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Main => Consoles => Topic started by: Locke141 on December 08, 2019, 07:06:32 pm

Title: There are soon many scalers now.
Post by: Locke141 on December 08, 2019, 07:06:32 pm

Found this (http://US $74.37  33％ Off | Bitfunx RetroScaler2x A/V Converter and Line-doubler for Retro Game Consoles
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/F1zo4Yq4) cheep console scanner. I would imagine it’s not as good as many of the others but figured I would post a link to it as it is on sale and has lots of different kinds of plugins.

Title: Re: There are soon many scalers now.
Post by: Howard_Casto on December 08, 2019, 10:31:03 pm

Your link got foo-barred up somehow.  Let's try this one:

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/F1zo4Yq4 (https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/F1zo4Yq4)

Judging by the features and bugs/issues in the description, this is a retroTINK knock-off.  Overall that is a good product, but it still has some iffy audio issues to work out.  Most tvs have the option to input audio from something other than hdmi though, so I guess it could be bypassed.  Let's wait till they clone the rad2x, which is essentially the same thing, but it has cables to accept native rgb from most consoles. 

Title: Re: There are soon many scalers now.
Post by: KenToad on December 09, 2019, 10:10:54 am

It's such a brazen ripoff that they even call it a Retrotink in the last description header. Maybe a copy/paste error?

I like my Retrotink 2X, but I have the old firmware with the audio issues and there is no practical way for the end user to update firmware. I haven't contacted Mike Chi, so I don't know how painless a firmware upgrade would be. For now, I just run the audio into my soundbar, so the Retrotink is video only.

I think a Retrotink 2x is a great option, especially since the new units from Mike Chi should have solved every issue that I've had.