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Modern TVs are pretty poor at displaying analogue video. All sorts of retro computers and consoles have quirky video output. Most retro enthusiasts use an old C
by jdietrich 10y ago
Modern TVs are pretty poor at displaying analogue video. All sorts of retro computers and consoles have quirky video output. Most retro enthusiasts use an old CRT TV, typically a late-model Sony Trinitron. They're as cheap as chips these days. If you're really keen, you can't do better than a Sony BVM broadcast monitor.
- lisper 10y agoHow hard could it be to design a circuit that would reshape the video signal into something reasonable? Or to feed the video signal into an analog input and reprocess it in software?
- LeoPanthera 10y agoThe canonical solution to this problem is the Framemeister XRGB-mini, which can convert pretty much anything into a 1080p HDMI signal. https://solarisjapan.com/products/xrgb-mini-framemeister-compact-up-scaler-unit https://solarisjapan.com/products/xrgb-mini-framemeister-com...
- rwmj 10y agoLovely kit but also £450 in the UK :-(
- lisper 10y agoYeah, I see no reason why such a thing should cost as much as a smart phone. You should be able to do it with a Raspberry Pi Zero plus the right software.
- rwmj 10y agoApparently there are alternatives, including an open source one. This video talks about them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHoOKLWIMKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHoOKLWIMKU
- digi_owl 10y agoI do wonder if whatever is sitting at the heart of that thing has more computing power than the ZX81.
- rwmj 10y agoTell me about it :-/ I've been trying on and off to hook up my PS2 to a 55" flatscreen TV, and it's been a trial. The TV has component video inputs, and I have the appropriate PS2 component cable, but certain US games cannot be played because the TV cannot handle "too low" (480i) resolution.