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GBS 8200/8220 CFW Project
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NoAffinity
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Thought I'd drop in to post some screenshots since it's been a while since I've seen any posted here, and this cost-effective little device's competence at the task really is worth celebrating.
I recently picked up a late model plasma off facebook marketplace for dirt cheap. Samsung **correction, panasonic**, Full HD, the only resolutions I've founded stated as being supported in any official literature are specs are 720p and 1080p. It of course supports 480p, 480i and 240p (treating it as 480i). It is very finicky, tho.
OSSC 2x is the only OSSC res it accepts, but it does look very good. My test of how well it's handling the particular device's output is how scanlines look. In the OSSC's case, the scanlines at 2x are very nice.
The retrotink 5x does not look great with scanlines at any of the 1080p options, or the 720p option. This TV doesn't like the RT'5x's 480p or any other of its outputs resolutions for that matter.
RT2x works well enough, but I've got the basic model, so no scanline options on that one.
All that backstory aside, the GBS performs the best on this TV in my opinion. 1080p, 720p, 480p and 15khz options all work (again, with 15khz being treated as 480i). Below pics are 1080p, which looks the nicest in my oinion.
My phone camera of course doesn't do it justice, but I thought it interesteing the diffence between one slightly over-exposed shot of Sega Saturn Castlevania SOTN vs. a less-exposed shot. You can really see how the plasma handles the colors.
Anyway, hope it's a nice little treat for your eyes...as best as my phone camera can do.
(Click on the pictures and you get a slightly higher image quality when viewing directly on imgbb.com)
I recently picked up a late model plasma off facebook marketplace for dirt cheap. Samsung **correction, panasonic**, Full HD, the only resolutions I've founded stated as being supported in any official literature are specs are 720p and 1080p. It of course supports 480p, 480i and 240p (treating it as 480i). It is very finicky, tho.
OSSC 2x is the only OSSC res it accepts, but it does look very good. My test of how well it's handling the particular device's output is how scanlines look. In the OSSC's case, the scanlines at 2x are very nice.
The retrotink 5x does not look great with scanlines at any of the 1080p options, or the 720p option. This TV doesn't like the RT'5x's 480p or any other of its outputs resolutions for that matter.
RT2x works well enough, but I've got the basic model, so no scanline options on that one.
All that backstory aside, the GBS performs the best on this TV in my opinion. 1080p, 720p, 480p and 15khz options all work (again, with 15khz being treated as 480i). Below pics are 1080p, which looks the nicest in my oinion.
My phone camera of course doesn't do it justice, but I thought it interesteing the diffence between one slightly over-exposed shot of Sega Saturn Castlevania SOTN vs. a less-exposed shot. You can really see how the plasma handles the colors.
Anyway, hope it's a nice little treat for your eyes...as best as my phone camera can do.
(Click on the pictures and you get a slightly higher image quality when viewing directly on imgbb.com)
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Last edited by NoAffinity on Fri May 23, 2025 3:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: GBS 8200/8220 CFW Project
Looking good! Crazy how picky this TV is with the various scalers and converters.
Re: GBS 8200/8220 CFW Project
Which model do you have, the F5300? The 51" or the 60". I have been watching a lot of film and documentary content on my 60" (with the pentile matrix) and that mf'er is absolutely drop dead gorgeous in a darkened room, the colors and grays are so dialed in on that thing, it still impresses me. The 51" has the standard RGB phosphors, but honestly, the 60" has just as good or better a picture for everything but PC text, plus it runs cooler, presumably due to its pentile matrix screen.NoAffinity wrote: ↑Fri May 23, 2025 12:56 am
The retrotink 5x does not look great with scanlines at any of the 1080p options, or the 720p option. This TV doesn't like the RT'5x's 480p or any other of its outputs resolutions for that matter.
RT2x works well enough, but I've got the basic model, so no scanline options on that one.
All that backstory aside, the GBS performs the best on this TV in my opinion. 1080p, 720p, 480p and 15khz options all work (again, with 15khz being treated as 480i). Below pics are 1080p, which looks the nicest in my oinion.
How do you find the GBS looks better than the 5X at 1080p? Either option will require uneven scanlines or 960 active lines in a 1080p frame to get even scanlines for 240p or 480p content. I like the GBS too, its cool as hell, but its no 5X. The colors are also less accurate compared to the 5X when using scanlines, which bugs me a bit.
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NoAffinity
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Re: GBS 8200/8220 CFW Project
Whoops, typed samsung, meant panasonic. 
migjt be moot now, but its a tc-p50ut50.
With the 5x, for all resolutions (the ones that will display at least) the scanlines are obviously uneven, and in the case of the more detailed crt simulation options like fv-310, it is very noticeable both vertically and horizontally. Just doesn't look good.
I've tried all conceivable combinations of the tv's aspect options as well as menu/settings options (game mode, reassigning inout types, trying the different content options and plenty others) and there doesn't seem to be any fixing it for the rt5x. I don't blame the rt5x in any way, because it absolutley outshines on both a TCL 4 series and the family room modern QLED. For this plasma, however, the gbs does the best.
Oh and my PANASONIC (lol) also does great in darker environments but not so much when ambient ligh increases. It works well for the corner of the garage ive claimed for this setup.
migjt be moot now, but its a tc-p50ut50.With the 5x, for all resolutions (the ones that will display at least) the scanlines are obviously uneven, and in the case of the more detailed crt simulation options like fv-310, it is very noticeable both vertically and horizontally. Just doesn't look good.
I've tried all conceivable combinations of the tv's aspect options as well as menu/settings options (game mode, reassigning inout types, trying the different content options and plenty others) and there doesn't seem to be any fixing it for the rt5x. I don't blame the rt5x in any way, because it absolutley outshines on both a TCL 4 series and the family room modern QLED. For this plasma, however, the gbs does the best.
Oh and my PANASONIC (lol) also does great in darker environments but not so much when ambient ligh increases. It works well for the corner of the garage ive claimed for this setup.