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Yes it comes in crystal clear on that monitor (not VGA) it's a Commodore compatible monitor, and WOW! Dreamcast games come in REALLY good on it! Even Capcom vs. SNK you can't see the "jaggies" on the 2D character modles.
I think my DC will stay hooked up this way for ALONG time!
Let me know what you all think.
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and when they catch you, they will kill you... but first they must catch you.
FU.CK I WANT A VGA BOX!! Your shyt looks amazing.... And is that a dc keyboard? Is it a 3rd party one? Mine is official and it doesnt look like that....
thats a official keyboard, mine is just like it. They are kinda hard to find though and I think a lot better than teh other ones. The are a lot more lightweight and the backspace is normal size.
It's an official Dreamcast keyboard, it came in the remake box that matches the 2nd generation Dreamcast boxes.
The monitor is composite (it has RGB connector, though made for Commodore 128 connection), however I tweaked it's settings to look extremely crisp.
My best friend was over today and also crapped his pants, he was like "It's so... PRETTY!" translation (the colors are perfect!) no color bleeding neither.
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All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and when they catch you, they will kill you... but first they must catch you.
The VGA box is compatible with just about everything out there with the exception a few games and you can always do the sitch trick, or start the DC without hte VGA cord plugged inand then plug it in 5 seconds later.
If your VGA box/cable allows you to output to a TV just start it with the switch in TV mode then like the swap trickset it to VGA mode 5 seconds later. I don't think that this works on all Dreamcast's though, but the swap trick does.
"Yes, and all homebrew games should work on a VGA box, if not it's probably your ip.bin since that is where it is specified."
It's not quite true. There are some games that WILL NOT no matter what you do work on VGA. I believe they are ALL 2D games, not too many though. I'm trying to think of them but drawing a blank. One is a 2D fighter. I believe in total there are less then a dozen of these games though.
Me personally, I do have a VGA box... But to me, my 32" semi low end TV, situated right by my nice bed, is vastly superior to all you people playing on monitors - unless you happen to have one at least 27". The quality is nice, but it's not enough to make up for the teeny tiny size.
Got my NTSC machine hooked up to my big-screen TV. Lot's o' fun. 
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