that until I saw your comment
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Congratulations. You have recreated the old wii lol :D
I remembered playing Mario Kart Wii on that kind of TV.
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This adapter is doing CVBS (Composite) over SCART. If it was doing full RGB over SCART which is indeed possible the picture would be much better.
I managed to connect my PS2, NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, and Wii to an HDMI Monitor with different adapters.
Can U Tell me what Adapters u used for PS2?
@@window469wow3 you can use the ps2tohdmi adapter that's on aliexpress for like 4$, though it's not without its faults, but it gets the job done.
If your tv has the inputs, use a good component cable instead. It's better.
@@ΚωνσταντίνοςΙωαννίδης-ε4β okay thanks! :)
Ah the not-so-annoying nostalgia feels of static high pitched noise of an old crt tv...
It gives an easier way then this, because it exist CRT's with an HDMI-Port[like a Philips PW32-9551, Philips 28PW-9551 or a Samsung WS32Z409TQX(thats the CRT's that i have)], but they can maximum handle 1080i. And sorry for my bad english.
I don't have a Switch, but i'm going to get one soon. Your videos are always useful!!
I'm glad new tech and old tech are compatible.
Do you notice input lag, from the signal being converted from HDMI to SCART?
PAL and NTSC have another refresh rate, PAL has 50Hz, NTSC has 59,97Hz (before 60Hz, but have some trouble with other devices, so was lower to 59,97Hz), now our standard monitors have 60Hz refresh rate (sometimes have 120Hz but this is gaming segment of displays), but works well with 50Hz, 40Hz etc.
The new fast chargers have a special chip in them that communicates to smartphones that support the fast charging capabilities. If the device that is drawing power doesn't have that ability(e.g. That converter) then it will only allow 5V output. I do this all the time with my fast charger and it always works fine for everything.
I can tell you ntsc looks way worse because it's composite but pal does support RGB so it looks clearer.
One important question, is there any noticeble delay/input lag with that scart adaptor or not?????
Ah...back in the days when TVs weighed 100 lbs!
My guess would be that having the Tegra processor allows it to use Nvidia DSR. In PC gaming you can run your game at 4K and downscale with DSR to give an improved, sharper picture. Obviously it requires a PC capable of 4K, and you don't quite get a native 4K image, but it certainly clears up some jaggies and stuff.
The Switch is capable of up to 1080p, and it renders at the game's natural resolution and then upscales or downscales accordingly tou whatever setting you have chosen. My guess would be it does it's usual 900p rendering in Zelda, upscales to 1080p, and then downscales using Nvidia DSR to the TV's native resolution and gives less jaggies than a 576p image.
Bluenose Bear Nope. I did the same thing with a PS4, Xbox 360 and a Wii U a while ago and I can say that the scaling is done by the adapter. The higher the resolution the better the picture sharpness despite the resolution not being technicaly possible.
I'm referring to how he says it looks nicer than it usually does at the when downscaled to a lower resolution, not how the adapter downscales the image.
Bluenose Bear I know but in this case the switch (if it has it)wouldn't be able to use Nvidia DSR as the adapter allows a 1080 input and then downscales it to the appropriate output. Basically the Switch has no input when downscaling as it detects the adapter as a 1080 tv.
Dude, I am connecting my PC to the old CRT to play retro pixelart platformers etc. its epic
That CRT TV high pitched sound...
...hurts my ears and gives me headaches
The graphics look surprisingly good
I play snes, N64, Wii, ps1 and ps2 on crt tv 21" and the image is so great!
wtf i can hear the highpitched sound from the crt even on youtube :O
Oh god no I hear it too
Chances are if you have the Switch, you can get an HD TV
thinking the same
You could just use the screen of the switch itself tho
true but what if you go to a grandparents house and they have a CRT TV and they live in a country where HD TVs are very rare.
Then as MultiJeje12345 said, play on the tablet, it's 720p. Also you could take it to your grandparents house. And let's be real here, if you can't find a HD TV, how in the world did you get a Nintendo Switch?
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I remember trying to play GTAV on a Xbox 360 with an old 60cm TV. Everything was so small, it was real pain. Few months later I got a FullHD LCD TV.
You could in Siri connect that USB power lead to the Nintendo switch dock for it to power up since the power from that is about the same as the average phone charger and it would also help with cable management
I remember playing MARIO kart wii on an old TV like that. Man... that was fun...
I have an HD CRT with an built in HDMI port:)
Really? Which one?
Its an Philips 32PW9551/12 But its not likely to find it in America
thanks!
+mineboy 1 What are YOU talking about? I just replied to Farin
mineboy 1 We're talking about an crt tv with HDMI
you're so nice to listen to, thank you!
My family used to have one of these before the Switch was even announced.
This can be great for Sonic Mania, Blaster Master Zero and other retro styled games!
I have a 1980 or 1982 ktv it is a crt tv I use it every day with my nes and it works great
I would use a HDMI to Component transcoder, I use two to downscale my Nintendo Switch from 480p/720p to 240p using a RetroTINK5X PRO and set it to 240p downscale, the picture quality might look too pixelated but the old fashion CRT and how pricey it is, it's definetly worth it...
By the time of this video the switch came out in 2017 so the 5X was on sale in 2021
Wait is the SCART quality in Composite?
I assume this would work with a NES/Mini? They would look great on a CRT.
LOL "As you can see, the sound..." What a dope.
I still have a CRT test tube I will do this thanks Mate 😊👍🏽 by the way this is how it would be if the Nintendo Switch was in 1992 haha how cool.
when this tv was made? I can assume this was made when the HDMI is far too new for the 16:9 CRT. As far as I know, there is a TV such as LG especially, who had put the HDMI port built in on their 16:9 CRT. Wow, surprising that some other TV doesn't has HDMI but maybe Y Pb Pr, S-video, VGA blue port, SCART, or something usable and relevant that time.
P.S.: My country doesn't has 16:9 analog channel until nowadays. all of them still in 4:3 NTSC while few channel in digital had skipped over to 16:9 1080p proprietary subscription based channel.
Disappointingly, I never found a real free of charge 1080p digital signal 🙁. All of them are 480p even being claimed as 1080p, look's fake, actually 480p or 580p stretched over.
I purchased this TV back in 2001 or 2002. I think the first HDMI TVs came out just after 2002-2003 but were probably expensive as TVs cost a lot of money back then compared to the prices today.
My Mate VINCE oh ok, thx for info & respond!
Yeah, New things are expensive ar first, then goes down cheaper as the mainstream even more mainstream.
My Mate VINCE What panasonic model tv is the one that's in this video?
my mom's ex had one of the first HD tvs and it was like 9000-11000 dollars.
Rin back then hd crts were luxury expensive TVs and were not necessary at all because back then all consoles , antennas 16 years ago weren’t strong enough to output 16 years ago 720p or 1080p For the hd crt TVs
The TV in my room and even the one in our living room is still a CRT. My Parents bought them in 2001 and 1996 (both are Panasonic Quintrix) and both of them are still going on strong. That's the reason I went for the switch. Because I don't want to play on my CRT all the time. Like not at all. Maybe if I have some friends visiting me (If I had friends that would visit me). But there aren't really that many other options nowadays if you want a portable console that can also be connected to a TV.
It's Panasonic Quintrix i presume. I heard that not all models had RGB function in Scart.
You know guys that spam about the input lag.
Wireless controllers will cause it, even if you have your TV with NO input lag GUARANTEED.
Because it needs to send the data, then the console needs to recieve it and decode it, THEN decide what does it do and what happens if this is pressed AND THEN its sending the final output to the TV.
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NTSC (60 frames per second) has a higher refresh rate than PAL (50 frames per second).
PAL has slightly better image quality though, in my opinion.
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Heloo vice.nice video mate.my tube tv has also just only 50hz.the adapter you showing has a 50/60hz switch.question is,
Is it possible to run my tube at 60 hz with it?
I actually have that same tv remote, the exact same, only difference is my mute button is worn off and broke.
'won't look as good as an LCD'
*Sony BVM*
That converter is probably crap though.
CoasterKing Yeah it outputs composite or svideo over SCART, no converter I know actually outputs true RGB.
This is perfect for family com online that I received with my nintendo switch online purchase Because I didn't have the original hardware and I don't want to pay for something that's honestly more expensive than it should be on eBay
My 2015 TV has a Scart port. So does my dad's brand new 2017 55 inch 4K TV. Strange ::
Wished I had rewatched this first after wasting hours trying to get the HDMI to AV to work, it works-ish but the AV is just a touch off so it looks drained of colour and clarity is very poor. Its a Thomson Scenium Plasma HD and I read up somewhere the AV3 it uses doesn't like 1080p in a AV format so grabbed a similar box to yours in the vid and hoping this will work. The Android box is a 4K thingy, pretty good paying just a tenner for it with a decent amount of memory and basic storage, I only want it for Netflix and iPlayer. Gonna dig out my home cinema speakers and subwoofers as this telly has all the connections for 9 outputs. Ny upstairs neighbour gave me the telly last week, it had spent years just sitting in his spare room with a cover over it and has about 5 hours of watching time on it and he paid a fortune for it when new and it is very very clean and crisp :D
why didn't america get RGB scart?
like come on it's 1 connector that connects to a device and into the TV.
and it looks better than composite too, it should've thrown composite through millions of windows
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The switch OS/UI is rendered at 720p when set to 1080p so that test at the start was kind of pointless. That setting only relates to games and Zelda renders at 900p. Cool video though :).
Im a retro gamer so this is helpful
Thanks vince, I want to make a nintendo switch arcade cabinet but I dont have a little lcd tv only a little crt and a big crt
With this method, I can make it
Does the HDMI to SCART adapter output RGB or Composite?
BOTW looks suprisingly good for a TV that old...
This generation will never know we ever had these. I had one in my room as a kid and still have it to today.
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Love the HD crt. Hard to find.
Hi, I bought the same converter but my TV screen is stuck on no signal. Any ideas?
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Hi I live in the Uk and have a crt tv and I wanted to ask is it possible to connect a fire stick tv to the hdmi using the device you show in this video would it be best to plug it in the tv direct the scart or as I have a dvd player with scart woukd this give a better picture thank you fir your time
So... the converter converts the input video and interlaces it to achieve 1080i from 1080p? That's really nice considering the Switch doesn't support native 1080i.
you can plug in the power cord for the converter to the switch
you could just use the usb port on the back of the switch dock :P
If you could’ve gotten your hands on a Sony FW900, that’s really enhance the quality with an HDMI-VGA connection, but those things are insanely overpriced. Still that TV is awesome
nice computor you got there
You
Can buy hdmi to Scart cable no Need To use converters
Or an alternative method use av cables
Thank you for your help.
QUESTION - Anyone know where I can find one of these that outputs RGB Scart not composite??
Are you sure it's not your scart cable? Some scart cables can only transfer a composite image. You sure yours is RGB capable?
Nevermind, this converter is indeed composite only, even over scart.
I'm using my own cry tv with my switch in my loft because my flat screen is connected to my Xbox and honestly I prefer it being connected to the crt tv I play a lot of retro games on it
What's it like playing pixel-style games like CastleVania or GameBoy games on this?
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sorry for the late comment. can you tell me what the panasonic type is?
best for retro games
Do you think the adaptor will also work on signal from a PC? I can also set it to 720x576 50i, so it shouldn't be that much of a problem.
Yes it does work but some of the fonts/icons/words are hard to read/see.
@@Mymatevince He wants a direct resolution conversion so nothing gets down or upscaled. The native resolution should provide a clearer image. What resolution is therefore the best to convert with this box?
Is there any noticeable input lag while using the converter?
I'm buying it 4 my old tv and my new steam link.
Thank you! :D
Just so you know, PAL region games play at 50fps and NTSC region games play at 60fps.
When will switchtv software come out, watch TV, movies, TV dramas and live broadcasts
Haha, this is the perfect video for me since I even have the same TV!
I got one of these adaptors but the picture quility is really fuzzy
I still have a CRT tv I only use it to play Gamecube and Playstation 2 games because it has no input lag.
Hi! Would a HDMI to Coax converter work too? Thanks!
The HDMI ports on my TV broke, so I am using a HDMI to scart converter. But I'm only getting audio coming through, not video. What could be the problem?
I should add, it's to convert the HD signal from my Sky Q box to scart
Might do this with my Evercade
So, is it ok to play Breath of the Wild on crt? Is everything readable? Im worried about it cause I have a Wii U, and want to buy this game. For example Xenoblade X would be probably impossible to play on old crt because of small fonts in that game.
Why do i need this little Box ?( I have a tv (flatscreen so a little Bit newer than yours) with hdmi and scart but my hdmi port doesnt work anymore so i have only scart Left to play my PS4)...Why is this cable you showed in the First seconds not enought ?
Nice NES mod!
Super ahmed NES? This is a Nintendo Switch, not a NES.
Wow! Didn't know that! /s
minecraft1 youre not very smart are your?
I just ordered one. I had a vga to scart cable for my pc but the picture quality was awful. thought I would try this cable out. if it works then i'm going to build my own dedicated pc arcade cabinet housing a crt tv
Just a clarification, resolution is not graphics, and crt's output at 576i which is not the same as 576p. :P
If I'm correct 576i is 576 vertical lines and 576p is 576 horizontal lines, there's some more differences I think
I have this because my mom won't give me a new tv
I LOVE IT :D
this is cool
In the US will be using composite video