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Family Computer => Famicom / Disk System => Topic started by: L___E___T on January 15, 2013, 04:19:49 pm

Title: RGB the new AV
Post by: L___E___T on January 15, 2013, 04:19:49 pm
To be honest I find this pretty amusing:
http://www.retrocollect.com/News/hdmi-out-a-online-leaderboards-heading-to-the-nintendo-nes.html

Anyone think this is a bit ridiculous?  Great achievement on a technical level, but give me CRT over LCD or OLED anyday.
Title: Re: RGB the new AV
Post by: Duke.Togo on January 15, 2013, 05:55:20 pm
Personally I am looking forward to it. I won't be replacing my existing consoles, but it will make for a neat addition to the collection.
Title: Re: RGB the new AV
Post by: Frank_fjs on January 15, 2013, 06:47:08 pm
Something to be mindful of, just because something connects via a HDMI plug does not mean it will have a good quality picture. There's already a few emulation devices with HDMI out and because they use really cheap, low grade chips and poorly written drivers the picture looks like arse.
Title: Re: RGB the new AV
Post by: son_ov_hades on January 15, 2013, 06:55:27 pm
I still play my NES and Famicom through an rf connection.   8)
Title: Re: RGB the new AV
Post by: Frank_fjs on January 15, 2013, 07:21:41 pm
I connect my Famicom via RF, it actually doesn't look that bad on my TV which has a very good noise filter built in.
Title: Re: RGB the new AV
Post by: Lum on January 17, 2013, 11:56:32 am
I'm a bit worried about the 480p part, but I don't see any way around it. Really doubtful any TV is going to accept 240p from HDMi. Maybe some computer monitors would.
Title: Re: RGB the new AV
Post by: Rosser on January 18, 2013, 06:32:40 am
It going to have to have a scaler built in it has to have some to double the lines since 480 is the minimum Hdmi any thing  will accept
Title: Re: RGB the new AV
Post by: MasterDisk on January 18, 2013, 01:17:28 pm
Won't it create input lag by converting the signal to HDMI 480p?
Title: Re: RGB the new AV
Post by: ericj on January 18, 2013, 02:01:31 pm
Good point. Probably. Some TVs can accomodate, others can't. My scaler doesn't, but I've used some that lag either the video, audio, or both. Really annoying for gaming...
Title: Re: RGB the new AV
Post by: MasterDisk on January 18, 2013, 02:29:37 pm
Just use a jumper to connect the audio directly to the TV. Wouldn't that be fine?

Also the scaler is one of those by Micomsoft? I heard they are great.
Title: Re: RGB the new AV
Post by: Rosser on January 18, 2013, 03:21:19 pm
Quote from: MasterDisk on January 18, 2013, 02:29:37 pm
Just use a jumper to connect the audio directly to the TV. Wouldn't that be fine?

Also the scaler is one of those by Micomsoft? I heard they are great.


Micomsoft scaler's are awesome but crazy expensive your lucky if you can find one for $300 used for an old version. There by far the best you can get   
Title: Re: RGB the new AV
Post by: L___E___T on January 19, 2013, 05:42:20 am
I already have a 1080p famicom, with sprite count booster and increased saving functionality.  
Comes with full online leaderboards and Steam-style chat functionality if you connect the keyboard as well.

Best part is, it was not expensive either, there are loads of them about.
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