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Shawn
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2025
I purchased this to use in conjunction with a Mcbazel GBS-C and a Pelican PL-957 Component/Composite/SVideo switch so I could hook up multiple systems to the Mcbazel device path. The ODV-II and Mcbazel both pass PS2 Component properly; unfortunately, the ODV-II does not pass the OG XBOX Component properly - the video signal is output as doubled and without proper coloring (see attached pic). I've hooked the OG XBOX straight into the GBC-C and it works as expected. I thought the ODV-II might be defective so I exchanged it... but unfortunately, the second unit produces the same incorrect output.
paul
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2024
This might look like some cheapo transcoder but surprisingly not. It is made of plastic but it feels extremely sturdy. All the functions work as intended, just wish the settings for the thing where more clear without the instructions. Make sure you keep the instructions or you will have to guess what your trying to set it to. Otherwise it's a perfectly good transcoder for an ossc or some other scan converter.
SilentShad0W
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2024
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DDT
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024
Not as good as similar products with PAL signals, but works ok.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on September 6, 2023
I got this with the ODV GBS-C for playing retro consoles (NES and Dreamcast) on my new TV which only has HDMI inputs and for capturing gameplay footage from official consoles from my Elgato HD60X for streaming.It worked well initially, the image quality is decent and there is no perceptible lag. Unlike some adapters, S-Video input IS visibly better than composite but I'll note that I believe I may be running into an overheating issue with extended duration use.Specifically, I was able to play NES (composite) and Dreamcast (S-Video) as expected for a combined 3 hours the first day I got it without issue. The second day, I connected my PS2 component cables through it and it worked normally for about 2 hours and then it suddenly lost signal, which I confirmed when I plugged my PS2 component cables directly into the GBS-C and it started working right away. When I put my hand on this unit, it gets quite hot, not scalding but very warm, so I'm suspecting it's overheating. I shut it off for about 15 minutes and turned it back on and it's been working since but it still gets hot under use so I suspect this may continue to occur under high duration use.I'll note this unit sits on top of my desk in open air so it's in as well a ventilated area as I can get. If it disconnects again, I may open some holes in the casing to improve airflow/heat dissipation and see if this resolves the issue. I'll update again if this reoccurs and doing this resolves.
J. S. Callahan
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2023
I bought this device to connect my SX-64 to my OSSC. (I want to mod the unit to add a switch to turn off the internal CRT to prevent wear and I don't want my bulky 13 in CRT on the desk all the time.)Figuring out how to use the device was straight forward. I had an image right away and set about configuring the OSSC. I did not notice any additional lag on the display. (Played some Giana Sisters with a close eye on the CRT and my desktop Samsung LCD... everything was very close unlike several old LCD TVs or my old Dell U2410f that accepted s-video and composite input.) However, after a few minutes I noticed a distinct horizontal wobble of one pixel. At first I thought the OSSC timings were incorrect but after checking everything and resetting the ODV-II the effect was gone... for a minute. I tried again and the screen was clear for 30 seconds and the wobble came back this time at a much slower rate. I started think there must be some kind of drift happening to the horizontal sync latching and it loses it after a while, sometimes with a barely noticeable single line drifting up or down the screen or quite badly with about 20 lines on screen at once usually rolling down. I tried a standard C64 and got the same results. I tried multiple power supplies of various quality. I adjusted everything I could on the OSSC and nothing would solve it.In testing I noticed that the ODV will take a sync from whatever is connected. Swtiching between Component, S-Video, and Composite would always result in some picture if any one of them was connected. For example: Switch to component input with only S-Video connected -> Clean B/W picture with nice clear text..until it would start shaking. What I would expect would be that there would be no picture with nothing connected to the component input.For fun I tried my Amiga 500 with a component video adapter and loaded some graphics into PPaint. My Amiga has a SCART adapter if I want to use the OSSC for it and I have an RGB2HDMI so I don't need the ODV at all for this, it was just to test. The colors were very "hot" with reds over saturated and bright colors becoming indistinguishable. The Amiga did not exhibit the horizontal sync issue the C64s had.Unfortunately I will be returning the ODV. It may do what it says for other later consoles and I would definitely say the picture was leaps and bounds better than the $20 s-video/composite that can be found on here. But without a menu and some options or even some adjustment pots to tune the sync and adjust the gain on the color before it gets to the OSSC it does not justify the $70 price.
C. Molaison
Reviewed in Canada on May 26, 2023
Does exactly what it's supposed to and does it very well! My N64 has never looked better! Using S-Video cables with this device the component 480p output it's very impressive!
Marcel B.
Reviewed in Germany on March 8, 2023
Auf folgende Konsolen erfolgreich getestet: PS1(Composite) & PS2(Komponentenkabel), Nintendo 64 NUS (Composite & SVideo) und Nintendo 64 FRA (RGB), WiiHabe mir den ODV2 geholt um mehr Möglichkeiten zu haben meine Konsolen anzuschließen. Hier glänzt der ODV2 mit einem günstigen Preis, bei guter Leistung. Im Betrieb habe ich ihn mit dem ODV GBS-C. Besonders gut hat mir der Smoothing-Funktion, welcher bei Retrokonsolen ein besseres Ergebnis erzielt als der völlig überschätze mClassic (welcher zudem doppelt so teuer ist). Habe hierzu ein Vergleichsbild hochgeladen.Auch die Verarbeitung ist sehr ordentlich.Was ich am ODV2 auch besser finde als bei der Konkurrenz z.B. dem RetroScaler oder die Erweiterung vom OSSC, das man auch einen Component Eingang hat, so hat man deutlich mehr Möglichkeiten Konsolen anzuschließen und dann die Smoothing-Funktion zu nutzen (z.B. PS2 oder Wii).Schöner wäre es auch hier gewesen wenn man dann auch noch ein HDMI out gehabt hätte und nicht nur einem Component Ausgang. Damit wäre das Gerät in der Preisklasse absolut Konkurrenzlos.Was mir nicht so gut gefällt ist das auf Bob-Deinterlacing zurück gegriffen wird, das erzeugt bei Spielen mit 480i (z.B. Rogue Squadron, Turok 2, Perfect Dark,...) ein schrecklich unruhiges und wackliges Bild. Hier gibt es deutlich bessere Optionen, welche unter anderem vom gleichen Hersteller beim GBS-C angewendet wird.Alles in allem ist der ODV2 ein schönes Gerät und und gute Ergänzung zum GBS-C und OSSC. Besonders zu dem Preis.Schöner wäre noch ein HDMI Out und der Verzicht auf Bob gewesen.Von mir gibt es hier eine klare Kaufempfehlung.PS: Hatte zwei Geräte, wobei das Erste defekt war. Da sowas immer mal vorkommen kann wollte ich das nicht unbedingt in die Bewertung einfließen lassen.
John Doe
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2023
I'm using the McBazel S-Video converter for my original PlayStation, Dreamcast, and N64. The N64 S-Video cables are OEM. The PS1 and Dreamcast cables came from Insurrection Industries. This product is perfect for my use case. I have a flat screen TV from 2010, which has two component inputs. This device lets me convert S-Video to component (YPbPr). The signal is much clearer than using standard composite (red, white, yellow). I would highly recommend this item for anyone who has a similar need.
Guy that buys stuff
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2023
Connect my non-rbg n64 to OSSC and looks great! Recommended if you don't want to rbg mod your n64. I assume it would work fine for other non-rbg consoles but I only used it on N64.
HOY
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2023
Seems to work well at converting from PS2 and Megadrive.Tested with both composite and for the PS2 component as well, I havent tried S-Video. It worked fine for 576i/p, 480i/p.I couldn't test PAL60 support because i don't have anything that outputs this, but PS2 60Hz games on my PAL PS2 worked fine (PS2 outputs as NTSC when in 60Hz, not PAL60)Picture has no lag and seems clear.The optional blur filter is quite strong, so I personally didnt like using that function. It also has a "frequency double" feature, but the documentation doesn't explain what this does. From experimenting it seems that the "frequency double" function performs deinterlacing to change 480i into 480p and 576i into 576p whilst keeping the framerate the same as the input. It appears to use the bob deinterlacing method in this mode, but it works quite well.All in all, great for the price to allow me to feed composite into my TVs or GBS-C scaler.
el_santo
Reviewed in France on August 6, 2022
Testé sur les consoles suivantes : NES, SNES et N64 en composite.Le RTx5 n'est plus disponible dans les stores européens. J'ai donc testé ce produit en combinaison avec l'ossc pour pouvoir jouer a mes consoles avec sortie composite.L'ODV-II propose 4 modes de sorties : direct, blur, frequency doubling et frequency doubling + filtre.Le mode qui m'a le plus convaincu est le blur. Celui-ci, combiné au scanlines de l'ossc permet d'avoir un rendu vraiment pas mal. Je ne peux malheureusement pas partager de capture, je n'ai pas le matériel nécessaire et l'appareil photo smartphone ne rend pas justice au rendu.En tous cas, je peux a nouveau jouer avec mes consoles non-RGB sur mon écran 4K !NES : Testé en composite- direct : pas top, image assez baveuse- blur + scanlines horizontales : bluffant ! Le dithering disparait complétement grâce a ce mode!- frequency + filtre : Pas mal. Mieux en ajoutant des scanlines verticales. Image plus nette possible mais ne crée pas cet effet de flou permettant de supprimer le dithering.SNES : Testé en composite- Pareil que sur NES. Cependant, l'image est trop lumineuse. Je préfère le rendu RGBN64 : Testé en composite- Problèmes de compatibilité en mode frequency. Peut-être a cause de mon écran ou OSSC.- Blur : vraiment joli. A tester en S-video.Conclusion : un bon produit pour jouer via composite ou s-video pour pas cher! Je ne pouvais pas espérer mieux!
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