**HDMI vs Composite RCA: A Side-by-Side Comparison**
In this video, I'll be comparing the picture quality of my Sega Dreamcast console using HDMI and composite RCA cables. As a gamer who's not exactly new to gaming but hasn't been around for too long, I'm excited to share my findings with you.
**First Test: Sonic Sega All-Stars Racing**
I started by playing Sonic Sega All-Stars Racing on both the HDMI and composite RCA cables. Since this game has vibrant colors and fast-paced action, it's a great test subject for our comparison. As you can see in the video, the picture quality is quite similar between the two cables.
However, when I slowed down the footage to get a better look, I noticed that the HDMI cable produced a slightly crisper image with more true-to-life colors. This might be due to the Elgato capture card I'm using, but it's definitely worth noting.
**Second Test: Mario Brothers**
Next, I played Mario Brothers on both cables to see if the results would be similar. Again, the picture quality is quite close between the two cables, with only a slight difference in color vibrance and sharpness.
When I compared the images side-by-side, it was hard to tell which one was which. However, when I looked closely at the transitions on the screen, I noticed that the HDMI cable produced a slightly sharper image with more defined black tones.
**Conclusion**
After conducting these tests, I believe that the HDMI cable produces a slightly crisper and less jagged image compared to the composite RCA cable. This might be due to the improved video signal quality provided by the HDMI cable, but it's definitely worth considering if you're in the market for a new console or gaming setup.
The price difference between the two cables is minimal, with the HDMI cable usually costing around $12-$13 delivered to your door. Considering the improved picture quality and ease of use, I think it's well worth the investment.
**Final Thoughts**
I hope this comparison has been helpful in deciding which cable to choose for your gaming setup. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to share them below. Don't forget to subscribe and like our video if you found it informative!
 
                     
                    
                        WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello ladies and gentlemen and boys and  girls and welcome back to another  episode of the last game hunter I'm your  host Paul and today we're going to check  and see what did Amazon bring me so it  must be something cool cuz it's from  Amazon I've been getting a lot of stuff  from Amazon I've been playing around  with a few things I went to open it but  I didn't miss it let's try this in a  video it's actually something pretty  cool if it is what I think it is so  let's open this up see what we got see  what it does and check it out          okay so we're back and now we're just  getting a turn whoa that's kind of bland    I guess doing this at least let me play  with my knife  what is that okay enough with this  little tiny box so it comes with a HDMI  cable one meter so three feet and then  this interesting little thing let me get  it out of the bag that's pretty cool  okay guys so basically we have a  Nintendo Wii to HDMI adapter if you guys  can see that proper and these were cheap  this is this is like ten dollars I think  are twelve dollars deliver so I Amazon  Prime so it's very cheap so this cheap  work so that's what we're gonna do today  we're gonna check and see if I can turn  my wii wii into a high-definition and if  i can that'd be pretty cool now i know  it's simple everybody can say hey we can  play the Wii games on our Wii U and  high-definition so why bother  it was $12.99 so why not bother so you  know what grab a friend curl up on a  couch  biggest screen possible and watch the  last game hunter test out the  high-definition add-on for the week so  here's a we thought I'm gonna play with  and this is very simple  apparently this just plugs into where  you would normally plug in your video  cable and now it's a high-definition  week  let's check out the pitch folder well  okay guys we're going to have split  screen now of Super Mario Bros Wii  edition of course and the idea here is  to try and see if we can see the  difference between the two and  unfortunately with the split screen the  way I've got it done it loses some of  the sides and stuff but the idea is just  to see the sharpness and see what's  going on here and yeah to be honest I'm  finding it hard to see a big difference  especially at the smaller screen level  if you guys notice or want to comment  below please do so because I would like  to hear what you guys think of the video  difference so what I'm doing here now is  a little bit of fun composite which is a  RCA which is your red white and your  yellow video so this is just by itself  playing now and then next to the B HDMI  doing the same thing so here's your now  everything's recorded through the elgato  hd60 ace so that may not be a true fair  comparison to what's happening    it's a little longer here and I'll  switch over just to get some you know  things going on with some detail and  show you how sucky I am at playing this  game by some weird reason so here we are  with HDMI and it does look a little  sharper I'm gonna say it does my eyes  are probably not the greatest so if I am  wrong or you guys think I'm wrong please  again comment below let me know what you  think so this is HDMI now this is that  adapter I find that the there's a little  less jaggedness to the game but overall  if this this point I don't find a  massive difference the colors seem to be  pretty close I'm not seeing any lagging  this HDMI so that's kind of cool we got  about the same things going on here I  tried to make it about the same gameplay  so what I'm gonna do next is I'm gonna I  picked Sonic Sega all-stars racing the  reason why I can do a side by side video  footage here so composite on the left  HDMI on the right let's see what this  looks like and let me know what I think  again at this point I don't see much of  a difference trying to look at the  colors now I thought here wearing ghosts  to eat the banana there was a bit of a  better transition with the HDMI yeah it  looked a little sharper and vibrant on  the HDMI perfect side-by-sides right  there really hard to tell the difference  guys again I don't know if the elgato is  doing this and making the RCA look  better but yeah I thought this would be  a good comparison    alright guys no audio recorded cuz I  keep getting flagged I know  boring and nuts enjoy my background  music I'm in Sri Lanka  yo sonic now there I noticed that the  HDMI side to the right did look a little  crisper little sharper a little more  true color yeah there there it is again  the perfect slowdown and now some  gameplay so this is calm composite RCA a  little bit of play here you guys can get  a feel for it and again my gameplay kind  of sucks  trying to get used to that forgot that  this 15 tips the controller to turn took  me a little while to catch on again this  is RCA I mean through yoga which doesn't  actually look that bad I mean when you  blow the screen up yeah you can see it  in its pixel    man whoops my bad things happen I said I  was a gamer never said I was good    so there's noticing the transition on  the wood and everything and I tried to  pick the same area here now with the  HDMI I do see a little bit of sharp  earnest I see a little more black tones  I don't know if anybody else sees that  but this is what I'm seeing and I'm  mental and don't know how to get back in  the game here notice it a little darker  maybe that could be true to life I don't  know I have no idea if that's how the  game was ment to be played or not but I  didn't notice it a lot brighter on the  RCA here we go the car does look sharper  the head looks sharper    well we're back the tests have been done  please take a look side-by-side and see  if I'm right or wrong and comment below  on this because I really would love the  input I am a little older  my visions not like it used to be but I  will say and I will stand on it I  believe that the HDMI was crisper a lot  less jagged lines and not saying overall  that was a lot better but it was in my  opinion better is it worth the $12 or  $12.99 delivered to your door absolutely  just on the idea alone of being able to  make your unit HDMI instead of the RCA  inputs which most TVs are starting to  Latin I lose as well and then the idea  that I can record now through my al gato  much easier instead of having to hook up  those component cables switch the modes  I can just leave it alone record and be  happy  which is great because if I do the  series which I'm about to do on my my  five and so on to me and my Wii  collection it's gonna be a lot easier  for me but guys I tried this with Sonic  all-stars racing and Mario Brothers for  a reason I thought both games gave us a  bit of vibrance and colors and different  things going on in them and I thought  they were good picks I did not want to  get into it and for you guys what a ton  of different games like I see another  review so I just figured two games is  enough side-by-side comparisons and the  Sonics happened that video that we could  do the side by side which was still hard  cuz it was really fast going but when it  slowed down I could see the difference  it definitely was there so guys please  subscribe like comment below share with  your friends until next time guys it's  all fun and gameshello ladies and gentlemen and boys and  girls and welcome back to another  episode of the last game hunter I'm your  host Paul and today we're going to check  and see what did Amazon bring me so it  must be something cool cuz it's from  Amazon I've been getting a lot of stuff  from Amazon I've been playing around  with a few things I went to open it but  I didn't miss it let's try this in a  video it's actually something pretty  cool if it is what I think it is so  let's open this up see what we got see  what it does and check it out          okay so we're back and now we're just  getting a turn whoa that's kind of bland    I guess doing this at least let me play  with my knife  what is that okay enough with this  little tiny box so it comes with a HDMI  cable one meter so three feet and then  this interesting little thing let me get  it out of the bag that's pretty cool  okay guys so basically we have a  Nintendo Wii to HDMI adapter if you guys  can see that proper and these were cheap  this is this is like ten dollars I think  are twelve dollars deliver so I Amazon  Prime so it's very cheap so this cheap  work so that's what we're gonna do today  we're gonna check and see if I can turn  my wii wii into a high-definition and if  i can that'd be pretty cool now i know  it's simple everybody can say hey we can  play the Wii games on our Wii U and  high-definition so why bother  it was $12.99 so why not bother so you  know what grab a friend curl up on a  couch  biggest screen possible and watch the  last game hunter test out the  high-definition add-on for the week so  here's a we thought I'm gonna play with  and this is very simple  apparently this just plugs into where  you would normally plug in your video  cable and now it's a high-definition  week  let's check out the pitch folder well  okay guys we're going to have split  screen now of Super Mario Bros Wii  edition of course and the idea here is  to try and see if we can see the  difference between the two and  unfortunately with the split screen the  way I've got it done it loses some of  the sides and stuff but the idea is just  to see the sharpness and see what's  going on here and yeah to be honest I'm  finding it hard to see a big difference  especially at the smaller screen level  if you guys notice or want to comment  below please do so because I would like  to hear what you guys think of the video  difference so what I'm doing here now is  a little bit of fun composite which is a  RCA which is your red white and your  yellow video so this is just by itself  playing now and then next to the B HDMI  doing the same thing so here's your now  everything's recorded through the elgato  hd60 ace so that may not be a true fair  comparison to what's happening    it's a little longer here and I'll  switch over just to get some you know  things going on with some detail and  show you how sucky I am at playing this  game by some weird reason so here we are  with HDMI and it does look a little  sharper I'm gonna say it does my eyes  are probably not the greatest so if I am  wrong or you guys think I'm wrong please  again comment below let me know what you  think so this is HDMI now this is that  adapter I find that the there's a little  less jaggedness to the game but overall  if this this point I don't find a  massive difference the colors seem to be  pretty close I'm not seeing any lagging  this HDMI so that's kind of cool we got  about the same things going on here I  tried to make it about the same gameplay  so what I'm gonna do next is I'm gonna I  picked Sonic Sega all-stars racing the  reason why I can do a side by side video  footage here so composite on the left  HDMI on the right let's see what this  looks like and let me know what I think  again at this point I don't see much of  a difference trying to look at the  colors now I thought here wearing ghosts  to eat the banana there was a bit of a  better transition with the HDMI yeah it  looked a little sharper and vibrant on  the HDMI perfect side-by-sides right  there really hard to tell the difference  guys again I don't know if the elgato is  doing this and making the RCA look  better but yeah I thought this would be  a good comparison    alright guys no audio recorded cuz I  keep getting flagged I know  boring and nuts enjoy my background  music I'm in Sri Lanka  yo sonic now there I noticed that the  HDMI side to the right did look a little  crisper little sharper a little more  true color yeah there there it is again  the perfect slowdown and now some  gameplay so this is calm composite RCA a  little bit of play here you guys can get  a feel for it and again my gameplay kind  of sucks  trying to get used to that forgot that  this 15 tips the controller to turn took  me a little while to catch on again this  is RCA I mean through yoga which doesn't  actually look that bad I mean when you  blow the screen up yeah you can see it  in its pixel    man whoops my bad things happen I said I  was a gamer never said I was good    so there's noticing the transition on  the wood and everything and I tried to  pick the same area here now with the  HDMI I do see a little bit of sharp  earnest I see a little more black tones  I don't know if anybody else sees that  but this is what I'm seeing and I'm  mental and don't know how to get back in  the game here notice it a little darker  maybe that could be true to life I don't  know I have no idea if that's how the  game was ment to be played or not but I  didn't notice it a lot brighter on the  RCA here we go the car does look sharper  the head looks sharper    well we're back the tests have been done  please take a look side-by-side and see  if I'm right or wrong and comment below  on this because I really would love the  input I am a little older  my visions not like it used to be but I  will say and I will stand on it I  believe that the HDMI was crisper a lot  less jagged lines and not saying overall  that was a lot better but it was in my  opinion better is it worth the $12 or  $12.99 delivered to your door absolutely  just on the idea alone of being able to  make your unit HDMI instead of the RCA  inputs which most TVs are starting to  Latin I lose as well and then the idea  that I can record now through my al gato  much easier instead of having to hook up  those component cables switch the modes  I can just leave it alone record and be  happy  which is great because if I do the  series which I'm about to do on my my  five and so on to me and my Wii  collection it's gonna be a lot easier  for me but guys I tried this with Sonic  all-stars racing and Mario Brothers for  a reason I thought both games gave us a  bit of vibrance and colors and different  things going on in them and I thought  they were good picks I did not want to  get into it and for you guys what a ton  of different games like I see another  review so I just figured two games is  enough side-by-side comparisons and the  Sonics happened that video that we could  do the side by side which was still hard  cuz it was really fast going but when it  slowed down I could see the difference  it definitely was there so guys please  subscribe like comment below share with  your friends until next time guys it's  all fun and games