juice2839 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 It's fast approaching that time of year when myself and most of you start to come inside as the weather is getting colder. If you are lucky enough to live in one of the warm states bare with me... As I migrate inside I start to think up what new upgrades I can come up with for the winter and new year. As some of you know I offer RGB mods for Intellivisions and designed the RGB mod for the Coleco. This winter I think I have set my sites on a couple new Mods. One is a HDMI output right from the Coleco. That's right I envision the day when we just plug a hdmi cable right to the back of our modded Coleco and BOOM!!! Crisp Clear 1080p scaled video right to our new 60" LED TV. Well I may be dreaming... Maybe in a couple years I can afford the 60" LED, but at any rate the Hdmi Coleco may be upon us soon. If there is a fair amount of interest I may unveil the prototype ......................... soon ................... Also some mock ups with where the connectors would be and such.. So let me know if this is something of interest and it could be on your Christmas list............... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I'm definitely interested. I'll need to upgrade my CV(s) one day, this is something that's inevitable.. my main CRT is starting to randomly shut off on me, so.. I see a new flat panel in my near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I'm also interested! Would love to see the games in HDMI. Thanks for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Consider me interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperboy Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Will you be replacing the original VDP? One of the things I love of the F18A is no more flickering. For HDMI I just used a VGA to HDMI adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plbyrd Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Don't forget the Adam. I'm all over an Adam mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymiester Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Count me in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slab0meat Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chart45 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 if you sell it as a diy kit ill buy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValkerieSilk Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Oh ya... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice2839 Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 if you sell it as a diy kit ill buy it It would be a mod only service. You would have to send your Coleco in for the mod to be installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chart45 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 It would be a mod only service. You would have to send your Coleco in for the mod to be installed. then ill keep my f18a video board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice2839 Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 then ill keep my f18a video board The F18a is an excellent mod if you want VGA output. If your looking for HDMI right out of the back of your Coleco this is the Mod. Also your RF, Composite mods and RGB mods would be intact. Albeit if you already have the RGB mod this mod is probably not advantageous sense you already have a RGB to HDMI converter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvio Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tron Unit Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 What's the question?!?! HDMI Coleco mod?!?!? Hells yes!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 It would be a mod only service. You would have to send your Coleco in for the mod to be installed.Why not a DIY kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 It would be a mod only service. You would have to send your Coleco in for the mod to be installed. I asked you this earlier but didn't get a response. Are you replacing the video processor like an F18A? I'd be interested as long as sprite flicker is pretty much eliminated. I currently have the F18A and use a VGA to HDMI adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice2839 Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 I asked you this earlier but didn't get a response. Are you replacing the video processor like an F18A? I'd be interested as long as sprite flicker is pretty much eliminated. I currently have the F18A and use a VGA to HDMI adapter. It does not replace the TMS9928. There is no sprite flicker. I will post some pictures and video in the coming weeks. I am very busy this week so I won't be able to get to it right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 It does not replace the TMS9928. There is no sprite flicker. I will post some pictures and video in the coming weeks. I am very busy this week so I won't be able to get to it right away. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 It does not replace the TMS9928. There is no sprite flicker. I will post some pictures and video in the coming weeks. I am very busy this week so I won't be able to get to it right away. I think the question really is... If I program a game with 5 sprites in a horizontal row (without programming any flicker or anything like that - just throwing 5 sprite up there), do all 5 show up, or just the first 4? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice2839 Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 If you program it and send it to me I will let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 The TMS9928A would show 4 sprites, not 5, in this simple case. If you're replacing the logic inside the TMS9928A, then it's up to you whether 4 or 5 sprites would be shown (like the F18A VGA mod). If you're only tapping into the video outputs of the TMS9928A (not that that's a bad thing), then only 4 sprites would show up. Personally, my question is... Will the HDMI mod work for any TMS9928A device (for instance a ColecoVision clone)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice2839 Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 The TMS9928A would show 4 sprites, not 5, in this simple case. If you're replacing the logic inside the TMS9928A, then it's up to you whether 4 or 5 sprites would be shown (like the F18A VGA mod). If you're only tapping into the video outputs of the TMS9928A (not that that's a bad thing), then only 4 sprites would show up. Personally, my question is... Will the HDMI mod work for any TMS9928A device (for instance a ColecoVision clone)? There's no way I could answer that without seeing the clone and the schematic. So I'll go out on a limb and say this works with the Colecovision's original hardware only and all your games that are originally for the Coleco. If your talented enough to build a coleco clone then I'm sure you would implement your own video output. That would probably be easier then this mod to tell you the truth. If you used a fpga you could probably implement most of the Coleco and the video circuit and just have a few support components. It will not work with the Atari adapter because that bypasses the Coleco's video circuitry completely and goes right to the RF circuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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