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by inspectah
Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:49 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: N64 HDMI converter thread
Replies: 488
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Re: N64 HDMI converter thread

@tuner240: Yes
by inspectah
Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:49 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: N64 HDMI converter thread
Replies: 488
Views: 1380121

Re: N64 HDMI converter thread

I have been reading through the posts and have yet to find information of anyone in the United Kingdom doing this mod? Can anyone point me in the direction of anyone installing this mod apart from sending to badassconsoles as at the moment this is my only option. Installerslist will be published wh...
by inspectah
Sun Dec 13, 2015 5:19 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: N64 HDMI converter thread
Replies: 488
Views: 1380121

Re: N64 HDMI converter thread

@marshallh, could you verify what happens on the "streched" PAL ports that just draw the 240 line picture on the 288 lines? will this still happen or do we get a sharper result because we prevent the stretch? If the game outputs a stretched image, it "corrupts" the original data so it is not recove...
by inspectah
Mon Nov 30, 2015 12:47 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: N64 HDMI converter thread
Replies: 488
Views: 1380121

Re: N64 HDMI converter thread

I have a question about the Retro Mode of the UltraHDMI. Will it apply settings to look like a good TV or mimic a bad TV like the CRT mode in Rare Replay ? Because settings like the Tube CRT HV Bloom mimic "cheap CRT TVs". Which are the best settings to mimic the picture of a hypothetical "best CRT ...
by inspectah
Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:17 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: N64 HDMI converter thread
Replies: 488
Views: 1380121

Re: N64 HDMI converter thread

Like you said running NTSC software on PAL consoles "works" -- it runs too fast - this also manifests in audio, which is also programmed by the game and is based on the video clock. Some games do not refill the audio buffer in a deterministic way which results in a quiet pop/clicking. Additionally ...
by inspectah
Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:34 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: N64 HDMI converter thread
Replies: 488
Views: 1380121

Re: N64 HDMI converter thread

A lot of people think that Rareware games, since they were UK designed, using native PAL resolution - but that's not the case for most of their games. Here's an example of PAL Conker stretching its 240 high framebuffer to fit the 288 pixels produced by PAL: http://retroactive.be/img/i/ra56550f6a31d...
by inspectah
Tue Nov 24, 2015 3:03 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: N64 HDMI converter thread
Replies: 488
Views: 1380121

Re: N64 HDMI converter thread

*snip*
by inspectah
Mon Nov 23, 2015 7:06 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: N64 HDMI converter thread
Replies: 488
Views: 1380121

Re: N64 HDMI converter thread

So badassconsoles is already ordering the third batch and we still have zero official information.
What is going in?
Marshallh where are you?
What about Europe?
by inspectah
Wed Nov 11, 2015 7:19 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: N64 HDMI converter thread
Replies: 488
Views: 1380121

Re: N64 HDMI converter thread

megalomaniac is a good guy, but selling the kits early is a bit lame.
At least we now have a price estimate, installation service is 164 USD without shipping.
by inspectah
Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:23 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: N64 HDMI converter thread
Replies: 488
Views: 1380121

Re: N64 HDMI converter thread

Here is the video zakurowrath mentioned:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNccuaE4BUE

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