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The Last Bandit · 22-03-2018 09:40AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Where did you move to?
Will it make it easier to bring my broken crap over for you to repair?

We're in Lismullen just outside Navan, getting closer to civilization and Ashborne

Need to get fibre broadband installed now and then everything will be so much better !!

CiDeRmAn · 22-03-2018 12:55PM

The Last Bandit wrote: »

We're in Lismullen just outside Navan, getting closer to civilization and Ashborne

Need to get fibre broadband installed now and then everything will be so much better !!

Woohoo!
Half an hour away!

*Outside Last Bandit's New Home Tomorrow*

22-03-2018 01:26PM

This might sound strange, but do ye know the Youtube channel "My Life In Gaming"? Does their intro music make anyone else feel kinda sad, it seems so melancholic

Relikk · 22-03-2018 02:11PM

It's really good. One of the more professional sounding YouTube channel themes out there.

24-03-2018 11:17PM

Anyone picking up the new sega collection?
Day one purchase for me. Online connectivity and a new rewind function means I might finally beat the western version of Dynamite Headdy

www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/sega-mega-drive-classics/sega-mega-drive-classics-ps4/p/166057

Corholio · 25-03-2018 01:25AM

Sam Dyer announced this evening the next compendium will be for the Master System, and it will be the very first official one as he is working with SEGA on it. The Kickstarter launches on May 7th.

Nerdkiller1991 · 25-03-2018 05:35AM

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

Anyone picking up the new sega collection?
Day one purchase for me. Online connectivity and a new rewind function means I might finally beat the western version of Dynamite Headdy
www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/sega-mega-drive-classics/sega-mega-drive-classics-ps4/p/166057

I don't know about you, but I'd rather pick up this.

https://www.shopto.net/images-symlink/screenshots//PS4SO07/A.jpg

I don't know about you, but I think that reversible cover should be based on the Saturn instead.

DaveyDave · 25-03-2018 09:42AM

Is it just me or is connecting a console to a modern TV a pain? I needed a €25 composite adapter for my LG to use my Saturn. I got a composite to HDMI box as a cheaper alternative first but it made the picture worse, fortunately I can get a refund on Amazon.

It looks like composite doesn't improve much over RF so I'll need to go component down the line, does anyone know an inexpensive method for this with the Mega Drive and Saturn? I need another €25 LG adapter for component and the HD Retrovision cable is quite expensive...

CiDeRmAn · 25-03-2018 10:28AM

You're probably as well to pick up a Sony Trinitron on Adverts for next to nothing, and buy a couple of RGB cables for your consoles.
It'll be cheaper and they will look much better there.

o1s1n · 25-03-2018 11:09AM

Do modern TVs no longer have scart input sockets? Now there's a scary thought :eek:

CiDeRmAn · 25-03-2018 12:00PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Do modern TVs no longer have scart input sockets? Now there's a scary thought :eek:

The flat panel in my living room is three years old and doesn't have a scart socket.
It does come with an adaptor though, but to connect it would require me to take the massive thing off the wall again!
It's a pity but then most of my consoles wouldn't look terribly nice on the 55" anyhow, better on the CRTs upstairs instead.
I would like to have a PS2 on the main set though...
Might have to see what I can do...

Steve X2 · 25-03-2018 12:04PM

I’ve a fairly new Sony 4K tv, was surprised it actually had 1 scart. Can’t say I’ll ever use it though.

o1s1n · 25-03-2018 04:18PM

Just a bit worrying when technology of the future starts omitting analogue standards like scart, which have been around forever :eek: - I guess tech like the Framemeister will need to step in to fill the gap.

McDermotX · 25-03-2018 04:26PM

The OSSC is a decent option if tied to a non-CRT, non-Scart, modern display. Obviously CRT isn't going to be an option for everyone, and in time, everyone.
Cheaper than the Framemeister route, though it's not on the cheap side itself in truth, but represents a far better option than wasting money on cheap scart-HDMI boxes.

Works great with RGB Scart outputs from NTSC Megadrive, Saturn, N64 etc

o1s1n · 25-03-2018 04:32PM

McDermotX wrote: »

The OSSC is a decent option if tied to a non-CRT, non-Scart, modern display. Obviously CRT isn't going to be an option for everyone, and in time, everyone.
Cheaper than the Framemeister route, though it's not on the cheap side itself in truth, but represents a far better option than wasting money on cheap scart-HDMI boxes.

Works great with RGB Scart outputs from NTSC Megadrive, Saturn, N64 etc

Yeah I've heard great things about the OSSC, the best one being the apparent low/no lag. I'm waiting for that project to develop a little further before committing though - Hoping a future iteration has an on screen display and some kind of nice enclosure

McDermotX · 25-03-2018 04:46PM

Yeah.....It does look a bit 'project' to be fair

But to be fair to it, it does work well with certain limitations granted. OSD would be fantastic alright, but who knows, it might happen down the line. Unless shelling out for an UltraHDMI mod, I've never seen the a modded N64 look so well over Scart. Haven't tried out SNES, but the Super NT fills that gap already.
Some component options out there on other devices can obviously still be used without the OSSC, but even component is not a given on TVs going forward.

Don't have any user experience with the Framemeister, but I do hear it's more plug and play relatively speaking, but the OSSC is more to the point so to speak.

megaten · 26-03-2018 04:48PM

Considering its two generations removed I might as well ask here, is it worth getting a DSI XL? I've thinking about one since I realised they're cheap and 3ds have weird scaling on DS games.

Shapey Fiend · 26-03-2018 05:12PM

Bought a 3DS on ebay lately and I kind of wish I'd got a regular DS. There are tons of good RPGs (which I won't have time to play) but the selection of good games in other genres is quite thin compared to the original system and my hacked DS isn't capable of playing them.

Retr0gamer · 26-03-2018 05:41PM

megaten wrote: »

Considering its two generations removed I might as well ask here, is it worth getting a DSI XL? I've thinking about one since I realised they're cheap and 3ds have weird scaling on DS games.

Not a whole lot of DSI originals and I think there's region locking on DSI enhanced games so look out for that. Might be better off going for the original DS.

If you hold start and select when powering up a DS games on 3DS it will load a pixel perfect mode. It looks far nicer than the blurry **** that it defaults to but the screen is smaller. I'd still recommend one of the original DS models for Etrian Odyssey as the screen is lovely for map drawing.

Retr0gamer · 26-03-2018 06:06PM

I hope everyone is aware that the wii shop channel is closing soon. You can't put points on it after March. Some gems on there worth picking up.

CiDeRmAn · 26-03-2018 06:18PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I hope everyone is aware that the wii shop channel is closing soon. You can't put points on it after March. Some gems on there worth picking up.

I think I've spent everything, the last of the points scored during the great Tesco sale of 2015.
There are some great games alright,.

o1s1n · 27-03-2018 09:48AM

Hmmm, I have the opportunity to buy a 20 inch Ikegami for 170 delivered.

I've never actually used an Ikegami before, anyone with one be able to tell me if that's worth it or not?

TVL count on this one is about 600, it's a rounded shadow mask tube and not a flat Trinitron style one.

CiDeRmAn · 27-03-2018 09:58AM

o1s1n wrote: »

Hmmm, I have the opportunity to buy a 20 inch Ikegami for 170 delivered.

I've never actually used an Ikegami before, anyone with one be able to tell me if that's worth it or not?

TVL count on this one is about 600, it's a rounded shadow mask tube and not a flat Trinitron style one.

I have one, and it's no PVM tbh.
Also, for some reason, my Composite input isn't working, but RGB works just fine.
I'd ask if all the inputs are working as they should.

Jack burton · 27-03-2018 10:10AM

I personally wouldn't pay more than €20 for one

I honestly haven't used mine a whole lot. Tried it with my MD and the picture is top notch on it but I'm no expert for inputs etc.

o1s1n · 27-03-2018 10:34AM

Thanks guys, I think I'll give it a miss so! Need to dial down that magpie impulse

Jack burton · 27-03-2018 11:15AM

I need to get a few more of those tiny Sony PVMs those things are amazing!

o1s1n · 27-03-2018 11:30AM

Jack burton wrote: »

I need to get a few more of those tiny Sony PVMs those things are amazing!

I wish I'd had one as a kid, would have been amazing for holidays

Jack burton · 27-03-2018 12:01PM

I'd like to get another 3 and have a proper cube of them. Was it you who was trying to split the signal between 4 of them before so each monitor had 1/4 of the image?

o1s1n · 27-03-2018 12:30PM

Jack burton wrote: »

I'd like to get another 3 and have a proper cube of them. Was it you who was trying to split the signal between 4 of them before so each monitor had 1/4 of the image?

I've chained them together to display the same image on multiple screens, but making a TV wall is a different thing entirely unfortunately.

You need some kind of computer processor to send the video signal to which then spits it up across the screens. I've only really seen them for sale with massive TV walls.

Retr0gamer · 27-03-2018 01:07PM

But think of the 4 player split screen matches!

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