PixelFX has just announced another batch of N64 Digital HDMI mods will go on sale Sunday, September 12th at 1PM NYC time. The last batch sold out almost instantly, so if you were hoping to get one, set your alarm, cause now’s your chance! Pre-orders will be available here (maybe create an account in advance […]
Mike Chi has just released a new feature for the RetroTINK 5x that was previously thought to be impossible: A smoothing filter! This is great news, as the RT2x line of products had a smoothing filter that (in my opinion) really improved the early 3D graphics of PS1, Saturn and especially N64 games. Many people […]
Mike Chi has announced that the third batch of RetroTINK 5x’s will go on sale today, August 28th at noon NYC-time (4pm GMT) for everyone except UK; UK folks will have a special checkout link which will be live one hour later, at 6pm UK local time. Limit 1 per person, all orders are expected to ship […]
Mike Chi has just released a new firmware for the RetroTINK 5x that includes by far the best fake scanlines I’ve ever seen. There are actually three new modes: “Slot Mask”, “Aperture Grille” and “PVM”, each including some vertical effects, rather than just horizontal lines across the screen. For the first time ever, I’m loving the […]
Mike Chi has announced that the second batch of RetroTINK 5x’s will go on sale this Saturday, July 24th at noon NYC-time (4pm GMT) for everyone except UK; UK folks will have a special checkout link which will be live one hour later, at 6pm UK local time. Limit 1 per person. EDIT: Sold out. There will be […]
Above is a deep-dive video revealing all the launch day features of the brand new RetroTINK 5x! All the basics are in the first six minutes, but after that I go over all the awesome things this upscaler…and DOWNscaler can do! UPDATE: Please note that there’s been many firmware updates since this review aired and […]
Mike Chi has just released a new firmware for the RetroTINK 2x Mini, that allows you to disable the scaler and pass through the composite and S-Video signals to the HDMI output. This essentially turns the TINK Mini into an analog to digital converter, with a comb filter built-in. In order to activate this feature, […]
The RetroTINK 2x Multiformat just got an update that allows it to pass though 720p, as well as pass through 480p with uncompressed (4:4:4) colors. This is a free update every M owner should get right away and if you were on the fence about buying, this might make you reconsider: Purchase all RetroTINK Products […]
This video showcases the RetroTINK 2x Mini, which at the moment seems to be the perfect device for anyone just getting started connecting their classic consoles to modern flat-panel TV’s – There’s no special cables needed, just connect your consoles using wherever cables they came with and connect the TINK Mini to your TV using […]
UPDATE: The M now supports 720p passthrough, plus a few more options! I recommend watching the above video, then reading this post: https://www.retrorgb.com/retrotink-2x-m-720p-mode-added.html Mike Chi has just released his latest product in the RetroTINK series, the RetroTINK2x Pro “Multiformat”: A device that’s similar to the previous “2x Pro”, but uses vertical bilinear scaling and can pass […]
