Dninja92 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 I'm wondering if anyone l knows a good composite (red/white/yellow) to hdmi converter, one that prevents the display from blurring as it upscales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) The RetroTink 2X is probably what most people would recommend. It's not as flexible or powerful as some other options like the OSSC and the out of production XRGB Mini, but it's a heck of a lot cheaper and is well received for the purposes it's designed for. http://www.retrotink.com/ And what you're asking about just happens to be exactly what this is meant to do. It's built to take 240p/480i composite and s-video sources and bring them up to 480p through HDMI, which is a resolution most HDTV's can then competently handle the upscaling of. And it does this while not introducing a significant amount of input lag. Reading their website though, one flaw sticks out for PS2, Wii and original Xbox owners. It has component inputs, but it won't accept a 480p input despite outputting at 480p. So if one wants to use this to compensate for missing component inputs on a newer tv, you'll have to run your games all in 480i despite many progressive scan capable games on these systems. And if one is going to invest in HD Retrovision component cables for systems like the PS1, Genesis, and SNES to use with this, it may be worth considering a higher end option like the OSSC since off the shelf RGB SCART cables for these systems are much cheaper than HD Retrovision cables. Edited August 12, 2019 by Atariboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 The ossc doesn't take composite as an input. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blainelocklair Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 17 hours ago, Atariboy said: The RetroTink 2X is probably what most people would recommend. It's not as flexible or powerful as some other options like the OSSC and the out of production XRGB Mini, but it's a heck of a lot cheaper and is well received for the purposes it's designed for. http://www.retrotink.com/ And what you're asking about just happens to be exactly what this is meant to do. It's built to take 240p/480i composite and s-video sources and bring them up to 480p through HDMI, which is a resolution most HDTV's can then competently handle the upscaling of. And it does this while not introducing a significant amount of input lag. Reading their website though, one flaw sticks out for PS2, Wii and original Xbox owners. It has component inputs, but it won't accept a 480p input despite outputting at 480p. So if one wants to use this to compensate for missing component inputs on a newer tv, you'll have to run your games all in 480i despite many progressive scan capable games on these systems. And if one is going to invest in HD Retrovision component cables for systems like the PS1, Genesis, and SNES to use with this, it may be worth considering a higher end option like the OSSC since off the shelf RGB SCART cables for these systems are much cheaper than HD Retrovision cables. +1 for RetroTINK 2x. Love mine and it does the task exactly as needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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