HD Box Pro is Awesome

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I know alot of you guys are active on the Shmups forum, so perhaps you have seen the thread about HD Box Pro there, but thought I would share here as I just got one and it is awesome.

I connected my Ps2 to my Dell LCD computer monitor and the picture quality is great...so far I have tested all of the Ps2 CAVE ports and they all look really good. The Ps1 versions of Donpachi and Dodonpachi also look great.

This a great way to have an easily tateable monitor for shmups and way more cost effective than a Xrgb.

Here is the link if anyone wants one.

http://www.hdboxpro.com/eng/shop.htm

Enjoy :)
 
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neo_moe said:
I know alot of you guys are active on the Shmups forum, so perhaps you have seen the thread about HD Box Pro there, but thought I would share here as I just got one and it is awesome.

I connected my Ps2 to my Dell LCD computer monitor and the picture quality is great...so far I have tested all of the Ps2 CAVE ports and they all look really good. The Ps1 versions of Donpachi and Dodonpachi also look great.

This a great way to have an easily tateable monitor for shmups and way more cost effective than a Xrgb.

Here is the link if anyone wants one.

http://www.hdboxpro.com/eng/shop.htm

Enjoy :)
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I replied to your other thread, but yes...I have one of these boxes. I'm running my supergun via component to a CRT monitor, and the results are pretty nice. The thing was dirt cheap too.
 
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So anything with a component output. Any vids or images or reviews on this thing and its' performance on HD-TVs?
 
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So anything with a component output. Any vids or images or reviews on this thing and its' performance on HD-TVs?
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yeah, the box only has one component input. I dont have any video recording capability right now, but I'll try and take some pics in the next few days and show them here.

I dont know of any reviews out there, but Dark Penguin mentioned in my other thread that the performance on his LCD TV was not very good though....
 
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We'll have to do a "lend it out" program or something. You basically ship it to me to see if it works with my setup and if it does, I buy one. I ship it back to you of course (the used one, not my new one).

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NeoCverA said:
We'll have to do a "lend it out" program or something. You basically ship it to me to see if it works with my setup and if it does, I buy one. I ship it back to you of course (the used one, not my new one).

:loco:
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hmm...or you could just send me your TV and any consoles you want me to test :D
 
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neo_moe said:
yeah, the box only has one component input. I dont have any video recording capability right now, but I'll try and take some pics in the next few days and show them here.

I dont know of any reviews out there, but Dark Penguin mentioned in my other thread that the performance on his LCD TV was not very good though....
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Hey, I tried getting it running on my LCD again with MUCH better results. It just needed a lot of tweaking for better picture quality. I noted the details in your other thread.

At this point I will highly reccomend this device, as long as you have some free time to tweak the settings. I have been able to get both a ps2 and component supergun looking very nice in VGA.

The big plus for me with this device: A lot of Jamma boards won't sync to my TVs properly via component or S-video. When I output them to a VGA monitor(CRT), I have the ability to fine tune the vhold settings to correct this. Works like a charm! Stuff that would never work properly on my CRT TVs now works with no problem.
 
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What exactly does it do?

Does it properly upscan 480i component?

Or does it just transcode progressive signals?

Does it accept RGB?
 
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norton9478 said:
What exactly does it do?

Does it properly upscan 480i component?

Or does it just transcode progressive signals?

Does it accept RGB?
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There is a more detailed thread over @ shmups:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=20122

I'm not a tech guru with the finer points of upscaling, so I can't tell you about the science behind it. But for $55 this thing does a very nice job of sending component from my consoles and my neobitz supergun to a VGA display.
I haven't tried progressive scan from my consoles yet, but I will at some point.

It only has the single component input, though. With the price of the XRGB units being at a premium, this box is definitely worth a look.
 
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I posted these over @ shmups too, but here are some pics of an MVS board(via supergun) running through this box. Trust me, these photos do not do this thing justice:

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dark penguin said:
There is a more detailed thread over @ shmups:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=20122

I'm not a tech guru with the finer points of upscaling, so I can't tell you about the science behind it. But for $55 this thing does a very nice job of sending component from my consoles and my neobitz supergun to a VGA display.
I haven't tried progressive scan from my consoles yet, but I will at some point.

It only has the single component input, though. With the price of the XRGB units being at a premium, this box is definitely worth a look.
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So it accepts standard def component?

That is very nice..
 
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So it accepts standard def component?

That is very nice..
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Yep...according to their documentation, it'll accept both standard and HD component signals. I haven't tried an HD component signal yet, but SD looks pretty damn good once you've taken the time to tweak it for your monitor/tv. I almost bought an XRGB, and now I'm pretty glad I got this instead. Probably saved myself several hundred bucks when you factor in import costs, etc.
 
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