Holy **** my RGB mod actually works!!!

[SuperDeadite]

So despite my awful soldering, I now have an RGB SuperGrafx.  The picture quality is amazing!
It blows my mind how much better it is now then the old composite.  Sadly I only have a cell
phone cam, but:

Composite:


RGB:


My work in progress, with the amp i'm using:

[Duo_R]

Which amp is that?

[Duo_R]

Looks like njm ICs. Did you make the board?

[blueraven]

ooo RGB...

Just by the cell phone cam that looks better.

Well done!

[_joshuaTurbo]

congrats dude, wish I could do an rgb mod on my duo!

[TheClash603]

How come I am the only anti-mod person on this planet?  The fuzziness of these old systems is part of the nostalgia!

However, the work you did is quite impressive.  I could never figure out how to do anything like that, and the picture is definitely sharper.

[Marll]

I'm REALLY wanting to do this with my TG-CD.

I haven't cracked the case yet, but it seems like it's be pretty easy to tap the CD base side of the expansion bus, run it to an amp and get RGB out. However, the thing that I'm struggling with a bit, even after reading a ton of RGB posts here and around the net is what to do for a port. I'd like to make the mod look at professional as possible, and was thinking about several options:

1. Component jacks - I think that this would be nice to just be able to plug component cables directly into my CD base, but I'd need a board like the JROK (sp?) inline to convert the RGB signal, correct?
2.DIN8 - I could then use a DIN to SCART and then a SCART to HDMI or Component converter, correct?

Also, I'm pretty sure that since the CD base has RCA for sound and composite video already, those would still be useable, so I'd really only need to tap the RGB signal and get it to the connector of my choosing?


Any suggestions on how some of you might tackle this?

[SuperDeadite]

I purchased the amp as a DIY kit.  Came with everything, and was easy to assemble:

[Marll]

Where did you buy the amp? It's a nice looking compact circuit.

[turbogrfxfan]

holey crap do u have to understand and read that language to built this rgb mod

[SuperDeadite]

Yeah, nice little kit and only 1,500yen. 
I bought it from here, but they will NOT ship outside of Japan. So useless for most people.

http://homepage3.nifty.com/F-LABO/ProductsList.html

[Duo_R]

Could you ship those to the U.S.?

[Official Ninja]

Great work on that mod. I would love to do something like this with my duo-r. I can use the scart RGB to my XRGB-2+. I did that with my AES NeoGeo and its fantastic.

[seefuu1]

So what are the ICs doing ,what model ICs are they ?

[seefuu1]

So despite my awful soldering, I now have an RGB SuperGrafx.  The picture quality is amazing!
It blows my mind how much better it is now then the old composite.  Sadly I only have a cell
phone cam, but:

Composite:


RGB:


My work in progress, with the amp i'm using:

Welcome to the world of OOOOoo ,Something we in the UK have been enjoying for decades .
Good gear son ,i'd use a smaller gauge (thickness) type of wire 24 awg or so ,stranded type ,so it will take up less room .