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Sweet! Will give it a whirl in a few days time.

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Is that a lot of work? Because maybe the actual use case isn’t there to justify the effort. The meta seems to be that HD CRT is for consoles up to XB360/PS3, it’s only extreme weirdos like me that disagree and want to be able to use HD CRT for console generations from 8-bit up to current gen.

I also think that with the high quality of 6x from dexx when displayed by 4K flat panels, it wouldn’t be a big deal if HD CRTs are left with some AR compatibility issues with some of the scaler modes.

All that said, happy to do some testing of any new implementations.

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[b0nz0beavis]

I’ve tested the 540p scaler options on my HD CRT, I’ve updated the feature request topic with some feedback.

It would be good if any other owners could test with a NA version of the Sony HD CRT, something like a XBR960 with the HDMI processing bypass. My set is the OCE equivalent (KV-HR36M31) that has the SFP tube but a different chassis that does not have HDMI. So my testing is limited to the component and RGBHV inputs.

[b0nz0beavis]

My TV (KV-HR36M31) accepts the 540p signal over component (dexx > Portta HDMI2COMP). There appears to be a bug though, as it is displayed in 16:9 and none of the scaler options for aspect ratio make any difference. I checked under 1080i and all the scaler settings work as expected.

Also, my display has no HDMI input, but it does have component and RGBHV inputs and displays 1080i fine from most sources. However, something weird is happening with the dexx over RGBHV and it won’t display anything no mater what resolution and scaler/line multipliersettings on the dexx. I’m using a Vention HDMI2VGA and then a branded (Merlin, I think…) VGA > 5 breakout cable. This chain works with various devices (PS5, PC, DE10, etc) and I just double checked it with the PS5 to be certain. A very low priority concern, but maybe others might notice similar problems at some point.

[b0nz0beavis]

Probably try those filtering options under Input Processing (I think) as a first port of call.

However, based on my recent experience I’d definitely try different cables. Reason being, I have a Saturn SCART cable from Retro Access from 5-6 years ago (when they were EBay only and known as Retro Console Accessories). It has jailbars on flat panels via OSSC and also direct to CRT. Bought a new cable from them two months ago and Saturn jailbars are now gone. It’s known that the various cable manufacturers have improved their technical knowledge in recent years and this has lead to higher quality products.

[b0nz0beavis]

4K would be ideal, but OSSC Pro is sufficiently feature packed to be able to more than compete.

Was messing with 1920 and 2560 x 1440 yesterday on the dexx, thinking how they are so clear and nice-looking that having a CRT is becoming less of a necessity.

I wouldn’t go writing off the OSSC Pro just because it won’t have 9x, 6x is plenty sexy on the eyeballs.

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Edit: double post. (Is this site running like very slowly for anyone else lately).

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[b0nz0beavis]

Sweet. I’ll take a look asap after it’s merged.

[b0nz0beavis]

Hi Marqs, thanks for implementing. I’m probably just looking in the wrong places, but the latest dexx software (per the link from the wiki page, which I’m unable to include in this post) doesn’t show any 540p options. Can you tell me where exactly I should be able to find them? It could always just be that my displays/devices are incompatible (LG C1 from dexx via HDMI, Sony KV-HR36M31 via Portta HDMI2COMP and also seperately via Vention HDMI2VGA > VGA2RGBHV cable (known good brand, but I forget the name).
If you could also let me know which options it appears between in the menus, it will help me rule out compatibility issues.
Perhaps I am not using the latest firmware…

[b0nz0beavis]

Not sure about timings, but I can do some tests if you can suggest some settings I could use in CRU. I no longer have working settings since I had to delete the CRU profile I used when testing previously. I don’t understand timings and the various standards (I know how to plug them in to MiSTer and CRU and that’s all), so not really sure what timings to use, so there is a strong chance I would give you suboptimal info if I was to guess.
Edit: from my previous experiments with MiSTer, there may be some benefit from providing a 960 x 540 and a 1920 x 540 to help with display compatability. When I was trying different timing standards there was some variation with compatability. I didn’t record any info and my memory is shithouse, otherwise I could give some detail.

[b0nz0beavis]

Oh cool. Thanks, Marqs.

[b0nz0beavis]

Have you tried adjusting sample rate fraction, sampling phase and changing the aspect ratio of the display? There’s also a ‘panasonic hack’ under compatibility settings, not sure what it does but could be worth a shot.

[b0nz0beavis]

Yes, U6 and U7 get very hot on my OSSC.

I’ve spent a lot of time reflowing and reconnecting most components on my OSSC. I’ve fixed the issue the unit was having with resetting itself, but I now have ongoing problems. I’m not sure it’s a sync problem though – the LCD display continues to display the incoming signal info (which means it hasn’t lost sync?). The issue on this OSSC that the red LED lights up and the output signal is dropped.

[b0nz0beavis]

A solder bridge on a resistor near the LCD was causing this issue. Bit of sloppy work when removing and reattaching the display.

[b0nz0beavis]

There is now a new issue. The OSSC appears to regularly lose the output to HDMI. It doesn’t lose sync of the incoming signal (the LCD continues to show the “262-P…”) and the unit does not reset.

What is happening now is that the red LED lights up and the display goes blank.

@Marqs – is there any way I can debug this? I’m guessing it’s something to do with a signal going to the chip next to the HDMI connector or something in that chip itself. Over the last few days as part of trying to fix the issue I’ve reflowed every component on the board so I don’t believe that it is a bad connection and I’ve checked for bridges on all the ICs. I think I will go over everything once more just to be certain.

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