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DVDO iScan VP50 with power supply $200 plus shipping gift or add %4 PayPal fees.. also willing to trade for SNES games that I don't have.. everything works.
 
I wrote this about the firmware update process, but when I moved my FTP server got taken down.
If the purchaser of this wants/need the files PM me.
 
to ship outside USA, prices are insane and the chances of the unit getting in one peace is very low... if you have a friend in the USA, I can ship it to that person and that person can ship it to you if you want to roll the dice..
 
up - listed local and usual places. If you are looking for one grab it, $200 is a very good deal.. these things don't pop up often and when they do they are expensive and without power supply.. I just don't have a need for it..
 
Really good deal. Friend of mine recently had to buy a new PSU for his and they're $80 O.O
 
SNK-NEO-GEO said:
I am not sure why it has not sold.. UK guys want it but USA guys don't..that's life:)
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It absolutely is.

I don't remember what these guys do, exactly. Does it deinterlace? Or was it that it downscales?
 
Today the most common/popular use for the iScan DVDO is to borrow its framebuffer to smooth out the raw sync from a OSSC.
But this is going to be obsoleted soon, as newer free sync OLEDs/LCDs are able to accept everything the OSSC outputs without adjustment.

BTW I ended up with two DVDO power supplies, I'd gladly sell one for 80$... Hell I'd take half that. ;)
 
jassin000 said:
Today the most common/popular use for the iScan DVDO is to borrow its framebuffer to smooth out the raw sync from a OSSC.
But this is going to be obsoleted soon, as newer free sync OLEDs/LCDs are able to accept everything the OSSC outputs with out adjustment.
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But the OSSC makes the PS2 look like TRASH. It's awful at 480i. :/
 
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But the OSSC makes the PS2 look like TRASH. It's awful at 480i.
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While its true that the DVDO is better at processing interlaced signals, it does so with some 16ms of lag (same as the xRGB Mini).
OSSC is about 1~2ms.

2x bob is what I use for 480i if I process it at the OSSC level, most of the time I just pass interlaced 480i thru directly to my TV.

Oh here is one for you off the top of my head... Sonic 2 on Genesis, the two player/split screen game works when processed by DVDO, but OSSC just knocks out to black (unplayable with OSSC).
 
jassin000 said:
rewrite said:
But the OSSC makes the PS2 look like TRASH. It's awful at 480i.
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While its true that the DVDO is better at processing interlaced signals, it does so with some 16ms of lag (same as the xRGB Mini).OSSC is about 1~2ms.
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Next to no lag doesn't matter if you can't tell what's going on on-screen :). Flicker trash mud city from the OSSC.
 
http://retrogaming.hazard-city.de/

Go down the page a bit for the DVDO overview..


The iScan VP50 was introduced in 2006, the 50Pro in 2007. The VP50 is very similar to an ABT102 equipped VP30 just using a new processor design and having proper 1080i deinterlacing. Prices have recently dropped and 2nd hand machines on ebay run at about 350 EUR for a VP50 and 600 EUR for a VP50Pro rigth now (early 2013). The VP50 is a very nice home theater hub and all what has been said on the VP30 above is true for the VP50 as well - except one bit - see below.
The 50pro is a remodeled 50 with added Mosquito Noise Reduction and a new enhanced sharpness and small detail enhancement tool. The 50pro is still rather pricey (600+ EUR used), but it features stuff like HD-SDI for people who need it. The 50pro has a changed Gamemode 1 eliminating the shakiness of horizontal lines. Massive diagonal edge/detail enhancement is still applied though (which is bad in my opinion).
When the processors were released, both would have massive problems with 240p signals from anything but a Playstation 2. When I started to work with ABT (kudos to Dale Adams!) on this problem, the VP50 was already no longer supported. So eventually the problems were fixed on the 50pro (and it's sucessors, the Edge and the iScan Duo), but never really on the VP50. The VP50 eventually got another FW update which change things to the better. On the VP50 you're more likely to run into problems with 240p sources compared to a VP30 or 50Pro units, but it can be handled. Using an unlocked output refreh rates usually fixes the problems and if nothing else helps, a sync stripper for RGB sources might. The rest of the review applies to the 50pro only though! (If you consider a VP50 for any reason and you got questions about what works and what does not, just email me!)


Conclusion (to the review above and below): the VP50 performs just like the VP30, but can show a little "irregular" behaviour with 240p sources. The 50pro is an excellent videoprocessor for 480i material and for 720p, 1080i or 1080p from a PS3 or 360. It has proper 240p and 480p handling, but I don't like the ringing the scaling engine causes. Because of this my main setup consists of a 50Pro and a XRGB-3.
 
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