Really cool, but not worth $50+$20 for me I don’t think.
Will consider how it might simplify my setup. It would have to be a big improvement as everything is working through my GBS+EXTRON combo already.
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I see they do the same thing for SNES! Now that’s cool.
Jeff Chen has been posting a lot about VGA adapters on Twitter, I thought this was him lol
Couple examples:
edit - whoops misread your post. Disregard
So these are designed to take a console multi-out and convert it to a DE-15/VGA connector? The primary reasoning for this is to skip SCART cables right? Wouldn’t a Multi-out to BNC cable make more sense in that case or am I missing a feature?
I’m still looking for a 4/5BNC RGB > Component converter to allow me to skip SCART in my setup.
I think the reason for VGA is to keep it nice and small/neat and avoid any cables.
Of course you’ll need your own cables but that’s your problem not theirs.
I may be wrong.
Some more OSSC Pro news along with updates to the “classic” and an expansion card that plugs into a DE-10 Nano (MiSTer)? 
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Awesome! Did you photoshop the screen black for these shots?
Looks like monochrome and HDR on these photos
Yes, I didn’t want my reflection to be seen.
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Lol, that never gets old.
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Does anybody know if HDMI to component transcoders have any inherent lag? I have one recommended by Mike Chi a while back (a cheap no name one) and I haven’t personally noticed any lag at all, but I’ve been playing on a 4K TV so it’s probably not as easy to feel the input lag if the TV already adds a minimum of 1 frame compared to a CRT which I plan to use.
My use case is really only for playing Dreamcast through SCART (or more specifically, just for downscaling MVC2 lol as I think svideo is plenty good enough), so my plan is using the OSSC for lagless SCART to HDMI and then the component transcoder I mentioned back into component. sounds like an unnecessary analog>digital>back to analog but I don’t think it’s worth shelling out 100 bucks for an RGB2COMP for that 1 use case and there don’t seem to be any other decent transcoders other than the shinybow which is similarly priced and harder to find. The only thing that would sway me is if there’s any serious lag or loss of picture quality, something I haven’t noticed playing on my LCD.
Would a freesync/gsync gaming monitor sync to the 60 hz of an upscaler or would you just need to buy a monitor with a refresh rate that’s a multiple of 60? I was hoping to prevent screen tearing.
A monitor can run any refresh rate up to it’s maximum.
The trouble is: the monitor refresh rate is usually set in the operating system (windows, linux, etc), so if you plug it directly into a scaler, then it may just be running at it’s maximum.
I’m not sure if some models will let you force a refresh rate in the monitor settings or not.
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My scaler (Extron DVS304) has detailed output Hz control. See PDF page 22 (numbered 15) https://media.extron.com/public/download/files/userman/DVS_304_Series_68-1039-01_F.pdf
But I don’t have any Freesync/gsync displays.
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Would the retrotink 5x pro be similar in outputting hz control?
I’ve added a chart for mine above.
I’m not sure if the Retro Tink 5X does or not. Specs
I didn’t see anything in the website or the manual.