Oh I also got a component cable for my PS2 and hooked it up. At first it didn't work but I figured out I needed to plug it in via scart first and then tell it to transmit an actual 720i signal through a component cable, THEN plug in the component cable and OH MY GOD it's CRYSTAL CLEAR
@Nine We're disappointed that gamecube component cables are so hard to get, the quality improvement is huge.
@Rosemary
I honestly don't know why I decided to try a scart to hdmi upscaler before because the quality was abysmal. On a modern TV it was actually worse than using the normal av cable.
I take it you want to avoid using Amazon to get a cable for the GC?
@Nine Well, it's more that the gamecube cable is extremely rare.
@Nine The cable has a chip in it that does some processing, so there aren't any third-party ones, and the official one saw a very limited release outside Japan.
@Rosemary
Wait really?? O_o so you can't just get a standard third party component cable because it won't properly work?? Jeez... That's pretty awful. I mean I've seen third party cables on Amazon fairly cheap but I take it if they don't have the chip in as well it doesn't work right? :(
@Nine We've never seen a third party one, if you know of one do link us!
@Rosemary
Yeah. I'm sorry. The internet was playing tricks on me :< I mean I guess you can do GC games via the older Wii's which do have cheap and available component hd cables, but from what I've looked up, just like you said, the quality just isn't as good :( I had no idea the GameCube had a proprietary hd connector thing
@Nine It seems that playing gamecube games on a wii with a component cable gets you the same quality as a gamecube component cable. I think we'll do that. Need to see if our brother will want to trade the backwards-compatible wii for the gamecube...
@Rosemary
Failing that you could probably get one of the older rvl model number Wii's for like £10
@Rosemary Depends on where you shop? But this DOES likely mean going out into the general populace to find a pawn shop/cash generator/second hand/whatnot store that has them for sale and I can fully understand that's not always an option, or sometimes not at all an option depending on transportation, availability or ability to do so safely.
@Rosemary Online for certain it's usually like £30 or so :< or whatever the exchange rate is these days
@Nine They cost a bit more than that!