Wherever possible I've done that. Jailbroken nt mini for all the systems it covers, modded n64, akura box for my dreamcast (and I'll have that modded when that gets finished), and ordered a gc video x or whatever badassconsoles is calling his plug and play hdmi gamecube mod that is no longer a mod.Blair wrote:it can still digitize 720p and above signals (from analog sources). but it's curious on why you would actually need something that scales or line doubles 720p and above content. most consumer televisions and monitors these days do a pretty good job scaling from those resolutions with little to no input lag. could you describe a scenario that isn't covered under normal circumstances?
there are some technical ways to directly tap into the pure digital signal of videogame systems but they're expensive and mostly impractical. (currently the most cost effective option is probably cycle accurate emulation)
As for why I would want a 0 lag linedoubler to do the upscaling and not my 4k display I have several reasons:
1) The near 0 latency of linedoubling is either going to be faster or in the worst case scenario the same speed as my display when it comes to upscaling.
2) The greater control. With the ossc you know exactly what you are changing your resolution to. If you want it bigger than can be displayed that's fine, if you want it smaller that is also fine. And most importantly you prevent pixel rounding and the nightmares that come with it.
3) The ossc also converts so it is just simpler having a single device that solves all my problems.
If I'm going to switch from the framemeister it would need to at least be able to convert everything to digital, let me control the overscan areas (or underscan? size), and at least get every signal to 1080p, preferably with less lag and ideally to 4k. I suppose I could use it to get everything to 720p which would be a direct integer into 4k (unlike 1080p) to avoid pixel rounding but that is still less than ideal.
I think my main reason would have to be that I'm frustrated nothing just does exactly what I want it to without compromising and when it comes to picking out which compromises are better or worse nothing really stands out to me so I'm left with two options that both bother me for different reasons.