While the last official firmware released for the RetroTINK 5x was v3.71 over a year ago, Mike’s been slowly squeezing in some bugfixes and new features on the experimental firmware download page. Many of these additions have been previously highlighted, including all the VHS support that I demonstrated in my digitize VHS to HD and VHS […]
Wobbling Pixels recently released completely overhauled profiles for the RetroTINK 4K, that allow for much more accurate emulation of the displays found in the original Game Boy DMG, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and Sony PlayStation Portable 1-3k. WP also added GameCube profiles for Swiss R4K optimize, that disables the game’s internal scaling and […]
The RetroTink 4K received a significant update via Experimental Firmware Version 1.5.1 which adds some interesting features for downscaling: Menu now works in 240p output using temporal downscaling Added ability to generate interlaced output timings A custom modeline is required for interlaced output, where the vertical active size is the sum of both fields, and interlaced […]
Update 13 July 2024: Experimental Firmware Version 1.5.1 Menu now works in 240p output using temporal downscaling Added ability to generate interlaced output timings As per Mike Chi: currently interlaced output really only works without scaling. For example, 480i output can pass 480i input OR convert 480p -> 480i. 1080i can pass 1080i inputs or […]
The RetroTINK 4K is first and foremost an upscaler, and although possible, downscaling is not an officially supported or advertised feature. How well it downscales is dependant on the menu items intended for upscaling. Fortunately, downscaling (technically decimating) on the RetroTink 4K works well to restore integer-upscaled games that were drawn in 240p. So well in […]
Setup required: Update to the latest firmware via a PC. Enable downscaling in OSD menu Cost and availability: Currently available at RetroTINK Mike Chi’s RetroTink 5x is one of the most full featured and lowest lag downscalers (3msec!). It requires an HDMI to component DAC for the input in order to downscale 720p, and another DAC […]
This video will show how to use a #RetroTINK 4K or 5x to convert your analog media such as VHS and LaserDisc to digital. It’ll also show WHY it’s a good choice for many of those scenarios, especially digitizing home movies. RetroTINK 4K: https://retrorgb.link/retrotink4k Other RetroTINK Products: https://www.retrorgb.com/retrotink.html . RT4K Files: https://www.retrorgb.com/assets/RT4K_VHS_2024-08-04.zip RT5x “VHS Beta” Firmware: https://retrotink-llc.github.io/firmware/5x-experimental.html I/O […]
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 […]
Ryan of Archades Games recently posted a “Motion Adaptive Deinterlacing Shootout” between the RetroTINK 4K, RetroTINK 5x and PixelFX Morph. It’s a great look into where each scaler is with 480i support at the moment and should give customers a fair idea of what to expect if they purchase any of the three. That said, […]
Carnival For Sega/Gremlin core, the game Carnival is out for testing and it looks that everything is working well. There more games that run in the hardware, but the developer Jimmy Stones tells us that only Pulsar and Invinco have sound but Invinco is crashing after you complete the first stage. Post : https://twitter.com/mrjimmystones/status/1744113324764090766 Retrotink […]
