On my own blog, I’ve noted that the Pioneer LaserActive is one of the toughest nuts for upscalers to crack. It combines a game library consisting of fast-paced FMV crosshair shooters and quick-time event games like Triad Stone all in 240p, with a need for high-quality 480i deinterlacing for its use as a LaserDisc […]
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, most notably known as the creator of the Retrotink line of products, just posted a tutorial video showcasing the Retrotink 2x working in conjunction with the OSSC. Purchase all RetroTINK Products via multiple vendors worldwide here: https://www.retrorgb.com/retrotink.html Mike used an unmodified NES to output composite video to the Retrotink 2x. He, then, instead […]
The RetroTINK line of products are lag-free scalers created by developer Mike Chi, that cover all price points. All are completely plug and play devices with no tweaking required…although they offer some pretty awesome options for people who want to squeeze every bit of performance out of their classic consoles! Here’s the full lineup and […]
Kyle from Kytor Industries has just decided to open source his “BNCtoSCART” adapter, that lets people route RGBs via BNC cables directly to the RetroTINK 5x. This is designed for people using BNC equipment like Extron Crosspoints, or people daisy chaining their consoles from the PVM to the RT5x. Kyle also has a few more […]
The latest batch of RetroTINK 4K’s go on sale today from RetroTINK.com (based in the US) and they’ll ship worldwide. Batches are already en-route to 8BitMods in the UK, Dragonbox in Germany and Consoles4U is Switzerland. As with all RetroTINK products, there are no “pre-orders” – These will go on sale once stock arrives in […]
Mike Chi has just released firmware v1.4.2 for the RetroTINK 4K, that adds a new deinterlacer with Edge Adaptive interpolation and improved motion search. This is great news for anyone with a lot of 480i sources, be it video games, or TV and movies. There’s also a new VESA VRR mode, as well as an […]
The RetroTINK 2x Pro allows you to connect classic consoles via composite, S-Video and Component Video outputs to flat-panel TV’s. It’s easy to use, but has quite a few extra features and still hold up well, even with all the newer scalers being released! Even though we’ve covered the TINK 2x quite a bit over […]
Mike Chi has announced the RetroTINK 4K will go on sale in just over a week: Saturday December 9th at 2PM PST / 5PM NYC Time. These are NOT pre-orders – They’ll start to ship right away in the order they were purchased. My “intro” video above should give you all the info you’ll need […]
Mike Chi has just announced that the RetroTINK 4K will be available in early December for $750 plus shipping. It will come with a remote similar to the RT5x’s newly released “premium remote” and launch with a mature firmware. More details in the post: Product Page: https://retrorgb.link/retrotink4k Now, of course, trolls will be loosing their minds […]
