Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Sony PVM + NES + Comb Filter = Awesome

I recently gave away a Sony 32" TV and swapped in a Sony PVM pro monitor for use with the retro consoles in my game room. This was a good decision. The PVM is an RGB monitor. All my consoles, like my Genesis, PS2, Dreamcast, and Xbox look their best in RGB, and almost every system supports it. Except the NES. The NES only supports composite out (unless you wanna hack the hell out of it for RGB, which I'm not a fan of). The extremely unforgiving composite input on the PVM made my NES games look like ass. I found out that what I needed was a comb filter, something the TV I gave away had, and something my PVM lacks. I found a Kramer FC-10D comb filter on eBay for $14 shipped. This little box has composite in/s-video out and s-video in/composite out. I'm using the former. Man, what a difference in picture quality! The images below tell the story. Super C and Mega Man 2, respectively. Without the Kramer, and with, respectively. If you're using a monitor without a comb filter with your NES, I highly suggest getting one. The Kramer FC-10D is cheap and works great.










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  1. AndyApril 11, 2013 at 11:12 PM

    I got a 2930 PVM monitor and need a good comb filter as well.
    I just checked ebay and they are selling for 100's of dollars. :(

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  2. PixelPerfectApril 5, 2015 at 10:43 PM

    Thanks for the pics! I saw someone talking about the FC-10D on some forums and found these pics on your site that convinced me to grab one. I have a much different setup (XRGB Mini + plasma TV), but it works great! Here's some pics:

    http://imgur.com/a/4Lysh

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