The RGB lead, does it enable 60Hz mode?

[PS2?Gamer]

The Cobra tells me it doesn't enable 60Hz mode, but someone tells me the cable enables 60Hz mode on a TV, and he's telling me it does't. I dunno what to believe, so will you kind people please provide some feedback?
Cheers,
PS2 Gamer.

Edit : It's for me GameCube and it's PAL if that helps

[Lyris]

Nope, this is just Nintendo hype (I think). You can use 60hz with any cable - it's dependant on your TV, not the connection type.

[charlesr]

RGB is just RGB and can be either 50 or 60Hz. If your TV can display RGB it will probably switch to rgb when you turn an rgb device on. My jap GC rgb is 60Hz. If I play region2 DVD's it's 50Hz. If I play region1 dvd's it's 60Hz. So your pal gamecube with rgb will be at 50Hz. Hope that helps.

[Papercut]

Lyris is right, in many of the PAL GameCube game manuals Nintendo state that to enable 60Hz mode you _must_ have an RGB scart cable.

This isn't actually true though, as charlesr says.

An RGB scart lead will be more compatible than a normal composite video or s video cable, so maybe thats why Nintendo are spreading this little bit of misinformation.

I imagine they don't want to have to deal with support calls about black and white picture problems.

[superkully]

GC does composite PAL 50/60Hz which means your TV is more likely to be OK with just the composite signal at 60Hz (my telly does PAL60 but not the stupid NTSC the PS2 chucks out at 60Hz).

[Papercut]

GC does composite PAL 50/60Hz which means your TV is more likely to be OK with just the composite signal at 60Hz ...

Not more likely that it is to be OK with 60Hz RGB video, but more likely to be OK compared to the 60Hz ntsc composite video that a pal PS2 producees.

[superkully]

Arrr, RGB best likely compatible (and he won't ever go back to composite after seeing RGB too).

[Papercut]

Arrr, RGB best likely compatible (and he won't ever go back to composite after seeing RGB too).

Arrrrr.

http://www.thomasscott.net/yarr/talk.html

[007]

And if his TV doesn't support RGB, then it won't play games in RGB too. Correcto mundo?

[Papercut]

And if his TV doesn't support RGB, then it won't play games in RGB too. Correcto mundo?

yes.

if PS2 Gamer has more than one scart socket on his TV, chances are not all of them will support RGB either (time to rtfm in that case).

[wod]

rgb just bypasses the ntsc/pal signal and displays it. a tv has to have 60hz built in to it, no lead and enable it