Framemeister XRGB-Mini

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After years of bad or mediocre choices, retro gamers finally have zero lag, fairly priced scaling solutions! Here’s the best out there today: There is ZERO loss of sharpness when using component input on the Framemeister over RGB. Forget all you've heard about this from various rumors. It's simply not there on the PS2 in either PS1 mode or PS2 mode. If it were there, it would show up on this console that same as any other. Aurumonado Neither is perfect. OSSC advantages over the Framemeister are that it's cheaper, lower latency, has much better colour quality (4:4:4 unlike FM's 4:2:2 subsampling), and generally requires less tweaking. The Framemeister's advantages over the OSSC are that it's more broadly compatible (by scaling to standard resolutions and display timing), and supports image position/size adjustments (say, resize a super gameboy to take up the full screen) that the OSSC can't easily do. Fudoh wrote:yes, the cables are region free and the D-Terminal cable would work as well, BUT considering that the FM isn't good at processing 480p signals, you might eventually want to the use the PS2 through another processor or directly on your TV instead. That's why I would get regular component cables instead and a RCA to D-Terminal adapter for the FM.

For me, the OSSC is all about eliminating input lag. I don't see this emphasized enough when it comes to this device. Playing a retro console on a modern TV with an input lag totally defeats the purpose of actually trying to play the game. It's so frustrating and trying to predict a reaction to account for the delay is a lost cause. To me, this is also the determent of products like RetroPie. The OSSC by Markus Hiienkari. This one is considerably a less expensive scaling solution than the Framemeister. Contrast ramp. Component here again has a steeper contrast ramp than RGB. This actually gave PS1 games an overall sharper appearance because of the steeper contrast jump between pixels. The pixels themselves are not any sharper, just the color contrast between them. It's only when you zoom way in to like 30x that you see it's an illusion. Even so, it has the effect of making the graphics look more 'crisp' than RGB. iceman I can't say anything about their Ps2 cables but when I was looking for a VG cable for my Dreamcast, I found out that the Reputation of their vga cables is not the best. If you want to be on the cutting edge of what’s out there now and enjoy tinkering with your setup, look into the OSSC. By itself, it might be the perfect device for your setup, or might require more equipment to work properly…but with some work, it’s got the potential to be the best, lowest-lag solution. Depending on the final solution, 0 – 1 frame of lag added.

Exceptional versatility for all retro consoles from Spectrum, Amiga, SNES, Gamecube (PAL), Saturn, Megadrive to PlayStation and more.

GameCube games should probably appear sharper on the Wii U HDMI vs the Wii's component output. (similar to the GameCube's original component output which has usually been considered fairly clean)I really don't care about the ability to upgrade OSSC because it's open source. The point of all of this is to get pixel perfect and close to how we remember playing these games, I don't need a device that is going to do anything more than that. Anyone ever succeed in getting a Taito F3 pcb to sync via the Framemeister? I've read it works, but I have yet to find any settings that works for me If you’re looking for an easy way to play your old Nintendo consoles on your modern TV, the Kaico HDMI Adapter is a great option thanks to its plug-and-play design and support for multiple consoles. Pros Anyways, I always loved my SNES far better than my SEGA Genesis, but Herzog Zwei and "Target Earth" were two of my favorite games. When I discovered "Cybernator", I was so excited that it was the same franchise, but then disappointed that they dumbed it down to a simple arcade game.

It seems that there also some HDM adapters on the market to connect the PS2 directly via TV to market. What you guys think about that. Worth the money or should I get a real component cable instead? I mainly use it for PS1/PS2 games for over 2 years but I find it tiresome to fiddle with loading profiles and the remote overtime gets on my nerves on how cheap it feels, not to mention that it shares the same signal as my HDMI switcher, hence occasionally messing those two up. More expensive scalers, such as the ‘plus’ model VP50+ have better sharpness controls and may result in a better picture. And there are also alternate cables for the NES/Famicom, or adapters, and even with the added cost of those, you'd still be cheaper off.Because of the rather oddball nature of the device and its output, we sadly weren't able to capture any decent footage on our Elgato HD60."