Wolfspirit
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Last week I got my TV-out cable from GP32z.com but I didn't get a chance to try it out until tonight due to needing a female to female S-video connector for it. First I will say, that I did not have the same problems as most of the people here. I didn't have to hold the TV-out cable into the GP2x to get the video to work, it clicks when I plug it in and fits snuggly.
I tried the following items: Drmd, NKSNES, NKNES, Stella, Duke3D, exult, mp3 player, kobold, a visual novel, and sterm. Everything worked perfect for me except for Drmd and sterm. Sterm doesn't seem to work at all (went to a black screen and then crashed the gp2x) and Drmd works but puts the emulation on the tv two times with one screen on top and another (one that constantly blinks) at the bottom. I am able to play it but everything is slightly shrunken and and blurry due to a smaller screen at the top. I know that this is because Drmd is not using the GPH's SDL so I can understand this, and I was suprised that it worked as good as it did.
My only problem with it at this time, is the resolution caused the screen to be slightly bigger than the TV so the menu was cut off slightly off the screen. So overall I had a good experience with the TV-out and I'm happy for this feature. TV-out is one of the reasons why I got the GP2x, so I can have a portable gaming console, plus plug it in at any time and get the old 16bit gaming feeling back. So this is my small review of the TV-out feature of the GP2x and I hope that everyone else gets a similar experience as me. Happy gaming!
I tried the following items: Drmd, NKSNES, NKNES, Stella, Duke3D, exult, mp3 player, kobold, a visual novel, and sterm. Everything worked perfect for me except for Drmd and sterm. Sterm doesn't seem to work at all (went to a black screen and then crashed the gp2x) and Drmd works but puts the emulation on the tv two times with one screen on top and another (one that constantly blinks) at the bottom. I am able to play it but everything is slightly shrunken and and blurry due to a smaller screen at the top. I know that this is because Drmd is not using the GPH's SDL so I can understand this, and I was suprised that it worked as good as it did.
My only problem with it at this time, is the resolution caused the screen to be slightly bigger than the TV so the menu was cut off slightly off the screen. So overall I had a good experience with the TV-out and I'm happy for this feature. TV-out is one of the reasons why I got the GP2x, so I can have a portable gaming console, plus plug it in at any time and get the old 16bit gaming feeling back. So this is my small review of the TV-out feature of the GP2x and I hope that everyone else gets a similar experience as me. Happy gaming!