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Well I saw the tweet awhile back, and I was instantly excited by it. Granted I could likely be covered with an OSSC + RetroTink SCART for my HDTV, but I really love that this 5X/Pro will have every input I desire on it. Basically like my old DVDO had on it. I imagine the price will be quite a bit less than the OSSC Pro has been rumored to be.

I'm excited. Auto-sync is the ONE feature I have been clamoring for. Just push one button, let it auto adjust like a LCD with VGA input has, and done. Folks using vintage computers with an upscaler will use this feature. Gaming consoles don't switch resolutions all that much, but a vintage PC or something like the Amiga certainly will.

Looks like it has motion adaptive deinterlacing:


I believe you need to tailor the method for video vs interlaced games. Looking forward to impressions of this from those familiar with good game deinterlacing!

It's good to see it's staying synced up with a VCR. That particular clip isn't necessarily a torture test for deinterlacing, though. Try H-Street Shackle Me Not. Skateboarding vid gives plenty of horizontal movement and they use a wide angle lens.

Heh, nice taste in skate videos, man! My buddies and I make skate videos and always put out a limited VHS release. We even made a video for Adult Swim!

https://youtu.be/409xTk1kD1c

^ thar she blows

https://youtu.be/ubLbTHl3Jq8

^ and that is the newest video. Sorry, always get excited to see other people who enjoy skating in our hobbyist circle

Looks like VHS playback stability has improved with this hardware. The 2X was kinda lackluster in that department and required a full frame TBC in the chain to properly capture without freezing/frame drops.

What TBC do you use? I have an Extron YCS 100, “breaks” 240p in composite -> Y/C digital decoding (its encoding the opposite way shouldn’t, according to specs) but that’s fine since I don’t use it for games, heh. Hopefully I’ll get a nice S-VHS VCR someday though...o

S-VHS machines have dated and bad comb filters. You'll probably be happier feeding composite directly to the Retrotink5x-Pro. I seriously doubt the comb filter will underperform an old S-VHS deck.