Kickstarter for Sega Genesis and SNES componet cables

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...mponent-cables

Sorry if this has been posted already. I'm kind of interested to see if these would actually work? It looks like your Genesis can remain stock.

All the cable does is convert RGB to component, just without a huge box to fit the wiring in. I suppose $35 is decent for a discrete cable like that, might last a long time too.

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So we want to be perfectly clear: Our cables provide no High-Definition output or upscaling of any kind.

What we do provide is a clear, high quality picture from a simple plug-and-play cable that works with most HDTV sets. The quality you will see from them is a vast improvement over composite, and they provide a connectivity to modern TVs that S-Video does not.

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http://www.hdretrovision.com/blog/20...-quick-comment

Oh wow these guys get an A+ on their infomercial video. Adding medal clashing sound effects when the guy crashes into only plastic type garbage cans. And making fun of how TV presenters wear suits and shorts, yet the shorts usually get cropped out to save some embarrassment.

I can't back this but I could definitely buy the finished product. These things will be in insane demand, so I don't think they'll have a little baby production run.

I also hope with the experience they gained from this, they could also create some Dreamcast Component cables. Using transcoders is lame.

they want $25000 to manufacture some component cables?? pure greed

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Originally Posted by Murphy245

they want $25000 to manufacture some component cables?? pure greed

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Agreed. I never trust kickstarters. Wasn't there a Monopoly parody board game not too long ago that ran away with everyone's money?

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Originally Posted by Murphy245

they want $25000 to manufacture some component cables?? pure greed

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Maybe/hopefully its too cover some patents/licensing fees?

It costs a lot to manufacture things. You have to do it in bulk to keep the prices down. This is probably to manufacture enough of them so that they won't run out too quickly. If they do, then they'd have to pay more thousands to manufacture another batch.

If that Keychain is an actual image of the PCB to be used, then it means THERE IS a chip that can do this conversion easily and runs at 5V. Might as well reverse engineer the thing.

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Originally Posted by Joe Redifer

It costs a lot to manufacture things. You have to do it in bulk to keep the prices down. This is probably to manufacture enough of them so that they won't run out too quickly. If they do, then they'd have to pay more thousands to manufacture another batch.

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Theres no way it costs that much,and how many cables are they going to make?? the demand isnt going to be high enough for a big order.

It seems to me the little pcb is the only thing that needs manufacturing,they could have quite easily paid for that themselves and then made the cables by hand ,rather than asking for 25k.

Look at krikkz who designed the everdrives ,all of his pcbs are manufactured and he never made a kickstarter for any of his projects,he just made it and sold it.

And I guess an analog-to-analog converter doesn't require enough watts to need a separate power supply?

Seeing as how I don't remove my 32x I would not benefit from one of these cables. Unless they make one for a model 2 and if the 32x will work with component, then I would bite.

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Originally Posted by madmax2069

Seeing as how I don't remove my 32x I would not benefit from one of these cables. Unless they make one for a model 2 and if the 32x will work with component, then I would bite.

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Keep in mind we will be offering two versions of the Sega Genesis Component Cable:

Sega Genesis 1 with mono audio output - Also compatible with the original Sega Master System (Power Base Model No. 3010-X)
Sega Genesis 2 with stereo audio output - Also compatible with the Sega Nomad, 32X, Genesis 3 (mono only), CDX, and JVC X'Eye

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http://www.hdretrovision.com/genesis/

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Originally Posted by azonicrider

...Using transcoders is lame.

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Care to explain your reasoning?

I backed this for two cables. At $35 per cable, that's pretty damn good to not have to deal with the hassle of SCART with a component converter that isn't always plug and play and costs more money. If it get's funded I'll have to buy one for the model 2 as well since that's how I play my 32X games. And if it get's funded they're planning on moving on to make other cables. Who know, perhaps they'll reverse engine the damn chip in the GameCube component cables and make an affordable option.

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Originally Posted by Murphy245

Theres no way it costs that much,and how many cables are they going to make?? the demand isnt going to be high enough for a big order.

It seems to me the little pcb is the only thing that needs manufacturing,they could have quite easily paid for that themselves and then made the cables by hand ,rather than asking for 25k.

Look at krikkz who designed the everdrives ,all of his pcbs are manufactured and he never made a kickstarter for any of his projects,he just made it and sold it.

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I suppose you work manufacturing things?

First off, krikkz doesn't have a ton of those Everdrives sitting around to order. I'm sure he's having them made in small batches. Which is reflected in how bloody expensive they are. Next, I'm sure these guys are patenting their design. That costs money. The chip cost money to manufacture, but so does the cable itself. They're trying to create a professional retail level item here. Also, do you think that they're giving away the cable you buy in the Kickstarter for free? Those cost money to make. Sure, they're making money and I don't have a problem with that. That's the reason people are in business. I don't think they're being greedy at all. They want to get these started and be able to sell them on their site and move on to designing new cables for other systems. I wouldn't be surprised if the money is also used for R&D for that.