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737 orders since Nov 13, 2021

Wien, Wien, Austria

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Documentation: (4.72)

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Emanuele | Sept. 11, 2024

Incredible crispy clear image!

For RGBtoHDMI Mono & LumaCode

I never saw a C64 with such high quality image, it seems a true digital output for a 40 years old computer!
The only thing that can be improved is the manual of the RGBtoHDMI that is not straightforward and requires a bit of time.
Strongly recommended!

Daniele | March 30, 2024

Excellent video quality

For TIAdigitizer

Never seen such a clear picture from an original VCS.

This product works great with my VCS 2600 "Light Sixer", NTSC version produced in March 1980.
Documentation is ok, but could use some more information about configuring the RGBtoHDMI.
I used the analog daughterboard v4, and selected the "Atari 2600 Lumacode" profile (YUV mode).

Minor hardware issues:
- The provided RCA to 6-pin adapter is lose and may cause intermittent picture glitches if cable is moved.
- I had to replace the original TIA weird white cheap socket on the motherboard, as the machined-pins of the TIAdigitizer would not fit. I tried with a huge amount of pressure to no avail. I decided to use a socket for machined-pins, which worked perfectly. Replacing the socket was easy, as tracks and vias are huge on these old boards. More modern VCS systems may have much better sockets already installed.

Feature request:
- It would be great if this board provided also an audio output pin (and RCA cable) for solderless audio out.

Final words:
Super happy. Thank you.

Mark | March 28, 2024

Awesome device with fantastic output through RGBtoHDMI

For VIC-II-dizer

I bought this because of all of my vintage computers, the C64 has by far the worst video out, actually thats not exactly true, they're all terrible but most of the machines I have can be run through the awesome RGBtoHDMI. Now my c64 can too and I can enjoy it as much as all of the others. Mounting it into the C64 was really really easy, easier than the RGBtoHDMI out for the amiga (which was a similar process). Re-using the obsolete RF output is pure genius and saves modifying the case. The only problem I had was making the cable to the RGBtoHDMI. It took a little research and logical deductions to realise that the Green line and the Sync line were both needed to be connected to the centre pin of the composite out. Maybe I missed something.

All in all, what a product! Simply could not be better. Utterly fantastic.

Emanuele | March 19, 2024

Amazing quality

For VIC-II-dizer

The mod is amazing, the quality of the video is simply perfect, never saw a C64 so clear.
The only thing that can be improved is the documentation, especially how to set the RGBtoHDMI, I spent a bit of time finding the correct setup with the YUV Commodore 64 profile. I know that it is not strictly related to VIC-II-dizer but as a matter of fact it is the most common combination to hook it to the RGBtoHDMI, so it could have been explained in the github repository.

Anyway, great work, thanks for this very useful board.

Frederic | March 14, 2024

Perfect picture on HDMI

For VIC-II-dizer

Amazing little device, absolutely love it. Works beautifully on my Atari 2600 and my C64.
Almost unreal, most think I am running an emulator but it's the original hardware.

If you ever consider a pricedrop, I will buy it for all my Atari's and C64's. It's THAT good !!!

Peter | Dec. 4, 2023

Does what it says, make sure you know what you are getting..

For VIC20digitizer

A great little board, was pretty obvious to me (electronic engineer) how to install, to the extent that I didn't look at any documentation until it 'did'nt work properly'
(it shows monochrome with vertical lines)
It does need the additional RGB to HDMI adaptor, available from the same vendor, which also needs an additonal Pi-Zero board and SD card, and mini HDMI to HDMI. It's entirely my error, and would have bought these together had I read it all fully!!
Once put together, with the RGB to HDMI board, and some pretty trivial fiddling with the settings (menu that works in much the same way as a lot of desk top monitor .. two for 'up and down' and one for enter... worked it out pretty quickly...
Fantastic, rock solid , pin sharp display on my 40 odd year old vic20
Note .. need to do something for audio, lash something up with the din connector and headphones or PC-type speaker//whatever..
one niggle, and I can see why, doesn't seem to co-operate with my 'Penultimate' cartridge, probably a bus contention as the digitizers sits right on data and address bus on the VIC chip . Will investigate and see-- may yet be a user error!

Peter | Dec. 4, 2023

Does what it says... and very well.

For RGBtoHDMI Mono & LumaCode

I have reviewed this in the context of a engineering user, not a 'consumer' in the normal sense. That reflects that the documentation is complete and thorough, but it did not feature an 'out of the box' idiots guide. It took me not very long to pick up the fact that the later releases of the firmware have a 'select profile' in the menu, and could simply find my computer and it worked.
I would recommend taking a bit of time to at least overview the documentation, but I did find the menu navigation, while not exactly intuitive, just a few moments .. similar to menu on many monitors.
Fantastically stable image. (Vic-20)

Christopher | Nov. 27, 2023

It's a little miracle for your old console!

For VIC-II-dizer

Look, not everybody wants to have the absolute "pure" nostalgic experience just to re-live the glory days of the 8-bit era. Not everybody needs the whole kit and kaboodle to have fun again. I don't need the old fragile floppies and slow, decrepit drive. I'm not going to waste time fretting over keeping the internal components period-correct, not when some of the biggest downsides can be eliminated and fixed with modern tech. I certainly don't need to limit myself to the small, old-school CRT tubes anymore, not with this awesome little miracle worker doing its thing inside! My C64 has one of those early VIC-II chips that requires the special snowflake firmware treatment (6567R56A), and wow does it ever make things better! I don't even have the RGBtoHDMI portion of the magic spell yet, but I am in awe of what this thing is doing already!
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