Questions that do not deserve a thread

[Lord of Pirates]

Am I good to use a VP30 PSU with a VP50 Pro? This seems to be what all the listings on eBay are selling (6v/5a) and I can't seem to find any 6v/7a PSUs.

[Remistewart]

I'm thinking of getting a SNES 1Chip, but seeing prices of around £150-250 on ebay I've been a bit discouraged. Are they worth this price at all?

I'm currently using the Wii VC in 240p on a BVM, and I'm mostly interested in the increased sharpness and compatibility of a SNES 1Chip will provide.

[Xyga]

Am I good to use a VP30 PSU with a VP50 Pro? This seems to be what all the listings on eBay are selling (6v/5a) and I can't seem to find any 6v/7a PSUs.

You may experience stability/compatibility issues. The VP50 Pro actually needs those 7A to work properly.

[Einzelherz]

I'm thinking of getting a SNES 1Chip, but seeing prices of around £150-250 on ebay I've been a bit discouraged. Are they worth this price at all?

I'm currently using the Wii VC in 240p on a BVM, and I'm mostly interested in the increased sharpness and compatibility of a SNES 1Chip will provide.

If you're comfortable hacking the Wii, the only downside it will have is wiimote lag. Graphically it'll be identical + it's more compatible with modern tvs.

[Lord of Pirates]

Am I good to use a VP30 PSU with a VP50 Pro? This seems to be what all the listings on eBay are selling (6v/5a) and I can't seem to find any 6v/7a PSUs.

You may experience stability/compatibility issues. The VP50 Pro actually needs those 7A to work properly.

Do you know of anywhere I can get a proper power supply? This is the only site I've found one on but I'd prefer to order within the US if possible.

[Xyga]

No idea sorry, I think Fudoh might know an alternative though rather bulky.
(I'd myself love to know the part number of the one you've linked)

[Fudoh]

someone recently recommend the 5V/10A PSU from Adafruit. It got enough wattage and is reasonably priced at $25, but I haven't tried it myself. I can see it working though, since the DVDOs don't use 6V from the PSUs anyway, but have a voltage converter sitting directly behind the input.

https://www.adafruit.com/product/658

[citrus3000psi]

I've hooked my vp50 pro up to a benchtop @6V; it stays around 4.5A but has gone barely over 5amps. So I'd stay clear of the 6V/5A power supplies.

[Chomolonzo]

Ergh, so I'm having an unusual problem with my N64RGB. On certain... surfaces in games, I guess, I'm getting a weird red artefacting... like it can't properly blend the red in with the rest of the scene and it sticks out really badly. Like a big ol' smear.

I'm currently using a PAL N64, but I don't think the J1 J2 J3 jumpers on the N64RGB board have been soldered shut. The cables being used are a SNES RGB cable that uses sync over composite video feeding into a SCART to BNC sync stripper cable - both from Retro Gaming Cables. I have a PAL GameCube cable coming soon, hence using the PAL SNES one in the meantime. I'm wondering if perhaps different capacitors or wiring or whatever between the SNES and Cube cables are causing it?

In Diddy Kong Racing, for example, on certain rock walls and things it shows up.

In Mario 64 you can see it around the sun.

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[copy]

Chomolonzo, that sounds similar to this thread:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=59277

[Chomolonzo]

Chomolonzo, that sounds similar to this thread:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=59277

Just noticed that one myself. Sent the guy a message - hopefully he figured out the problem, because it seems to be the same one I'm having.

[korpse413]

Where on the totem pole does the official Dreamcast VGA box fall? I currently own one and use it as my source, do I pitch it and grab something from the BBros?

[Lord of Pirates]

Where on the totem pole does the official Dreamcast VGA box fall? I currently own one and use it as my source, do I pitch it and grab something from the BBros?

I have no experience with it but, I'd bet it's a lot less finicky than the Hanzo is. The audio output on my Hanzo has failed and the cable into the DC has always been fussy.

[Fudoh]

Where on the totem pole does the official Dreamcast VGA box fall?

as good as it gets in terms of quality and reliabillity.

The two things the BB boxes offer over the official one are (a) scanlines and (b) a 15/31khz switch which allows you to get RGB from non-VGA compatible games using the same box or cable.

[paulb_nl]

I'm thinking of getting a SNES 1Chip, but seeing prices of around £150-250 on ebay I've been a bit discouraged. Are they worth this price at all?

You should be able to find them cheaper if you look for the 1-chip serial numbers. After looking around on ebay it seems that PAL 1-chip serial numbers start with UP173.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... utput=html

[Lord of Pirates]

Has anyone uploaded the VP50 Pro FW files, software for updating, and manual? Or will I need to get in touch with DVDO? I bought a rebadged unit recently and it arrived today, it's on FW v1.00. I have a laptop with a native serial port but I don't plan on trying to update until I get a proper power supply for the VP50 pro.

[Fudoh]

You can send me a PM for both the FW and the manual.

Who offered a rebadged version of the 50Pro ?

[Lord of Pirates]

You can send me a PM for both the FW and the manual.

Who offered a rebadged version of the 50Pro ?

JVC, I think: http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/feat ... =MDL101766

[orange808]

You can send me a PM for both the FW and the manual.

Who offered a rebadged version of the 50Pro ?

JVC, I think: http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/feat ... =MDL101766

Interesting!

**It is a vp50pro. **

Manual here: http://pdfstream.manualsonline.com/0/09 ... 19ec0d.pdf

Firmwares linked here: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=58498

Edit: Read the manual over and it's definitely a rebadged vp50pro.

[Lord of Pirates]

Thanks, I forgot that thread existed. It seems it has a customized FW though, as I have several options not listed in the manual.

Spoiler

I forgot to have it highlighted in the picture but, 'field swap' in the last menu isn't listed under the menu tree in the manual. I'm wondering if I should email or call DVDO and find out if I'm alright to update the FW.

[Fudoh]

The DVDO manual is based on a very early FW, so there're certainly options that only got added later on.

What I could imagine though is that the JVC 1.00 FW is equal to some later DVDO FW version. I'm sure Ken at DVDO will help you with this information.

[Lord of Pirates]

The DVDO manual is based on a very early FW, so there're certainly options that only got added later on.

What I could imagine though is that the JVC 1.00 FW is equal to some later DVDO FW version. I'm sure Ken at DVDO will help you with this information.

That would make the most sense, I didn't realize the manual was outdated. Is he the person that handles support or is there a specific way to reach him?

[Fudoh]

just mail to support@dvdo.com, he's likely the one to reply.

[orange808]

Definitely want to check it out before you flash...

http://www.avsforum.com/forum/37-video- ... st16011857

[Lord of Pirates]

Aye. I've been emailing back and forth for a bit and they confirmed as much. Also mentioned there aren't any newer versions as JVC apparently never requested another.

[Fudoh]

I guess it depends on what you want to use the 50pro for. 240p recognition was added at some point, but I can't see you using that feature and I doubt that the JVC fw is based on the earliest DVDO fw, since it was released so much later on.

[Ikaruga11]

Is S-Video part of the RGB or YPbPr color space?

I'm trying to determine whether to get a PAL GameCube or NTSC GameCube. Since GB/GBC/GBA games were developed with RGB in mind, wouldn't it be better to use the GameCube's RGB instead of it's native YCbCr for the correct colorspace on GB/GBC/GBA games?

[Einzelherz]

Always the strangest problems.

[Remistewart]

Hi Shmups people

I was wondering if a csync RGB SCART cable with my SNES will work on my BVMD24E1WE?
I am using a 1Chip-02

Thank you!

[Extrems]

Is S-Video part of the RGB or YPbPr color space?

It's YIQ.

Since GB/GBC/GBA games were developed with RGB in mind, wouldn't it be better to use the GameCube's RGB instead of it's native YCbCr for the correct colorspace on GB/GBC/GBA games?

YCbCr is just a mean to represent RGB.