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I`m one of what I guess must now be many new cheapo-priced Gamecube owners. Had a blast on Mario Sunshine and Rogue Leader at the weekend. Great games but the picture on my widescreen TV with the standard cable is pretty awful (very flickery).

Realise I probably ought to go for a SCART lead but is the official one worth shelling out for? I don`t need the seperate audio output 3rd party scarts give you (dolby provided via the tv) and I probably don`t need an RGB scart lead I guess as I only have a standard non RGB scart input free on my widescreen TV. Will I only get pukka 60hz mode if I use an RGB SCART plugged into an RGB SCART point on my TV (Philips 32PW9617)? I could get an RGB switch box for one of my 2 RGB ready scart points I guess, but that`s even more to shell out for and I`m worried this would reduce the performance of any devices hanging off it.

Final question.. there doesn`t seem to be any widescreen option on the console (or on these 2 games at least)..Is this the norm with the cube?

Any help much appreciated

Greg

16:9 option is game specific, I`ve got some games that support it.

Don`t know about the SCART question though, I`m trying to find somewhere that sells the DVI cable so I can hook it to my projector for Rogue Leader :)

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Chris Cox

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Get the official RGB Scart. It`s the only one I`ve heard of not having random quality. It`s good no matter where you get it from.

Got myself an official SCART lead. Rogue Leader looks much better but Mario is still very flickery in 50hz or 60hz mode. Is this because the only SCART point I`ve got free on my telly (Philips 32PW9617) is not an RGB do you think? Anyone else got a flickery plumber?!

To benefit fully from the RGB scart you need to have it plugged into the RGB capable scart socket on yout TV!

Have you tried it in the RGB Scart socket ? Any better ? I`ve not had any problems with Mario flickering on my Philips 6505C

Not all GameCube RGB Scart cables actually support RGB.

The RGB Scart cable (with 2 audio leads) that Game sells does support RGB, but suffers from a slight cross hatching patten which is very noticable on solid colours and made worse in 60Hz mode.

The official RGB cable doesn`t suffer from these faults, shame it`s not cheap.

Anyone know where to get the official Nintendo scart lead for less than £18?

Try Dixons, their bargain bin in my local store has one for £7.99, presumably the 20% discount will still apply on top of that

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Chris Cox

Region 1 News Editor, Columnist and Site Reviewer
DVD Reviewer

http://www.cbcox.org.uk - Orange SPV, Photography and SNES

Will do Chris, if I can`t find one in any of my local Dixons branches I will buy one off some enterprising individual who would be willing to post me one... But hold fire until I`ve looked myself!