Solution for external Flicker fixer?
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I've got a 19" Mitsubishi Diamond Digital 1280x1024 screen for my a1200 and Im pretty excited that the SCART-HDMI Adapter can do native 1280x1024 scaling via DVI-D!
It has been a while since I read this thread, and it looks like the board that was first being raved about is no longer the way to go? Whats the SCART-HDMI cable? Is it a cable or converter box? Is there a link to a website? Is it available on ebay?
Cheers!
Matt.
Cheers!
Matt.
You can start reading about the new SCART-HDMI adapter here:
https://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?p=444594#post444594
https://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?p=444594#post444594
Ok I got my SCART-HDMI adapter today and initial impressions are very good - I've had it connected to my Samsung 22" LCD Monitor via both HDMI and DVI-D to test out the TV Modes and PC modes using my a1200 running ClassicWB Full with an AmigaKit DB23-SCART Cable.
I've found 720p@50hz via HDMI to be the best compromise so far as my screen isnt native 1080p. There is a very subtle softening effect around the moving mouse cursor and when things appear on screen in WorkBench (might be my Samsung LCD but im not sure yet) but this is not noticeable during during the 1/2 dozen demo's i've tried. Also of note in 720p@50hz, all scrolling is perfectly smooth.
The colour from this unit is absolutely superb, the best i've seen from a converter - I did have to turn down the brightness on my screen till the "black" border vanished (was a bit grey), but once I did this I was very impressed with the black levels and colour reproduction. The gradients are perfectly smooth too, firing up AGA tweaked Dopus reveals perfect colour transitions and no banding at all!
Oh and I fired up RSCP (Drive speed test) which gave the VGA converter a hard time and the SCART-HDMI converter easily and almost instantly shifted to the high-res laced mode with no fuss at all revealing a pin sharp display and no wobbly images.
Fine patterns, like the one in the WHDLoad "loading" window are also rendered extremely well. Another item of note is that it will convert 50hz to 60hz in the PC modes and scrolling smoothness, while not perfect as in the 50hz modes, is still decent considering.
Im prolly not going to have the time to take some pics for a few days with my prosumer camera so sorry about that, I quickly tried my iPhone 4s but it washes out the Red's and makes them look orange so just doesnt do the image justice.
One problem I have encountered (not the adapters fault) is my 19" Mitsi LCD seems to have a broken DVI-D port which is most annoying - at first I thought my HDMI-DVI-D cable might be faulty but it worked fine on my Samsung LCD. I cant even force the blasted screen to manually switch to DVI-D in the OSD, it just falls back to VGA each time. very frustrating as this is my Amiga Screen!
I've found 720p@50hz via HDMI to be the best compromise so far as my screen isnt native 1080p. There is a very subtle softening effect around the moving mouse cursor and when things appear on screen in WorkBench (might be my Samsung LCD but im not sure yet) but this is not noticeable during during the 1/2 dozen demo's i've tried. Also of note in 720p@50hz, all scrolling is perfectly smooth.
The colour from this unit is absolutely superb, the best i've seen from a converter - I did have to turn down the brightness on my screen till the "black" border vanished (was a bit grey), but once I did this I was very impressed with the black levels and colour reproduction. The gradients are perfectly smooth too, firing up AGA tweaked Dopus reveals perfect colour transitions and no banding at all!
Oh and I fired up RSCP (Drive speed test) which gave the VGA converter a hard time and the SCART-HDMI converter easily and almost instantly shifted to the high-res laced mode with no fuss at all revealing a pin sharp display and no wobbly images.
Fine patterns, like the one in the WHDLoad "loading" window are also rendered extremely well. Another item of note is that it will convert 50hz to 60hz in the PC modes and scrolling smoothness, while not perfect as in the 50hz modes, is still decent considering.
Im prolly not going to have the time to take some pics for a few days with my prosumer camera so sorry about that, I quickly tried my iPhone 4s but it washes out the Red's and makes them look orange so just doesnt do the image justice.
One problem I have encountered (not the adapters fault) is my 19" Mitsi LCD seems to have a broken DVI-D port which is most annoying - at first I thought my HDMI-DVI-D cable might be faulty but it worked fine on my Samsung LCD. I cant even force the blasted screen to manually switch to DVI-D in the OSD, it just falls back to VGA each time. very frustrating as this is my Amiga Screen!
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I found some time to plug the SCART-HDMI Adapter and a500 into my 32" Sony Bravia using HDMI and the results are great - just a superb picture!!!
I find myself using the 1024x768@60 mode tho because my TV annoyingly wont let me squash a 720p or 1080p picture into 4:3 ratio!
That said I've been playing SWIV and BombJack on my 32" TV and having a blast!!!
The only issue I've found is with my AmigaKit RGB-SCART cable, the left and right channels are swapped around (confirmed with my multimeter) - so other than needing to swap the RCA's over, the sound conversion is excellent thru the SCART-HDMI adapter!
I find myself using the 1024x768@60 mode tho because my TV annoyingly wont let me squash a 720p or 1080p picture into 4:3 ratio!
That said I've been playing SWIV and BombJack on my 32" TV and having a blast!!!
The only issue I've found is with my AmigaKit RGB-SCART cable, the left and right channels are swapped around (confirmed with my multimeter) - so other than needing to swap the RCA's over, the sound conversion is excellent thru the SCART-HDMI adapter!
One problem I have encountered (not the adapters fault) is my 19" Mitsi LCD seems to have a broken DVI-D port which is most annoying - at first I thought my HDMI-DVI-D cable might be faulty but it worked fine on my Samsung LCD. I cant even force the blasted screen to manually switch to DVI-D in the OSD, it just falls back to VGA each time. very frustrating as this is my Amiga Screen!
Well this is very odd, using my HDMI-DVI-D cable I connected my Mac Mini to my 19" Mitsi LCD and the DVI-D port worked perfectly - seems my Mitsi just doesnt like the SCART-HDMI adapter for some unknown reason. :nuts:
Ok I got my SCART-HDMI adapter today and initial impressions are very good - I've had it connected to my Samsung 22" LCD Monitor via both HDMI and DVI-D to test out the TV Modes and PC modes using my a1200 running ClassicWB Full with an AmigaKit DB23-SCART Cable.
I've found 720p@50hz via HDMI to be the best compromise so far as my screen isnt native 1080p. There is a very subtle softening effect around the moving mouse cursor and when things appear on screen in WorkBench (might be my Samsung LCD but im not sure yet) but this is not noticeable during during the 1/2 dozen demo's i've tried. Also of note in 720p@50hz, all scrolling is perfectly smooth.
The colour from this unit is absolutely superb, the best i've seen from a converter - I did have to turn down the brightness on my screen till the "black" border vanished (was a bit grey), but once I did this I was very impressed with the black levels and colour reproduction. The gradients are perfectly smooth too, firing up AGA tweaked Dopus reveals perfect colour transitions and no banding at all!
Oh and I fired up RSCP (Drive speed test) which gave the VGA converter a hard time and the SCART-HDMI converter easily and almost instantly shifted to the high-res laced mode with no fuss at all revealing a pin sharp display and no wobbly images.
Fine patterns, like the one in the WHDLoad "loading" window are also rendered extremely well. Another item of note is that it will convert 50hz to 60hz in the PC modes and scrolling smoothness, while not perfect as in the 50hz modes, is still decent considering.
Im prolly not going to have the time to take some pics for a few days with my prosumer camera so sorry about that, I quickly tried my iPhone 4s but it washes out the Red's and makes them look orange so just doesnt do the image justice.
One problem I have encountered (not the adapters fault) is my 19" Mitsi LCD seems to have a broken DVI-D port which is most annoying - at first I thought my HDMI-DVI-D cable might be faulty but it worked fine on my Samsung LCD. I cant even force the blasted screen to manually switch to DVI-D in the OSD, it just falls back to VGA each time. very frustrating as this is my Amiga Screen!
Sounds like it does a fine job. I am guessing it doesn't offer any option for fake scanlines?
But one could possibly put an slg scart in from the other side. I currently have one on my lcd tv and the results are ok. The scanline effect isnt quite as realistic as the slg 3000 but enough to take the harsh pixels away.
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Hmm i think we're still waiting on pics so we can independently compare to other scart/hdmi converters.
Djos, who is the manufacturer of the scart-hdmi box?
I think these guys are the OEM:
http://www.ambery.com/rgbtohdvisch.html
I've got a GBS-8220, an AV-1M and the new SCART-HDMI converter and I can confirm it has the best PQ and fewest issues of any Converter under $100aud.
Might take me a while to get some pics together tho.
sweetlilmre
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I think these guys are the OEM:
http://www.ambery.com/rgbtohdvisch.html
I've got a GBS-8220, an AV-1M and the new SCART-HDMI converter and I can confirm it has the best PQ and fewest issues of any Converter under $100aud.
Might take me a while to get some pics together tho.
And as per earlier post, this seller is MUCH cheaper:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/350735096556
still waiting for my SCART cable....
-(e)
