jwrose wrote:So I finally sat down and watched both of those- great stuff. The 580xi's COMP SYNC option is really interesting. The manual seems to just imply that its doing composite sync when its on.
Yes, those videos were very interesting and fun to watch. I definitely learned a lot about A-Series BVMs and console sync issues from them.
jwrose wrote:Is there something in the SMS sync signal that is slightly out of spec that this is fixing? Anyway, just thinking out loud.
I'm not exactly sure what is out of spec about the SMS signal. I think it has something to do with the sync pulses. Someone on here should know.
jwrose wrote:I mentioned this before but checked again based on the second video and VCR mode. So, I have a BVM-D14H5U and VCR mode is present but is not available (see image below). I noticed that my menu system was a bit different than the video, but that's likely due to different model and software. Any thoughts on why the VCR mode isn't selectable? Before I saw this video, I thought VCR mode was only for composite video or another signal type I wasn't using. I'm using RGB and I think that's what was being used in the video, too.
After doing some research, it seems that VCR Mode on the 14" and 9" Sony BVMs are only usable with Composite and S-Video signals. So they effectively have the same sync issues as an A-Series BVM when played in RGB.
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Fortunately for you though, your BVM-D14 uses the BKM-129X expansion card for RGB and YPbPr, which has been reverse engineered and cloned by Skum. Maybe he'll add a VCR Mode in an update.
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