giovanni.anfossy Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I did try the video mod you can find on the wiki http://intelliwiki.kylesblog.com/index.php/Intellivision_Composite_Video_Modification, and I found the result good enough. Anyway if somehow has improved this mod I will definitely give it a try. cheers to you all!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacteria Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I've got the BeesLife one too, tried it yesterday : http://www.beeslife.com/video_mod/video_mod.php Result was initially poor as there was a lot of noise around the edges, and also the words on the title screen were unstraight, actually waving a little; there was also a fair bit of vertical ladders too. I tested on an old (10 years old approx) 14" television via a SCART connection with composite input. Then, I cut the video wire between the wire I soldered there for the mod and the RF box, and the image was far better - stable letters, far better on edges, vertical ladders still there but not so bad. Cut off the other 3 wires to the RF, same result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Hi all, The good news is that I should have an Intellivision or two in my possession on Saturday (thanks to coleconut). I've got some other things to do before diving in, but I'm looking forward to doing some testing. This may take some time, but I'm hopeful for some good results. I'll keep you posted. Thanks, 5-11under Did this died? I was thinking about modding my Inty III. Looks like beeslife.com is the only one selling them right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 Hi all, The good news is that I should have an Intellivision or two in my possession on Saturday (thanks to coleconut). I've got some other things to do before diving in, but I'm looking forward to doing some testing. This may take some time, but I'm hopeful for some good results. I'll keep you posted. Thanks, 5-11under Did this died? I was thinking about modding my Inty III. Looks like beeslife.com is the only one selling them right now. It's not quite dead, but it's only alive in my mind at this point. I have too many ColecoVision (sorry) projects on the go at the moment. So the short answer is I likely won't be starting this for another year... and then, who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARMIK Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Has anyone tried this one eBay Auction -- Item Number: 181043125890 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Has anyone tried this one eBay Auction -- Item Number: 181043125890 yes. they work. i stated in another thread a few days ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeshed Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 yes. they work. i stated in another thread a few days ago. Whats the difficulty on installing one of these. Also, did you not buy a large lot of AS IS Intys? Did you end up with some dead ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Whats the difficulty on installing one of these. Also, did you not buy a large lot of AS IS Intys? Did you end up with some dead ones? i didnt buy any intv lot. not too hard to install if you know what you are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeshed Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 i didnt buy any intv lot. not too hard to install if you know what you are doing. lol, OK, time to scour the forum for the post about it. Well, I know my way around a soldering iron, so I assume that there shouldnt be any problems if I do buy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 lol, OK, time to scour the forum for the post about it. Well, I know my way around a soldering iron, so I assume that there shouldnt be any problems if I do buy one. just be very very very careful with the ribbon cable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARMIK Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 pimpmaul69 there is a pic in an earlier post I made but I am not the only one with the ghosting problem. It seems that all the Intellivision mods do it at least the 8bit and beeslife ones with the people I have spoken to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 pimpmaul69 there is a pic in an earlier post I made but I am not the only one with the ghosting problem. It seems that all the Intellivision mods do it at least the 8bit and beeslife ones with the people I have spoken to. the one on ebay does it too. it is however the system and not the mod that technically makes that happen. when i installed the one off of ebay, i tested in my system and had ghosting. then i installed in fusheks system and no ghosting. however i had put a new rf unit in his and it had a different board in it, so one of those could be the issue? i am gonna mod mine one day so i can work on fixing the ghosting issue, just haven't gotten around to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombidragon Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Bump, getting my first intellivision in about a week or so. I need to know if anyone has refined it. Has anyone done the mod on a super video arcade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Double bump. I'm curious about this myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Regardless of the quality of the result, I'd still like at least one modded system, preferably an Intellivision II. I don't have the skills myself and just wish these were more readily available pre-modded... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutlawTorn71 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Well, I just did this -> eBay Auction -- Item Number: 181043125890 with relative ease, just needed a few tweaks (which I haven't completed in their entirety) Great little product, just a long wait as it ships from Turkey (they have very cool postage ) I have some modding experience from other consoles, so I felt it was pretty simple... and pimpmaul is always just a PM away :thumbsup: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 How was the quality? Any ghosting issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Well, I just did this -> eBay Auction -- Item Number: 181043125890 with relative ease, just needed a few tweaks (which I haven't completed in their entirety) Great little product, just a long wait as it ships from Turkey (they have very cool postage ) I have some modding experience from other consoles, so I felt it was pretty simple... and pimpmaul is always just a PM away :thumbsup: If you ever want to sell an Intellivision II with that mod and your upcoming tweaks, I'd be interesting in purchasing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutlawTorn71 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 How was the quality? Any ghosting issues? Picture quality was excellent, no ghosting for me, I do have a slight issue where the console fires up to a black and white picture, only occasionally though, that's one of the "tweaks" I was speaking of.. If you have any skill with a soldering iron, and a basic electrical understanding this pre-made mod is the way to go If you ever want to sell an Intellivision II with that mod and your upcoming tweaks, I'd be interesting in purchasing... I'll keep that in mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B0B 1ob1aw Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I have a very minor vertical ghosting problem using RF on my Plasma. It only shows up a faint vertical ghost offset, and it seems to only happen with certain character colors against certain backgrounds. I can usually see some on the title page. I don't care about the graphics having "soft" edges, that is part of the charm, but in games that the ghosting is bad it can be distracting. I used the auto tuner and noise reduction on my plasma, which helps in general but does not remove the ghosting. Does anyone know if there is a way to improve this ghosting somehow, like some RF filter etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I ordered one. We'll see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARMIK Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Please let us know this seems as if it my be the best kit yet for Intellivision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Just a little update for anyone wary of dealing with an unknown seller in Turkey. He shipped almost immediately and was extremely friendly. My mod should be here by the end of the month (I opted for the slower cheaper shipping). So far so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPCAE Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Ya I got mine quickly from him, too, though I haven't had time to try it yet. My only gripe is the reek of cigarette smoke upon opening the package Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retromod Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 any progress here. I currently mod an Intellivision and all tried mods have ghosting, vertical noise or simple additional pixels between dark and highlighted objects. Most likely on top of the screen. So I created my own mod based on experience from other consoles and it works out of the box. Modified it for Intellivision requirements and no ghosting at all. The picture is sharp on my plasma but there are some interference in the back (two waves per picture) not noticeable on dark backgrounds. It seems the amplifier circuit breaks in case of stress conditions like highlightes areas on screen (space battle). After a while picture is gone. I fixed that by altering some values and also added a trimmer for the brightness. So picture is ok for a lot of games but failing for Frog Bag (too many highlighted items on playfield). Picture does a little move on edges in that game due to the brightness of the playfield. I saw that on Atari consoles where it went away by doing a better grounding. The noise is there and due to highlighted background visible. If I play pitfall it looks good but the playfield here is not really highlighted so may not lead to a problem like within Frog Bag. Next try is to use a better 2N3904 replacement and playing with 9V and 12V - my feeling is the noise is from the power supply as the noise is within the 50Hz range. I will also check with a filter IC but do not expect great improvements as Intellivision picture is sharp by default. Have someone a better solder point for the video signal? Using the HF prepared video signal may be one aspect why it is sooo worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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