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SteveJ34:


--- Quote from: Bomber on November 02, 2004, 06:27:42 pm ---This will pretty much be used for NES, SNES and SMS emulators so it doesn't need to be crystal clear. Just how bad a picture are we talking about? Say on a 21 inch TV? Seems like I could get one for around $100. Not too bad, but if the picture is awful I don't want to be throwing my money away.

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As an alternative to ipaq and with TV out onboard, you might wish to take a look at shuttle xpc's. I've built several for nephews and friends using various models as a base platform. You can get  an SK41G refurb direct from shuttle for $120.00. Of course, you'll need to add CPU, mem, HD and perhaps DVD if you wish for it to double as DVD player.



Bomber:


--- Quote from: SteveJ34 on November 02, 2004, 08:36:40 pm ---As an alternative to ipaq and with TV out onboard, you might wish to take a look at shuttle xpc's. I've built several for nephews and friends using various models as a base platform. You can get  an SK41G refurb direct from shuttle for $120.00. Of course, you'll need to add CPU, mem, HD and perhaps DVD if you wish for it to double as DVD player.

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A shuttle was my first choice, but I wanted to keep the cost of this project as low as possible. One of the aluminum shuttles (or the new soltek barebones systems) would be the perfect answer if only I had more money :(

I picked up an ipaq mini-tower pretty cheap that I was hoping to use. the problem is it as onboard video and no way to add a graphics card. So unless I'm missing something the only answer is a VGA-TV adapter.

wboy:

I'm about to build a shuttle pc sometime soon and had very similar intentions as yourself.

Primarily, I wanted to:

1) be able to connect it to my upright cabinet with JPAC, PC consealed within,

and

2) take it out and play it on a mates TV with USB2PS2 controller converters.... the mobile retro box.

I wanted a simple solution, as I didn't want to have multiple configurations for resolutions for my emulators when using native arcade vs tv out w/ hardware stretching - which looks CRAP IMHO!).

I decided to purchase as 15khz RGB to S-Video convertor off ebay.  Worked a treat!

I'm very picky, and was happy spend the cash and test the output, even if it sucked.  Well, it didn't and it was a great add-on solution for the ArcadeVGA, especially here in australia where SCART enabled tv's are rare.

There are a few limitations.... Vertical games do not appear as nice as horizontal (more noticable interlacing), but all in all its a very good solution.  The converter cost me $70AUD or so total, and I also used the Ultimarc video amp to easily interface it (15USD).

I post some more detail and pics soon to show you the results.  May not be perfect for you, as you probably don't want to buy AVGA, but it meets my need perfectly, with a near perfect image, especially horzontal orientated games...  even displays mortal kombat and neo geo games really well.



Bomber:

Thanks for the info Wonderboy. Would love to see the pics whenever you have time to post them.

Did you find the converter on the US or Australian ebay?

wboy:

I should still have the sellers name if required....

They're not on ebay all the time, but they do appear quite frequently.

Will try to get pics by monday/tuesday latest.  May have to be composite, as the only TV in the house doesn't have s-video! :(

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