Scart to HDMI

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It just occured to me that all my monitors have HDMI inputs, so I was wondering about the SCART to HDMI converts you can get, and if they might be a great alternative to the scart to VGA then VGA upscaler to VGA method I'm currently using.

Has anyone tried a SCART to HDMI and how good are the results?

And what device are you using?

I've seen simple cables with SCART on one end and an HDMI socket on the other, through to more complex boxes with SCART inputs and HDMI outputs.

My ideal world would be to have multiple SCART and S-VIDEO inputs, and at least one HDMI output.

What would you suggest? And is this even a good idea? Is the final image any good?
 
SCART is analogue RGB (or composite) whereas HDMI is digital only (I don't believe it has spec for analogue signals) so you'll need something with an ADC and an upscaler in it at the very least. I'm not sure how a straight end-to-end cable would work.

Still, it's an interesting prospect, with all these HDMI-capable TVs coming out, SCART is soon to be a thing of the past, which is no good for us retro enthusiasts! A known-good solution to the problem would be very handy indeed.

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Just searching a bit I have found some UK sellers (BIN) on evilBay, selling cenverter boxes (not cables) RGB & Composite to HDMI 1080p, but I don't know about output quality.
 
Be careful here: not all scaler chips used in those SCART-HDMI-boxes seem to be able to cope with the strange RGB-signal comming form an Amiga!
And you will need a SCART cable with resistors, they all don't like 5V on the SCART side. You will get a significant input lag also.

I tried some of those converter boxes, not a single box worked with RGB, even with different resistor types in the cable.
Some boxes support other input sources as well. On those I only got composite and S-Video working, using a modified A520 or Amigamaniac's converter. So the sync signal and the scanlines seem not to be the problem here, it must be something with the RGB signal they don't like.

All flat TVs with SCART/RGB inputs I tested so far seem to work though. I don't know what these converters do wrong.:nuts:

I had enough of those boxes and bought some of those GBS-8220 scaler PCBs from China. Those do work. :p
 
I'm with tect,

I wasted a bucket of money on various SCART to HDMI adapters to try and get my Neo Geo running on my LCD. The best I got was a wobbly laggy dark scabby image. The worst was a completely black screen.

Trust me when I say the GBS 8220 is the best you'll get in the price range.

If you really want the best then look for an XRGB unit. they cost a bomb, and they are massive, but work great.

Even though I like my GBS/SS/SLG box, I still get a bit irritated by the glitches.

So I recently spent £20 and bought a 29" Sony Trinitron Dolby Pro logic TV (worth 1 grand in 1996). :whistle:

Its been hiding at work for two weeks and I have no idea how i'm gonna sneak it in the house (it will probably hide in the storage room until we get a bigger house)... but i'll tell you something, going back to the old CRT is just awesome. I was playing my Neo on it there and its just fantastic :) you can't beat CRT for old SCART!
 
You can try as it's kinda cheap. I seriously doubt it would be any better of the converters that Phipscube tried.
As he said (and I agree 100% with him) the best in quality converter for SCART/Composite/Component to HDMI is an XRGB 3 (rather old but plain awesome).
An eBay BIN for example is this

An OUTSTANDING website to give it a read for at least an hour is this:
[B][U]http://retrogaming.hazard-city.de[/U][/B]
...and will solve almost EVERY questions about upscallers etc. It also have a lot of reviews of devices with pros and cons.
 
I am hoping to have a go at the sync mod of the gbs 8220 in order to allow possible use of gbs 8220 with the megadrive and snes, i have been so impressed with what it has been capable of with the amiga 1200 that i thought it should be worth a shot for consoles of the same era.

(I tried rgb scart leads for both snes and megadrive and they both looked so pixelated it was like looking at 16 bit machines graphics with c64 resolution, composite is better so far but this causes flickering on the megadrive.)

Has anyone else tried this? I'm going via mmonkey website (and have had some good advice from johnim) and i've ordered the necessary chip to solder the additional circuit on the back of the gbs 820. A cable will be constructed with a female scart plug at one end and a vga plug at the other. Audio is coming off the scart lead (via composite if poss) and going to an audio splitter into the audio pc input of my led tv.

It's looking more complex than i first imagined:picard

Will be surprised if it works :lol:

Hmm looking at that listing http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-SCART-...item19cfc81c9b


maybe that would be a better route for snes and megadrive than modifying the 8220??
 
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alexh said:
Harrison said:
Anyone tried this exact unit?
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http://retrogaming.hazard-city.de/
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Yeah, I've been reading that site. Lots of nice information.

I've been really tempted by the xrgb, especially as it has everything you could possibly need built into the one box, including scanline generation, but the price is a lot more than I was really looking to pay.

Plus, am I right in thinking it's scart socket is Japanese wired RGB and not eu? And therefore scart cables would need rewiring, or an eu to Jap scart adapter would need to be found or made.

What about the HDBoxPro? Any got one of those?

I'm also still trying to locate a PSU to use with my gbs8220 and sync strike. Anyone point me to a BIN or site selling one?
 
Another idea I've has is to try a RGB Scart to Component Converter. Anyone tried those? My Dell 2710 has component in so might be ideal for that.
 
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