kitty666cats wrote:Do we have a master list of these compiled anywhere? I know there's only a slim few decoders that cooperate - I believe I've seen Dochartaigh(?) talk about a few models that they've had success with in some old threads/has tried out a good handful of the Kramer units (I could be thinking of someone else, if so, sorry!).
I have no clue what you're talking about...
**DISCLAIMER** these are my personal (and probably disjointed) notes from some spreadsheets I keep. I've owned and tested so many units and my memory really does suck, so the below is the only thing I really have to go by (unless it's something that made it's home in my server rack and I use on a ~weekly basis). Many I don't have anymore either (sold a huge lot of 16x PVM's and bunch of gear like this a couple months ago).
For the Kramer units pre-dating the FC-4046, they're really a mixed bag in my experience (owned maybe 10? of them so far) and have NOT aged well in many circumstances. Several broken units, some malfunctioning, having to replace caps on a few, some cold solder joints (or whatever... reflowing made some quasi-work but still not 100%). For a comparison, Extron equipment from the same era (and I've owned a LOT more Extron units than Kramer) I've had a single RGB RXi 203 go bad and I think that's it...
FC-4040 CV/YC/YPbPr/RGBS to YUV/RGB/RGBS
SHMUPS CONFIRMED WORKING WITH 240p OWN but BROKE (sent to me from Shmups) - got Green only working, 2nd unit from eBay 9/2019 had interference on 240p - fine for 480p and maybe 480i to 480i. ....NOT CONVINCED WORKS FOR 240P
FC-4041 RGBS/YPbPr to CV/YC
ordered 2x from Germany (1 working, 1x broke for parts), 240v units, need to swap in 120v power supply from other Kramer WILL UPDATE (as this is the sole missing rack-mountable unit I need for my rack...)
FC-4044 CY/YC to RGBS/YPbPr
CONFIRMED WORKING WITH 240p OWN 2x, MAIN/PREFERRED unit for S-Video to RGBS (for SVHS / N64 / GC). Needed recap of 2?x largest caps otherwise B&W color or some snow/dirtiness
FC-4045 Same as 4046? 4046 is "Video MultiCoder". 4045 is "MultiCoder Universal Transcoder"?
***Literally EVERY single signal type > to EVERY single signal type...
No mention on Shmups of it working (or not). bought 10/2019 and doesn't seem to work with 240p, think (not positive) might be fine for 480i+. ....HUGE shame as this would be the holy grail...
Kramer FC-14 (newer era unit than the above I believe), RGBS to YPbPr, perfect, have 2x. Don't think tested above 480p.
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Here's bunch of other random ones by other manufacturers. Probably missing a bunch but this is all I could find notes on:
Shinybow SB-2840 (RGBS SCART to Component/YPbPr converter), worked perfect. Some say image not as clean as alternatives but might have been due to a bad batch of power supplies a couple? people mentioned.
Shinybow SB-3682, RGBHV (via RCA) to YC/CV, BNIB sealed, never worked - reflowed most every single solder joint
Sony YR-421 (S-Video to RGBS), used and old, never worked – no picture (probably just broke)
Extron CVC 200 and CVC 300, (YPbPr to RGB), worked great... stupid dial to MANUALLY switch from SD to HD though...
Behar Bros. Toro, RGBHV to RGBS w/ 480i/480p switch, bad sync combiner – use through Extron RGB and works fine.
Behar Bros. Garo 2nd? 3rd gen (paid 1/19, got months later), YPbPr > RGBHV, mine worked fine even on Wii (common system people had issues with on this version of it).
Audio Authority 9A65A (YPbPr to RGBS/HV), perfect for 240p/480i/480p, NOT rack mountable and cheap plastic construction, forget if ever tested at 720p
Extron YCS, CV to YC -or- YC to CV, only used once, pretty positive 240p worked
Extron CD 400, CV/YC to RGBS, VERY old plastic cased Extron, worked perfect for 240p.
Extron AVT 100, RF to Composite, sold and guy said it worked great –don't know if 240p compatible though