UperGrafx PC Engine 720p DVI Widget

[Bonknuts]

Have you tried Chris Covell's PCE interlacing demo with it?

[Joe Redifer]

I don't think I have, no. In fact I don't think I ever downloaded that one.

[ccovell]

But what's missing is the equalization pulses that identify even/odd fields - so it's not a true interlaced signal. I've tried this on some HD sets and they didn't like the signal much. SDTV sets though, never had a problem with this trick on the PCE (demo, others have done this too - Ccovell).

Can these equalization pulses be "simulated", either by switching the VCE/VDC on/off quickly at this time, or by putting noise on the video line/GND some other way (square waves through all 6 sound DACs, for instance)?

[Johnpv]

GameTechUS got one of these to try out and I guess give feedback to the developer about.

Also HOLY SHIT 40,000 YEN!  That's insanely expensive, buy a framemeister for less.  It also works on a TG16, which makes sense since the pin out on that back port should probably be the same. 

[Digi.k]

A bit pricey buy I hope they can get it out on the market a lot cheaper..

[GaijinD]

HDCP? Why would you want to add copy protection to the signal? I've never heard of a TV requiring it.

[mickcris]

they need to get rid of the bars on the side with advertising of their product name.  no one is going to want to buy this at that price with its current design.

[schweaty]

they need to get rid of the bars on the side with advertising of their product name.  no one is going to want to buy this at that price with its current design.

the designer said in the comments the product name bars were just for the demo units they sent out

[ginoscope]

Way too expensive and no CD support is a show stopper for me. 

I'm not sure what is the obsession with playing old games on a HDTV.  I'm all about RGB and love image quality but I find myself using my CRT and s-video more than I do the xrgb mini on the 24" LCD.  People can argue space but a decent 20" CRT does not take up that much space.

[wildfruit]

Praise be for rgb scart TVs by the bucket load.

[thesteve]

Ok lets answer a few questions
The video bus is available on the back
The scan timing is generated by a clock divider in the 6260
the pixel clock is also a divider in the 6260 sent to the 6270
Pixels are sent real time in 9bit from the 6270 and the 6260 assigns the colors to the data

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[thesteve]

Currently working on new timing generator for the system to generate interlaced output

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[Black Tiger]

Way too expensive and no CD support is a show stopper for me. 

I'm not sure what is the obsession with playing old games on a HDTV.  I'm all about RGB and love image quality but I find myself using my CRT and s-video more than I do the xrgb mini on the 24" LCD.  People can argue space but a decent 20" CRT does not take up that much space.

My 13" RGB monitor doesn't feel small and fits on the corner of my desk. I still only use it as a novelty or for arcade games (especially ceryical ones)

[NightWolve]

GameTechUS got one of these to try out and I guess give feedback to the developer about.

Also HOLY SHIT 40,000 YEN!  That's insanely expensive, buy a framemeister for less.  It also works on a TG16, which makes sense since the pin out on that back port should probably be the same.

OK, in light of the new competing PCE Super SD System 3 product, I was reminded of this Japanese DVI/HDMI supporting one.

Notes:

* http://www.upergrafx.com
* https://twitter.com/upergrafx
* It's called Uper Grafx 720p Booster.
* Output port is DVI, so you need a DVI to HDMI cable, audio is included so you don't need separate RCA connections.
* Pricing according to GameTechUS was hovering at $368 or 40,000 YEN, not good...
* From looking at the Japanese website with Google Translate, it appears CD image support has been added. It needs images made with CD Manipulator. http://www.upergrafx.com/cdrom2_setup_ja
* There's some debate if it taps a digital signal or does a good job of encoding the analog RGB back to digital before tripling the resolution from 240p to 720p. Better be all digital for the kind of money you're looking at! States it's full digital on their Twitter. Tough call on this one, but definitely has potential. I just want the board that triples the resolution and encodes to DVI/HDMI like what GameTech is talking about. I hope further progress is made on it.

[NightWolve]

http://www.upergrafx.com/faq_en

Q3.Is it possible to install on a DUO internally?
A3. There are around 60 connections that would need to be made so it's not really feasible.
The lines that are required are all over the PCB and on the legs of fine pitch components. We think the possibility of successfully installing it would be very low.

Hahaha!!!! OK, they answered the Duo question...

Q6.Why not use a HDMI connector?
A6. HDMI certification is expensive and the signal being output isn't strictly HDMI compliant.

Ah, I see, so DVI to HDMI cable it is.