Retro Gaming 720P 1080P

[dndlmx]

Do you like old school games?  Have mass drop? Plz help get "the" hardware upscaler dropped. If you're in 2015 and still play games 20+ years old, you might be interested...

dro.ps/v/E8x5lMI

[tp4tissue]

hahahaha

we've had these boxes since at least 10 years ago..

You can get pretty accurate emulation via "Bsnes"  where the CPU requirement is much higher, but it's ACCURATE unlike Zsnes/Snes9x

[ttzhou]

I don't old school game much but sure, will throw in a vote 

[romevi]

I'll always go with a CRT, but I have been interested in the Framemeister. I'll vote.

[dndlmx]

If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?

[dndlmx]

I don't old school game much but sure, will throw in a vote 

I'll always go with a CRT, but I have been interested in the Framemeister. I'll vote.

God bless you sons.

[pr0ximity]

$300? Seems like a lot to sharpen up an older game, can't you get an equivalent level of detail from an emulator?

[dndlmx]

I want this upscaler. In the retro gaming circles, ie the kind of people that source commercial crt monitors that cost $20 000 in the 90s to play their games, it's a hit.  If this doesn't work the way I'd dreamed, I'll never play on another older console again and stick to pc.

[CPTBadAss]

Interested in the framemeister....but I'm not sure why. I'd have to buy a new TV LOL. First TV I ever bought was a Samsung CRT TV that I scored for $1 at a thrift store. Works for me and my consoles

[dndlmx]

Honestly even a $100 720p television would look incredible, I want to attempt the 4K IPS though for playability before I backtrack or get separate displays.

[retrochick]

I voted however I would probably go the htpc emulator route with romz. Mmmmmm Zeldazzzzzzzz.

[dndlmx]

I play most my roms with wii homebrew over rgb. It would be sweet with the frame meister, that's all.

[tp4tissue]

Here's the thing guys..

MOST modern TVs that accept  RCA/Svideo  HAVE 3D comb filters, and they obviously do upscaling.

[dndlmx]

It's like a DAC, they're in everything already, they're all the same right, why would anyone spend money on a dedicated external unit. And yet...

[romevi]

$300? Seems like a lot to sharpen up an older game, can't you get an equivalent level of detail from an emulator?

$300 for keyboards? Seems like a lot to input letters. Can't you get an equivalent level of productivity from a rubberdome?


Just messin'.
But it's not about detail. It's about purity. While I advocate for CRTs, the Framemeister is the only way to go if you HAVE to use a modern TV. For what it does the Framemeister isn't overbearingly costly.
(Just don't mention emulators around retro enthusiasts. Unless you're hacking or creating.)

[dndlmx]

(Just don't mention emulators around retro enthusiasts. Unless you're hacking or creating.)

The poll will probably be a bust, I admit it's a niche item. Everyone's all computer savvy and running emu already.

Me I cannot ignore this unit. The wii and ps3 output rgb, and can play so many classics via virtual console, psn, or otherwise jailbreaking.

[fenwick]

IMO scanlines are part of the retro console gameplay experience.  People running emulators actually add scanlines and blur filters to get that experience sometimes.

[Hak Foo]

I recently got a Commodore 128, and the video quality over S-video is atrocious, even given it's a quality (if old) 4:3 LCD (Dell 2001FP).  I tried another LCD, which had a OSD control for sharpness on the input, but the scan line effect was still very disappointing.

[dndlmx]

The xrgb-mini does the scan lines well in 720, if that's your cup of tea.