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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1055 |
HDMI upscaling on a budget
I love my CRT to death, but sometimes a more compact option is needed. Does anyone know of an HDMI upscaler that doesn't cost $400, outputs 50 Hz without artifacts or dropping frames, and shows aspect correct 4:3 with black bars on a 16:9 display? The $30 converters on eBay are crap. Specifically, has anyone tried these KanexPro converters? http://www.kanexpro.com/converters/composite/ |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11108 |
you dont even want one frame, unless all you are playing is adventure games :) |
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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1055 |
I have my CRT for when it really counts, so I can live with < 50 ms. Less is better, and if the OSSC had S-video input I'd buy it in a heartbeat. |
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Tao
Registered: Aug 2002
Posts: 115 |
My ideal would be some way to feed things into an eDP; that way I finally could build myself SX-128 out of my 128D :) |
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Smasher
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 512 |
so the only solution would be rob a bank and get ze framemeister? |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3034 |
Framemeister is the thing that does it? 50HZ and all that? No flaws? |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5017 |
yep |
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Mr. SID
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 421 |
I'd see if somebody who's into designing/manufacturing hardware could do a simpler solution. There's a lot of money in a cheap Framemeister clone.
The fact that there doesn't exist one yet, makes me think that it's actually not feasible... |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11108 |
thing is that it wont get much "simpler". and if you cant just take an off the shelf IC (which those $30 solutions do that work like crap) it wont get cheaper either :) |
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Deev
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 206 |
Quote: Framemeister is the thing that does it? 50HZ and all that? No flaws?
It gives by far the best picture I've seen from a C64 on a modern display, with smooth 50hz motion.
It can be *slightly* buggy on PAL sources. Once it's set up, you're fine, but every now and again I've found changing some of the options on a PAL source can lock up the unit.
I got one because I have a number of old consoles/computers that I wanted to hook up to my TV and I think it's been a good purchase. In particular, it handles 240P RGB extremely well. |
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Krill
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2839 |
One would think that affordable ADC+FPGA/CPLD circuits for this purpose might be around the corner... |
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