Dragon89o
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Ugh that is probably at least 6 hours away for me.
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Ugh that is probably at least 6 hours away for me.
Analogue tweeted some info on the DAC they are working on for us CRT folks. 
It's juicy!
https://twitter.com/analogue_co
It's juicy!https://twitter.com/analogue_co
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Found an old CRT new in box at a thrift store for 5 bucks. Yodd pointed me in the direction of a decent HDMI to VGA adapter to hook it up to the OSSC. I'm interested to see how it looks. I'm busting it open next weekend when one of my retro gaming buddies swings by. I will put up some pics once we have it set up.
Excellent! Anything new in box nowadays is a great find!
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When you get a chance, let's see it in action.
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Will do! My stuff to hook it up to the OSSC should be here on Monday. I might hold off till the weekend to do the unboxing though. I will post some pics up right away once I get everything hooked up.
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Max. resolution 1024 x 768, goddamn I miss those days.
What HDMI to VGA adapter did Yodd recommend?
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Really missing my tv and monitor. They took up a lot of room, but the rca mm32110 and the Mitsubishi megaview wall were such good additions to old school and arcade gaming
Don't worry you're only living in the future. Eventually we will all miss our CRT monitors... or maybe we wont? who knows what 10 years, reducing numbers of crt's and a retro craze will bring.
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HDMI to VGA adapter
Adapter needed since VGA cable is built in to the monitor
I knew there would be a ton of shitty HDMI to VGA adapters and Yodd confirmed it lol. This is the one he uses with his OSSC.
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Sucks it needs an active one.
I don't have an OSSC yet but for PS4 I use an extron DVI RGB 200. It has really nice features like EDID spoofing and sync peak adjustment.
I don't have an OSSC yet but for PS4 I use an extron DVI RGB 200. It has really nice features like EDID spoofing and sync peak adjustment.
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Awesome, this is the one I was eying. Thanks!
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You can email Patrick (his email is at the bottom of this article):
http://retrorgb.com/bvmtechinterview.html
Not a cheap option unless you're within driving distance and can avoid the 2-way shipping. Also depends on him having the right parts handy. Super nice guy though.
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No problem. Happy to pass along the info. Anything to avoid having to buying a bunch of shitty ones looking for a good one
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I've seen the Tendak recommended a lot, and have even done so myself, but I have heard a few people have a bit of issue in getting it to work properly in a few situations (specifically, PS3 stuff in 720p and 1080p modes). I don't know if it's just bad luck on their part or what have you, but something to keep in mind.
Another adapter worth looking at is the Portta. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O55U8K/
Seems as those it's quite back ordered at the moment, however.
Another adapter worth looking at is the Portta. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O55U8K/
Seems as those it's quite back ordered at the moment, however.
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Thanks for the heads up. If I get a chance I will mess around with some PS3 stuff in HD through the OSSC to see if I run into the same issues. I'm mainly just going to be using it to be able to use the OSSC with that NOS VGA monitor. Still good to know. Mine should be here today, but I'm probably going to still wait for the weekend to unbox it and hook it up.
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The situation where the issue came up was directly from the PS3 to the adapter, rather than through an OSSC or what have you.
I haven't had the best of luck with the PS3 with the Portta either, but it would at least properly display at all resolutions. I feel the issue may be HDCP related, but have no real evidence to confirm it. Has worked a treat for Wii U and Switch though.
I haven't had the best of luck with the PS3 with the Portta either, but it would at least properly display at all resolutions. I feel the issue may be HDCP related, but have no real evidence to confirm it. Has worked a treat for Wii U and Switch though.
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Now that you mention it I remember having issues that were HDCP related when using an adapter years ago with my PS3. I'm pretty sure it was an adapter that was DVI to HDMI. My Sony Wega CRT had DVI instead of HDMI. If I remember correctly that was a huge pain in the ass and I tried a bunch of solutions to no avail. After remembering this I bet you are on the right track about it being the PS3.
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PS stuff can be picky with adapters for sure. I don't have a ps3 but ps4 for sure has an option to shut off hdcp in the menus.
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It's really strange that it'd have an issue with your Sony set, given that the DVI in that case was DVI with support for HDCP.
In my case, it works fine with the caveat that you'd get an occasional split second drop out every some-odd number of minutes.
I believe I've tried in both 480p and 1080p modes, but I can't remember absolutely. Tend to just stick with 720p and below for it now so I can use my Component transcoder instead.
In my case, it works fine with the caveat that you'd get an occasional split second drop out every some-odd number of minutes.
I believe I've tried in both 480p and 1080p modes, but I can't remember absolutely. Tend to just stick with 720p and below for it now so I can use my Component transcoder instead.
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That's just fucking wrong.
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I've talked with patrick over the phone twice actually. He's who I got my BVM-D24E1WU from. If he still services CRTs, I wonder if a road trip is in order.
edit: So it looks like pat actually sells self repair kits for 20M2Us. This might be my first crt repair project if all goes well. has anyone here used one of pat's kits?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/192426156297/
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I've stop hording monitors, I have bought two broken monitors that I was able repair with relative ease. I am now is the mode of trying thin the heard a little. I tried doing a trade option on crt enthusiast group on facebook, I was able to trade a PVM 14M4U for a Jaguar. I might try doing Craigslist, but I would rather trade than sell. My day job keeps me to busy to be doing CRT and console work, I have a huge backlog of my own personal projects already.