Questions that do not deserve a thread

[AndehX]

Does anyone know of anywhere in the UK I can get the SONY BKM-32H mounting bracket? I'd like to mount the BKM-10R to the bottom of my BVM

[Einzelherz]

Removing from plastic is pretty easy. Peel slowly from the corner and roll it, so that the part you're peeling is parallel to the part still on the thing.

Stickers on other stickers is harder. You can try to heat it up a little, but that can damage the sticker underneath. Whenever I attack stickers on other stickers I just go very, very gently.

Then clean up with goo gone. It's pretty good with plastic but be very careful with stickers.

[bobrocks95]

Unfortunately it looks like the sticker is on the box art underneath the plastic, right? Might make the hair dryer method easier though.

[andykara2003]

As the Dreamcast is supposed to have fantastic 480p via VGA, I'm getting one to see what my NEC XV29 is capable of. Can anyone recommend any DC games (non-shmups) that look particularly clean & sharp?

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[andykara2003]

Thanks for that :)

[atheistgod1999]

NEC XV29

You mean NEC XM29.

[xga]

NEC XV29

You mean NEC XM29.

The NEC XV29 is another multisync CRT monitor. The XV29 is similar to the XM29, but has a lot less inputs and RGB is via VGA only.

[atheistgod1999]

Would it be relatively easy to fix a CRT's convergence if the guns are misaligned by the same amount across the entire screen, or in other words, the misconvergence is uniform? It's only misalgined horizontally on this 27" Trinitron the Church (place I was doing community service) let me have for free.

Still not sure about the ViewSonic, though, but holy fuck do they have good CRTs.

[mamboFoxtrot]

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[atheistgod1999]

The Church (place I was doing community service at) is letting me take a 27" Trinitron manufactured in 1990 with a couple AV inputs, one of them being both Composite and S-Video. I plugged it in and found, based on the static it was displaying, that it has a severe horizontal convergence issue. Here's the thing, though: the convergence is off by the same amount across the entire screen, which might mean that I wouldn't have to play "tug of war" with the screen that much to fix it because all areas need the same adjustment. Am I correct in thinking that it would be relatively easy to fix the convergence on that TV?

Here's a visual example of what I'm trying to ask:

This is what image x would look like on a CRT with perfect geometry and convergence:


Here's how image x would look like on the aforementioned 27" Trinitron:


Would that be relatively easy to fix? Would I not have to play "tug of war" with it because all areas need the same adjustment? I've opened Trinitrons and fucked with the purity rings (didn't know about adjusting the yoke at the time, though) before and managed to not make the image look any worse (a little better, if anything), so I have a little experience.

I really need an answer soon because my dad won't let me take it if it's hard to fix because there are already 7 CRTs in my family's storage locker, and it might get thrown out soon.

[xga]

The Church (place I was doing community service at) is letting me take a 27" Trinitron manufactured in 1990 with a couple AV inputs, one of them being both Composite and S-Video. I plugged it in and found, based on the static it was displaying, that it has a severe horizontal convergence issue. Here's the thing, though: the convergence is off by the same amount across the entire screen, which might mean that I wouldn't have to play "tug of war" with the screen that much to fix it because all areas need the same adjustment. Am I correct in thinking that it would be relatively easy to fix the convergence on that TV?

Here's a visual example of what I'm trying to ask:

This is what image x would look like on a CRT with perfect geometry and convergence:


Here's how image x would look like on the aforementioned 27" Trinitron:


Would that be relatively easy to fix? Would I not have to play "tug of war" with it because all areas need the same adjustment? I've opened Trinitrons and fucked with the purity rings (didn't know about adjusting the yoke at the time, though) before and managed to not make the image look any worse (a little better, if anything), so I have a little experience.

I really need an answer soon because my dad won't let me take it if it's hard to fix because there are already 7 CRTs in my family's storage locker, and it might get thrown out soon.

I assume that you're aware of the lethal voltages when working on the internals of a CRT. If not, stop and forget about this TV as no TV is worth getting electrocuted or killed for.

Convergence is generally fairly easy to fix. Check out this video to get an idea on what to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxOvYVcN1fc

[wingzrow]

The SNES may not be the best system for shmups, but I've got a soft spot for U.S. Squadron. Is it worth it to have my SNES mini modded for digital audio if I have a decent amp for I can feed the system with?

[Shoryukev]

Unfortunately it looks like the sticker is on the box art underneath the plastic, right? Might make the hair dryer method easier though.

Yeah unfortunately it was directly on the boxart insert/sleeve itself and not just on the outside of the box.

Removing from plastic is pretty easy. Peel slowly from the corner and roll it, so that the part you're peeling is parallel to the part still on the thing.

Stickers on other stickers is harder. You can try to heat it up a little, but that can damage the sticker underneath. Whenever I attack stickers on other stickers I just go very, very gently.

Then clean up with goo gone. It's pretty good with plastic but be very careful with stickers.

Thanks both of you for the advise. With a little gentle prying and clean-up with goo gone I was able to get the stickers off both the cartridge and the boxart insert. The cartridge sticker turned out to just be a printed piece of paper stuck on with some clear tape. There is a little discoloration on the boxart from being covered from light for I'm guessing 15+ years and/or the adhesive discoloring it, but it looks 10X better. The sticker on the spine bugged the heck out of me sitting on the shelf and covering the name of the game

[ZellSF]

Is DVDO VP standby modes supposed to be useless? My VP50 draws 20w and still gets hot when in standby.

In use it gets a bit hotter and draws 2w more.

Some sort of malfunction or option that I should change or expected behavior?

[Fudoh]

yes, unfortunately that's normal. 50Pro gets burning hot even in standby.

It's possible that the earlier - non FPGA based units like the HD or HD+ - had a proper standby, but the FPGA based units don't.

[Einzelherz]

Has anyone ever seen an adapter that converts the accessory plug on a Wiimote to a GameCube plug? Is this even possible?

[Ghegs]

Has anyone ever seen an adapter that converts the accessory plug on a Wiimote to a GameCube plug? Is this even possible?

Here's one.

[Guspaz]

Not quite as cheap, but:

GameCube to Wiimote: http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/gc ... /index.php

GameCube & N64 to Wiimote: http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/gc ... /index.php

GameCube & N64 & SNES & NES to Wiimote: http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/ns ... /index.php

He also has wiimote adapters for Genesis/SMS, a standalone N64 one, a standalone NES one, and a standalone SNES one.

[Einzelherz]

I guess I wasn't clear, which is ironic since a Google search works the same way. I want the reverse of those. Wiimote female to GameCube male.

[Guspaz]

Is there a reason why specifically? There are adapters for almost any other controller to GameCube, what controller is available only as a wiimote attachment that you want to use on a GameCube?

The closest thing he has is a Wiimote accessory to USB adapter, but he has no corresponding USB to Gamecube adapter: http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/wu ... /index.php

[atheistgod1999]

Is it true that movies were slowed down by ~1/1000th in NTSC to accommodate for its' slightly-lower-than-60Hz vertical refresh rate? I thought only people in PAL regions had to deal with inaccurate speeds.

[Fudoh]

yes, while cinema runs at true 24fps per second, all NTSC home material (SD, HD, broadcast etc) is running at 23.976fps instead. Blu-Rays mastered in Europe - by the way - are running at true 24fps as well. 25/50fps were used for DVD.

[atheistgod1999]

Blu-Rays mastered in Europe - by the way - are running at true 24fps as well. 25/50fps were used for DVD.

So not even my Blu-Ray movies run at the correct speed, even when the player's set to only output HD HDMI (which isn't NTSC)?

[Fudoh]

that's right. The difference between cinema playback and your BD playback are 7 seconds per 2 hours.

[Guspaz]

Your blurays run at the rate for which they were mastered, which is so close to the original framerate that you would never notice any difference. They simply run 0.1% slower than they did in cinemas, an imperceptible difference.

[Einzelherz]

Is there a reason why specifically? There are adapters for almost any other controller to GameCube, what controller is available only as a wiimote attachment that you want to use on a GameCube?

The closest thing he has is a Wiimote accessory to USB adapter, but he has no corresponding USB to Gamecube adapter: http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/wu ... /index.php

In this particular case to attempt to use my Mayflash NES/SNES to wii adapters. I know I can order individual adapters but that's what, $100 for the set? You could also use the Wii Classic controller.

And the only benefit I'm looking for here is the ~16ms delay that the Wiimote wireless seems to have.

[atheistgod1999]

that's right. The difference between cinema playback and your BD playback are 7 seconds per 2 hours.

I'm also wondering about black-and-white (pre-NTSC) North American TV; Did those have to be slowed down in future broadcasts as well after the advent of NTSC, or did they not due to not having chroma (I'm guessing they would've had to anyway due to the FCC and the fact that they wouldn't match up with the commercials and other newer shows after it, but then again, what about home video)?

Why couldn't have they picked the NTSC chroma frequency to match up with 60Hz? Is it not scientifically possible?

Could I theoretically hack VCRs and DVD players to output 60Hz (speeding up the chroma frequency and its decoder along with everything else)?

Were North American TV shows made after NTSC was established also slowed down due to being shot on film, or did they use a special kind of film or something to make it match up with the refresh (with 3:2 pulldown)? Were TV shows made for PAL regions sped up?

Looks like I can't even watch movies or TV shows anymore, knowing that they're not running at the correct speed

Your blurays run at the rate for which they were mastered, which is so close to the original framerate that you would never notice any difference. They simply run 0.1% slower than they did in cinemas, an imperceptible difference.

People say it's impossible (unless looking for it) to notice input lag on an HDTV, while I always felt it before I even knew what it was (thought it was the delay between the controller and console, and was so bad at video games back when my family had a CRT that I didn't remember it not having lag) even in game mode, with overscan off, on an Xbox 360 through HDMI at the TV's native resolution. I can even feel it on most PC monitors. My gaming monitor (BenQ RL2455HM) is the first LCD I can't notice input lag on.

[Einzelherz]

Ease up on the meth, partner.

[bobrocks95]

Why couldn't have they picked the NTSC chroma frequency to match up with 60Hz? Is it not scientifically possible?

Likely so they could use integer division in the circuitry, which is all that was really feasible back when it was all developed.

Could I theoretically hack VCRs and DVD players to output 60Hz (speeding up the chroma frequency and its decoder along with everything else)?

You could probably alter the circuitry or swap out the timing crystal, at least in theory. Good luck ever finding someone willing to help you with it though.

Looks like I can't even watch movies or TV shows anymore, knowing that they're not running at the correct speed

Is this a joke? Hard to tell through text sometimes.