forrestsmith Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) Read a lot about the different AV modifications so I knew they might be hit or miss but decided to try this one after reading some positives about it. Installing it was straightforward, very easy compared to Atari 2600 S video mod I did. looks very well made but the picture looks worse than the RF. Colors are over saturated and solid back grounds look mottled or crawling or blotchy and the image is not near as sharp looking as the RF, I do not see anything I would call ghosting though. A positive is the sound is the sound is better than RF. Tried the color adjustment on the board and that does not help (It did make my RF picture look even a little better ) Its real easy to see the difference when you have the Av and RF hooked up at the same time and you just have switch between video and channel three. Anything easy I could try before I take it out ? Read some about people taking the RF unit out, but I am not doing that. Thanks Forrest Edited December 14, 2015 by forrestsmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I recently purchased this, but I've not installed it, yet. I know there are a few here that has used this. I am not sure if the seller, retro-mood, can offer any suggestions. I've emailed him on a separate subject. Seems to be a nice guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) Read a lot about the different AV modifications so I knew they might be hit or miss but decided to try this one after reading some positives about it. Installing it was straightforward, very easy compared to Atari 2600 S video mod I did. looks very well made but the picture looks worse than the RF. Colors are over saturated and solid back grounds look mottled or crawling or blotchy and the image is not near as sharp looking as the RF, I do not see anything I would call ghosting though. A positive is the sound is the sound is better than RF. Tried the color adjustment on the board and that does not help (It did make my RF picture look even a little better ) Its real easy to see the difference when you have the Av and RF hooked up at the same time and you just have switch between video and channel three. Anything easy I could try before I take it out ? Read some about people taking the RF unit out, but I am not doing that. Thanks Forrest you cant just remove the rf without doing a shunt mod cause it loses the voltage it needs for composite. Weird that it is bad. Did you try on another tv? Some newer tv's have an absolute garbage composite. My 50" plasma has a terrible composite but looks great on other tv's Edited December 14, 2015 by pimpmaul69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I have one of those in my Intellivision 1 and it looks just fine. I think I posted pictures of Commando running on it a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forrestsmith Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 That's the thing. what I describe is when I have it hooked up to my 13 inch Toshiba CRT that I play most my games on. When I hook it up to a modern flat screen it gets even worse . I will take a look at my install again and make sure I did not miss something. Forrest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 You can tell when you skipped a meal and you see a topic ending with "Turkey Tips" and think... Is that some healthier alternative to beef tips? Pre-emptive response: Cmart, Rev, you're sick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 You can tell when you skipped a meal and you see a topic ending with "Turkey Tips" and think... Is that some healthier alternative to beef tips? Pre-emptive response: Cmart, Rev, you're sick! Lol! Just the tip... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrypticodor Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Yeah the mod that guy in Turkey is the Intellivsion wiki composite mod. I have no ideal how that mod works for anybody I've tried it on multiple units on different TV's and get a horrid picture with a ton of interference. I also have tried it with the modulator in and out with no discernible difference in it's picture quality. My results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forrestsmith Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 Yea that's a similar look to my title screen. I took it out last and put the S V A back together. I might mess with again if I find parts Intellivision to experiment on. It does seem to be a case of "one size fits some" There is so many different versions of the AV mods. Some work great on some and the same mod may not work at all on another. If it looked as good as the RF I would have left it because the sound is definitely better. Forrest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 It worked out good for me.. you can see my screen shots of the AV Mod from turkey over in the Carol HSC thread and they don't do it justice, it looks nicer in person. It's not 100% perfect but maybe 95-98% depending on the game. The convenience of being able to hook it in with my other systems on a AV switch box and drastic improvement in sound quality are are major bonuses for me. I think everybody's Inty is a little different and one would have to play around with different component values to get the optimal picture quality. Unfortunetely we still don't know why this happens but luckily there's the RGB kit to install, eliminating all of that anyway. I hope to get one soon.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 It worked out good for me.. you can see my screen shots of the AV Mod from turkey over in the Carol HSC thread and they don't do it justice, it looks nicer in person. It's not 100% perfect but maybe 95-98% depending on the game. The convenience of being able to hook it in with my other systems on a AV switch box and drastic improvement in sound quality are are major bonuses for me. Exactly. It's not 100% perfect but it does the job. On mine for example the dark reds are a little on the pink side, but it's better than having to have a TV that does RF out all the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) Yea that's a similar look to my title screen. I took it out last and put the S V A back together. I might mess with again if I find parts Intellivision to experiment on. It does seem to be a case of "one size fits some" There is so many different versions of the AV mods. Some work great on some and the same mod may not work at all on another. If it looked as good as the RF I would have left it because the sound is definitely better. Forrest different versions of the av mod isnt the problem. Its different versions of the intv motherboard. Some are better than others. There is a board version i found in a sears that i cant even do a system changer mod on because it was changed too much. Edited December 15, 2015 by pimpmaul69 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forrestsmith Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 different versions of the av mod isnt the problem. Its different versions of the intv motherboard. Some are better than others. There is a board version i found in a sears that i cant even do a system changer mod on because it was changed too much. Guess that's what I meant. Different mods because the Intellivision are different. Forrest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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