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  • March 24, 2019 at 10:15 PM #25682
    AlexC1981
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      Hi,

      I can’t get my Spectrum +2B working with my Panasonic TX-P50G30B plasma TV. The OSSC just shows a blank screen. It works fine on an older 720p LG LCD television.

      My Sega Master System 1 works fine on both TVs through the OSSC. Both using their RGB scart outputs to connect to the OSSC.

      I think it may be to do with the Panasonic not liking the 311p display from the Spectrum as the Master System shows up as 313p and that works.

      Is there anything I can do?

      Thanks!

      March 25, 2019 at 12:38 AM #25683
      maxtherabbit
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        Only thing you can do is run the OSSC output through another scaler like an Extron DSC series. This will normalise the signal to a standard resolution, at the cost of a frame of lag. Panasonics have amazing IQ, but absolutely terrible tolerance for anything but precise standard SD/ED/HDTV timings.

        March 25, 2019 at 7:55 AM #25684
        AlexC1981
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          Thanks for your reply. I suppose the TV still has to upscale the image output by the OSSC anyway, so if I buy an upscaler, the upscaler will be doing that task rather than the TV, so there shouldn’t be a downside.

          The only HDMI to HDMI upscaler I can find is one by Vcando. It gets good reviews, but I don’t know if it would accept the HDMI signal from the OSSC anymore than the Panasonic TV does.

          https://www.amazon.co.uk/VCANDO-Converter-Coaxial-Support-Blu-Ray-Black/dp/B01MU6Y5J8/ref=asc_df_B01MU6Y5J8/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309757320705&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10915450609262275408&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045006&hvtargid=pla-617374299967&psc=1

          I’m wondering if I would be best off just using the SCART input straight from the Spectrum to TV rather than having the signal go through two adapters.

          March 25, 2019 at 11:05 AM #25685
          BuckoA51
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            The drawback of using another scaler is adding extra lag basically, you will also add extra lag connecting directly, since your TV will try to deinterlace the image.

            Have you tried line triple mode too?

            March 25, 2019 at 5:13 PM #25686
            maxtherabbit
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              The only HDMI scalers I would even consider for this are the Extron DSC 301 HD and the DSC HD-HD. Don’t touch that off brand garbage. Vcandon’t

              March 30, 2019 at 10:47 AM #25737
              BuckoA51
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                DVDO series are worth considering too.

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