Turbografx-16/PC-Engine Component (YPrPb) Interest Check

[turbokon]

So I have been talking to bluebmw on the possibility of mass producing the component mod pcb and he give me the ok.  Now I just need thesteve's blessing as this is based off his design with a few tweaks of my own. The board I already built and installed on my turbografx16 has pots at red & blue inputs in addition to the Y output.  With the pots I was able to adjust the red & blue mixing and the lumina until it looked good on my TV set. I designed the board with these adjustment I made.  The board will be 1.8" by 1.275" so it will fit in an Express/GT also.



Here are some screen shots and video link of the component mod in action on my sony 52" LCD HDTV:)





Video of Street Fighter & R-type

I just want to check to see if there are enough interest out there before I have these made. Also I'm planning on pricing these boards between $25 to $40.  I will need to look into what's the most efficent and cost effective way for me to solder all these components on. Let me know what you guys think.  

[MotherGunner]

You know me bro.  Count me in!

[TheOldMan]

Nice to see the adjustment pots added   (R4, R6 and R17, right?)
Let us know how many you would have to sell at those prices to break even. (Even if you order extra boards/parts)
I'm sure they will sell, but it may take a while.

FWIW: I hate soldering smc parts. Since you were interested in the gotee method, look up "toaster oven soldering". That might actually be easier...

[Keith Courage]

You already know that I will most likely need 4 of them

[jelloslug]

I'd buy it.

[turbokon]

Nice to see the adjustment pots added   (R4, R6 and R17, right?)
Let us know how many you would have to sell at those prices to break even. (Even if you order extra boards/parts)
I'm sure they will sell, but it may take a while.

FWIW: I hate soldering smc parts. Since you were interested in the gotee method, look up "toaster oven soldering". That might actually be easier...

That's right, the pots are at R4, R6 & R17. However I still need thesteve's buy in to finalize the design. There might a reason why thesteve didn't origanilly incorporated pots at R4 & R6 in his design such as high voltage offset, etc.

Before I finalized on a price, I will have to consider the upfront cost for the boards/components and any equipment I might need such as a "toaster oven".

Also this mod might not work on some TV sets.  I have three HD LCD TVs, two sony's and one Samsung. The mod didn't work on my Samsung but works fine on my sony's.

[csgx1]

I'd possibly be interested in a few. 

[Duo_R]

Possibly interested in a couple

[seieienbu]

I might be interested, depending on how hard the installation is.

[xelement5x]

Is this board specifically for the Turbo hardware, or could it be used for other devices with RGB accessible?

For example, could I put on in my LaserActive?

[FiftyQuid]

Screenshots look good. 

Is this something that could be installed into a TG-16 docking station to improve on the basic White/Red/Yellow RCA plugs?

[turbokon]

Yeah you can, just tap the into the corresponding expansion bus pins, on the dock side for the r, g, b & sync.

[FiftyQuid]

Yeah you can, just tap the into the corresponding expansion bus pins, on the dock side for the r, g, b & sync.

So will this thing come with an install manual explaining how to do this?    For the noobs around here, not me.  :-"

[turbokon]

Yeah you can, just tap the into the corresponding expansion bus pins, on the dock side for the r, g, b & sync.

So will this thing come with an install manual explaining how to do this?    For the noobs around here, not me.  :-"

Of course:) I will throw something together. 

[roflmao]

Would this be a project someone who is looking to get into electronics ought to tackle, or should they already know what they're doing and are experienced with a soldering iron?  I had trouble replacing the caps on my Express and ended up sending it to Beemer to complete.  Is this trickier than that?  Wow, way to be redundant.