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Sentinel Supergun - Prototype

Damn, that's an expensive cable!
 
Very, fairly complex though, they're currently not on sale from the manufacturer from memory so resellers are charging a bomb, but they're normally still fairly pricey

Looks like they must be making them again, cool.
 
djsheep said:
Damn, that's an expensive cable!
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Ah yeah tell me about it $100 AUD + delivery. Even other good cables are around the $50 mark.

Hopefully when they open their store again the price comes down.

Looks like they will be out around December. If I recall there was a run on these a while back as mentioned by someone here a few months back when they were released.
 
Is there a better option between the Sentinel and an LCD monitor than the OSSC? I don't mind spending more if it's better. I'm playing many different types of arcade PCBs so compatibility is a concern.
 
The Spaniard said:
djsheep said:
Damn, that's an expensive cable!
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Ah yeah tell me about it $100 AUD + delivery. Even other good cables are around the $50 mark.
Hopefully when they open their store again the price comes down.

Looks like they will be out around December. If I recall there was a run on these a while back as mentioned by someone here a few months back when they were released.
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There's a difference between a high quality cable and this though :P this is performing RGB to component conversion within the cable which is not an easy thing to do

I've built a few prototype boards trying to do the conversion in a passive form and couldn't get it to work at all, to get it happening in a cable is impressive...
 
arcadeprojectsrocks said:
Is there a better option between the Sentinel and an LCD monitor than the OSSC? I don't mind spending more if it's better. I'm playing many different types of arcade PCBs so compatibility is a concern.
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There is no better option than the OSSC. It'll look awesome when paired with the RGB out from the Sentinel :)
 
xodaraP said:
There's a difference between a high quality cable and this though :P this is performing RGB to component conversion within the cable which is not an easy thing to do

I've built a few prototype boards trying to do the conversion in a passive form and couldn't get it to work at all, to get it happening in a cable is impressive...
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I had no idea that's what was taking place. Still, I dont know if that price is justified for it or not. $70 seems about right to be. I'd probably still buy one seeing the difference between S-video colours being crushed though.

Wouldn't someone just take the cable and make a copy of it though? Seems inevitable that would happen.
 
It cost me about $15 in components plus the circuit board for each prototype I made, plus the time to put it together etc.

$70 is expensive, sure, but given the work that's gone into making it happen I can understand them wanting a return.

Consider that the RGC cables are standard albeit high quality cables and they run $50+ a pop

Potentially they will get copied I guess, but they haven't yet
 
Gaming on modern screens isn't my forte, I just don't like it and therefore haven't invested any time with it. I'm reluctant to admit the reality that CRTs won't be around for ever, which is a shame as it's the best way to play these old arcade games.

That said, once I gain some finances from supergun sales I definitly plan on investing in an OSSC and will see what I can do on my end to improve the experience. There's a few more advanced sync chips that I've been looking into, ones that output separated horizontal and vertical sync for example, so I'll see where that leads me.

S-video from the supergun looks great on a CRT display, it's not that far behind RGB output honestly. Composite is acceptable but really a last resort in my opinion.

I've also experimented with RGB to compoment conversions and must say it's pretty darn impressive to have that circuitry crammed inside of a cable.
 
I'm currently piecing together a small test run of OSSC units. Have most of the parts ready to go and the reflow oven nearly built. I'll send you one once the first batch is underway :)
 
S-video may be ok on a CRT but with plasia's post yesterday the difference is obvious and apparent, what will that look like on a LCD?
Still the cost of the component cable puts me off, a lot. Almost that I haven't bought it and will have buyers remorse at the cost.
For the supergun what would the s-video cable be needed? What is the name of the cable to search for?

The issue now days is that CRT isn't supported. People who repaired CRTs were common but virtually non existent now.

When the last of these PVMs and CRTs die out then there will be only LCDs as an option.
 
I'm hoping that as screens become higher res and technology advances, we'll be able to emulate the look of a CRT with enough small detail to feel real.
 
Not Raspberry Pi powered. I bought a kit from a fellow Aussie on Tindie. It's called the Reflow Master and uses a $39 Toaster Oven from KMART :)
 
oneleaf86 said:
I'm currently piecing together a small test run of OSSC units. Have most of the parts ready to go and the reflow oven nearly built. I'll send you one once the first batch is underway :)
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I'd be very interested in one of those if you'll be selling them :)
 
I'll definitely be selling them. I'll give all the local guys first dibs :)
 
Might be a little too early to ask but what will the cost be on one?
 
Frank_fjs said:
S-video from the supergun looks great on a CRT display, it's not that far behind RGB output honestly. Composite is acceptable but really a last resort in my opinion.
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I can agree here, the S-Video out of the Sentinel is almost as good as the RGB out. I was floored seeing it for the first time.
 
Indeed. The S-Video is great to have since there's a hell of a lot of sets out there with no SCART but that have S-Video
 
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