An Atari ST HDMI All Resolution Solution - Part 2 - Closure

[bfollowell]

OK, first of all, I believe all that needs to be said about the device in general, has been said, so I'm not starting this up to get that going again. I did however tell everyone, including the seller, that I would check out the device upon receipt and offer my honest opinions.

Well, my honest opinion is that the device itself, the device that is supposed to do the converting, does not work with anything other than a 15kHz compatible display for color resolutions, and only marginally works for high resolution.

I checked my ST with nine different displays using this device. This was a combination of three monitors and six televisions. The color resolutions worked with none of them. Not a single one. The high resolution mode worked on some of them, and never well. It had a splotchy, grainy image at best. Not a nice, clear picture like I get on my old NEC MultiSync monitor. From what I have seen and read over the years, TVs that will accept a 15kHz signal have always been more plentiful in the U.K. and Europe. They have always been extremely rare in the U.S., and have only gotten more so over the years. I daresay, that it's doubtful any televisions manufactured in the past six to eight years for the U.S. market will have such a feature, planned or otherwise.

So, much like everyone tried to tell me, and it took me far too long to come around, this "solution" is way, way over-priced and just won't work for most people, especially in the U.S., and, as such I cannot endorse this product in any way.

For thoroughness, these are the displays that were checked. I consider these nice, but common displays, typical of what the normal user of this "solution" may use. None of them have any great or outstanding features except for maybe the LG OLED, and none are lacking in any features, other than lacking in 15kHz signal compatibility, that would keep them from working.

The monitors checked were:
Asus PG279Q ROG Swift 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor
Asus VW246H 24.0" 1920x1080 Monitor
Samsung LC27F398FWNXZA 27.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor

The TVs checked were:
LG OLED65C8PUA
Samsung UN55HU8550
Samsung UN50KU6300
Samsung UN32M5300
Samsung UN32J4500
Samsung LN22C450

I leave this post just for the sake of completion and closure on the topic and ask the moderators to lock this thread.

[PhilC]

Thank you for the honest review. It will help many others make an informed decision.

If your TVs have a vga input then its worth checking out the GBS8200 or 8220, which works with monitors other than 15khz. So then a vga to hdmi may be worth trying?

[czietz]

Before the thread is closed: Thank you very much for the extensive testing and the review! I hope the seller keeps his promise to you to fully refund the device.

[exxos]

Thanks to bfollowell for seeing this to the end. I am in disbelief that he didn't seem to even test the thing properly before the slapping a huge price tag on it.

In conclusion, The YouTube videos have been taken down and the item has gone from his store.