PS2 Analog vs. Digital
I have bought Playstation 2 last week. Again. Why "again"? Because I have owned one back in Russia, several years ago, but of course sold it some time before coming to Japan.
I'm not telling about how games have been improved for the last several year. I'd rather share my experience of switching from standard PS2's composite video cable to D4 digital cable from Sony. The difference is pretty dramatic and I have took some shots (Resident Evil 4, baby!) to illustrate the difference. And no, the camera is NOT out of focus on "Analog" shots - it's just usual "analog blur".
Digital connection is not only looks good, but it's much-much better for eyes I'd say.
If you still using standard composite video cable, do yourself a favor ok? ;)
And if you don't have a digital video-in in your TV set, here's a simple comparison on available connection options for PS2:
And now to the pics ;)
Shot 1 (Analog connection)
Shot 2 (Digital connection)
Shot 2(Analog Connection)
Shot 2(Digital connection)
Shot 3 (Analog connection)
Shot 3 (Digital connection)
March 28th, 2006 at 8:34 pm
Mike, что у тебя за телефизор такой?
March 28th, 2006 at 8:49 pm
у меня панасоник вроде 32 дюйма обычный в принципе :) но цифровые входы там есть :)
March 28th, 2006 at 9:54 pm
LCD или plasma?
March 29th, 2006 at 11:27 am
Не.. какая плазма :))) Обычный CRT :)
March 30th, 2006 at 10:48 pm
Почта до тебя не ходит 2ой день на mike@
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интересно у кого трабла у тебя или у гмыла 8\
March 31st, 2006 at 10:07 am
Гм… Вообще-то почта ходит вроде.. Фильтрация какая-нить хитрая? Или проблемы с днс? Гм..
June 28th, 2006 at 4:01 pm
That is great! The Digital plugs in to the DVI plug in the back right? Is that a proprietary Sony PS2 plug?
June 28th, 2006 at 4:24 pm
Um.. Sorry but I'm not sure about whether DVI and D4 connectors are the same.
The digital cable is made by Sony and plugs into D4 connection on the back of my television.
The whole thing looks like the one on this picture http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20010726/pd26.jpg
The cable might be a proprietary Sony stuff I think. At last partially since the connector on one end is standard PS2's video connector. Regarding the D4 connector on the other end - it is not a proprietary one since the television I connected it to is Panasonic.
The price of the cable actually supports video inputs of types D1 thru D5, and the price was about $25 as far as I remember, but it well worth its money.
June 28th, 2006 at 11:05 pm
I cannot find this Sony-branded cord in America, would this cord be an equivalent?
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-2b-49-en-70-1cpr.html
June 28th, 2006 at 11:46 pm
Judjing by the specs, this seems to be a cable you can use. Again, you should check if it is compatible with your TV's video-in connectors. D2 and D4 technologies listed in the "features" sections are the digital ones. It's pretty cheap also!
May 13th, 2007 at 6:24 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D4_video_connector
D4 isn't digital, it's analogue. It's exactly the same as component video, just in a different package.
May 13th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Samuel,
Yeah my mistake :) Thanks for correcting!
However, the results still stands, and it definitely looks like digital to the ones who want to believe :D Should've been checked with Wikipedia before putting the entry online though.