Dochartaigh wrote:
Yeah, unfortunately those Ikegami's are super picky - that's why I stay away from those, the BVM-esque JVC's, the entire Sony BVM A-Series (you know, if I found one with that $1500+ card...), the Sony BVM D9 and D14...all of those suck with these non-broadcast grade console signals from more than a few different systems.
It certainly would be a relief not to have to worry about compatibility and positioning. The thing is, I just love the way the Shibasoku and Ikegamis look. I actually picked up three Ikegami HTM-2050R2s because they weren't so expensive in Japan at the time and they're gorgeous.
This might be useless for you, I haven't been following the JVC and Ikegami sync-problem threads that much of late (don't know what their latest snd greatest solutions may be), but I did add to my equipment an Extron RGB 580xi to try out. I had several D14's and D9's which had similar sync issues to the Ikegami and JVC's, and the 580xi's Comp dipswitch (which the other Extron RGB's don't have), is supposed to help on some systems and on some monitors with those type of sync issues. --Just a thought, as the 580xi is cheap (I paid $24 shipped a few months ago I think), just to keep around if I happened to pickup yet another D9/D14 (which would also be the first device I tried on any other monitor with issues like these).
I have one 160xi, and it does indeed fix PCE video. I suspect that any of the "xi" Extrons would do the same, but I can't be sure. Meanwhile, the SS 200, which is new and is supposed to have the same ADSP technology, won't work with it. Neither will the ancient RGB 202 Plus or the somewhat younger RGB 304.
Getting Extron boxes is tough because I'm in Japan, where they are quite rare. Getting what I have so far was the product of much luck and patience.
Anyway, I don't have your exact monitor to test, but from what I've seen so far the Crosspoint isn't changing the signal in any way besides the sync lines to TTL (which can even be corrected with a resistor, which I do for my OSSC, Framemeister, and Shinybow SB-2840 - all of which can be damaged from that higher sync since they're consumer-oriented devices). Good luck with your Crosspoint - if you have any questions feel free to PM me, I'm up to a 32x32 now... (after outgrowing the 12x8 and 16x16).
Thanks! I'll probably do that! I remember your giant setup thread in CRTGaming - you probably know how these things work better than anyone at this point.