N64Digital - Ultimate HDMI and RGB Mod for N64? :: RGB323 / MY LIFE IN GAMING 

I love watching these videos regardless of if I will use the product or play the game

I have five CRTs and never intend to go HDMI with 64 buy I'm still watching this because this series has been so great. Glad to see another entry

The nice thing about having boomer ears is that the audio comparison sections are just a really nice looping of the same lovely track for a minute or so!

My plan is to add the HDMI on my childhood N64.

I love my N64RGB + OSSC setup, but I'm so glad that there's another option out there for people who want HDMI output from their N64.

You guys always do such thorough reviews from every angle of these products. Thank you for the time and effort you put into theses videos.

Thank you for being a pillar in this community and continuing with up to date content. I bought my PVM and continued my collected because of this channel.

Love that you guys roll footage of threads of fate, such an under appreciated game.

I was hoping to see you guys cover this one! Thanks for the super thorough overview as always.

A Sega Saturn HDMI mod really needs to happen. It would be called SSDigital. You plug in any mini HDMI cable into it just like the N64 Digital and DC Digital mods. I would love to see it someday!

Fantastic video as always! Liking these new features. But not enough of an upgrade when you already have the UltraHDMI.

I love how ppl are looking for image perfection, when the truth is... back in the day most of us played with bad cables on a tiny crappy CRT, often on the broken TV our parent gave us so we could play whenever we wanted. The image was not PVM level but bleeding and snowy.

Thanks guys! Seems like a worthy upgrade. Was hoping for another Phonedork collab,since you guys share a similar passion for the N64. *Patiently waits for Phonedorks round 2 N64 video.😆😭

13:20 - This is why you label the files as you record them!

I have to mention this right now. I really love the way how you guys do comparisons (side by side comparison frames) and I wish everyone would do it just like you.

Wow, this looks pretty incredible! I only use the HDMI converter when streaming the original consoles/ games, but it's definitely not the best picture. A lot of great info. In here for me think about! Cheers!

Wow, that’s the first time I’ve ever seen artificial scanlines look decent. I’d love to get a second set and have someone install this mod for me. These N64 RGB vids always make me wish there were more 2D games on the system, the colors just pop

love how detailed these videos are.

I'm envious of this mod! I have the first-gen Ultra HDMI and think it's fantastic, but man, also having RGB support? That would be excellent.

Ohhh this is nice!!!! They're even making the PS2Digital and I can't wait for that to drop!!!!

Great to see you guys back!

ooo i'm so happy for this vid...i have a n64 digital from the first wave installed on my smoke gray n64. I am totally gunna mess with the H + V scanlines. It looks so freaking good in the video here. Its gunna look amazing on the CX i have

19:55 Poor Bob! We all need to respect him more. :-P

Amazing video guys, as always!

This is so cool and so well done by Try and Coury. Thanks guys!

Part of me is happy to see a video on the PixelFX N64 HDMI mod. The other part know that I'm likely to miss out on the next batch of of them because of it (missed out the 1st round due to site acting up)

These guys definitely deserve more subscribers ♥️❤️ keep up the good work!

Can’t wait to watch this after work!

Finally! I’m so excited to here your opinions. Sucks I couldn’t order mine.

Perfect. I've wanted both RGB and HDMI.. RGB if I'm just playing.. But HDMI if I have a game night.

Even when the products are things I don't CURRENTLY plan to touch with a ten foot pole due to amongst other possibilities not being my cup of tea the way these vids are done just makes watching them really interesting. Kudos to the people in the community who keep interesting stuff like this coming.

Love all the sound tests, even though I’m so deaf I can barely tell the difference between Genesis 1 and 2 models :D

OMG this video just makes the wait for the restock all the more difficult

I was JUST thinking about this yesterday- great timing, guys 😁

It's great to see this new RGB video on the N64Digital as I was thinking about trying to grab one during the next batch release. These videos are great and I have been watching your channel since RGB 101 was released years ago and I picked up my Framemeister and started my retro RGB journey. Keep up the good work guys!

Thanks for confirming that this mod doesn’t affect the console clock speed. I wish there was an NES HDMI mod that also kept the original console speed :( fantastic news for this console though. I’ll take an HDMI mod for any console that can maintain this!

Yes, I am in the second camp. I don't want to see blocky pixels on this gen of console that I grew up with, if I'm not on an emulator. I could do a cleaner "upscale" on an emulator, and I have both a gaming PC and a Pi4 (in a fetching old PlayStation case) attached to a 4k flat panel. I watch the videos to see what's out there though, it's certainly cool! And, to be fair, I have refurbished and recalibrated a happy little 90's Trinitron for the OG consoles. For a while, I didn't see the appeal of that, either, being too used to emulators without analog outputs and almost forgetting how the original experience differed. Then I saw that Pis have composite through the headphone jack, and RetroPie images had been created optimized for CRT... so I fixed the Trinitron, experienced relative greatness, and quickly got into OG hardware with mods and flashcarts.

Fantastic t-shirt Coury

Well done, per usual!!

Been waiting for this!!!!

Love these videos! Thank you.

FINALLY! Have been silently waiting in the shadows with money for someone to figure this out. It's the last console that I own that I can't upscale.

Yes! I have been excited for this!

Analogue - HEAD UP!!! Analogue is taking orders for Super Nt, Mega Sg and DACS right now. Started 8/9/21 at 8AM PDT. It's over 2 hours later and they still have some stock on ALL. If you want one GRAB IT NOW. Otherwise you may wait 6 months for another chance. I didn't know where else to put this except your latest video. Hope you don't mind but if any of your viewers wants one, I want them to have a chance.

Installed one of these recently for a local collector. Needless to say I didn't want to give it back to him with how awesome it makes N64 games look.

also the cut method lets you re-attach the bottom metal RF shielding, which prevents something from poking in from below and causing a short (unlikely, but. still)

The level of extra just to get these things onto the old consoles leaves alot to be desired but fascinating none the less.

Love to see another episode of RGB!

The aperture grill preset at 960p is my soft setting, and I go all in with deblur and AA patches for the ultra sharp pixelated look that is unique to digital displays. When you have a decent monitor there’s no real need to try and recreate the look

Could you guys do an episode for Repairing Games, Console or Controllers? Or an Editing tutorial because Your Channel has some of the best editing I have ever seen on youtube.

I've found my preferred output option on both the N64 and the PS1 to be S-video, which works perfect for my setup anyways which consists of a Micomsoft XRGB-3 line-doubler with 2x S-video inputs. This allows me to save the 2 RGB inputs for my NES and Genesis.

This is really cool, but I'm happy with UltraHDMI for now. Thankfully I didn't spend a fortune on it, lucked out and got a kit on retail from Australia of all places. Still probably the most stressful soldering job I've ever done.

Maybe some day i will mod my system with this. Sadly the Ultra HDMI mod is cost prohibitive for some. Great video!

28:06 alright Road Rash 64 made the cut! love that game.

It’s here!

I’m intrigued but I’ve got to imagine the mod isn’t cheap and the cost to install it is steep.

5//4 was a popular format before and in early 2000s it's SXGA standard popular for 17" screens

Just want to say I love you guy so much.

Love the Alien shirt!

22:04 Magma Peak is a hell of a track

Been wanting to get into the N64 RGB+Deblur scene. The Sega Saturn scene was already expensive enough to get into even without the RGB cables.

Like the custom GBA Consolizer case!

Just what I needed in my life.

First time watching an MLG video in months and wow the intro music still kills ❤️

18:07 DINOSAUR PLANET!

Even though I’ve got an UltraHDMI modded N64 and a (for my CRT) French PAL stock RGB modded system (as based in the UK); I’m still tempted! Will keep and eye on it as it develops and may sell the UltraHDMI system in the future. 🤔😅

On my PC monitor, I always letterbox old/retro games for trueX scaling, as I massively prefer the pixel perfect sharpness over the larger size. Even if only ~60% of my screen is actually used, the trade-off is still worth it to me, as my monitor is quite large and the back borders don't bother me.

The polyphaser sampler bit plus the music makes me wonder if those developers don't actually work for the Gestalian Empire under Kefka's supersivion.

Wow a brand new video on my Birthday, gonna save this one for tonight and watch it with a bit of wine!

yay new MLIG!

Wow you also have the NEC FE2111SB / similar variant as I do NICE.

Cool video ! Wish I could have one. Totally disagree about N64 "hi res " mode though- definitely worth it on many games.

Knew this day would come, and it might be time to go N64Digital for my already UltraHDMI N64. But yeah, good luck getting one b/c getting one is as hard as getting a PS1 Digital too

Good stuff!

This episode made me interested in a mod that I'm probably never going to buy! 😆

00:10:20 They could add an option to crop the picture from the GBA emulation to just the 240x160 frame and upscale that to the desired output resolution. They could even add 3:2 resolutions for GBA games, such as 720x480, which is not only a common resolution but is also a perfect 3X scale of the GBA frame. While GBA on the N64 may seem like a low priority, it's nice for those who like a single machine to be able to play games from multiple consoles.

The green N64 console reminds me of a dream I had that the consoles came in different colours like the controllers. I guess it was true.

00:09:49 It would be nice to add a 16:10 aspect ratio option for Donkey Kong 64, which if I'm not mistaken, runs in an FOV of 16:10 in the widescreen mode. 16x10 resolutions would go along well with that, such as 1280x800 or 1440x900.

UltraHDMI HW2’s menu hotkey toggles Deblur settings when HDMI is disconnected. Hope they can add that with N64Digital.

Man, that vertical scanline really does look good. That's more what I think of when I think of CRT. Never liked regular horizontal lines cos, to me, it doesn't look like what it's trying to mimic. Sonic Mania had maybe the best CRT filter I've seen but this is right there with it. Do hope some modes start using HDR to give the games a little extra light to dark range to better match the brightness of a CRT some day. Hell, at a high enough resolution I imagine you could recreate how a CRT represents each part of a pixel in detail.

I have an early N64 and haven’t done the RGB mod, but plan to soon.

I was thinking of getting a digital solution because my N64+RetroTink5x look good with retrogamingcabkes s-video but it look noisy. But after seeing this, i learned that it is the n64 who make the noise even on a digital output.

love that jonesy t-shirt

Ive had Ultra Hdmi for years, maybe if I ever buy another N64 console Ill check this out.

I'd totally get this and the Everdrive 64

The Nintendo 64, is my favorite video game console of all time, the N64Digital is something I really want to install into my N64 to complete that love. Unfortunately, I just can't afford something like that at this point in time. It would be great if I could get something like this, but alas, it is what it is. Besides, there are RGB mods that are far cheaper as of right now and if anything, I might get one of those before any sort of HDMI mod. Also, I have no soldering skills whatsoever so, yeah, any mods will have to either be done for me or will have to be pre-installed in the system.

Already got my kit. Just paitently waiting on Voultar to install it for me considering I have zero soldering skills myself.

This is awesome. However, I think I'll buy a RetroTink 2X-Mini instead, for pricing reasons and because I'm unsure about hardware mods. (I like to preserve the console as it was.) I would have liked more comparisons between unmodded over S-Video (with a RetroTink) and N64Digital HDMI. (Thanks a lot for the video!!!)

Wondering if you guys ever got or checked out Intecgamings HDMI RGB modded N64 system the "Warrior 64 that they did on Kickstarter last year? If so, what did you think of it? Would love to see a video of that from you guys. I consider it better , improves from the CRT look, its doing something. Things look sharper, other than its color saturation issues. I can hook up to my HDMI TVs an N64 system.

Wow Ogre Battle 64 got some love. What a nice surprise xD

I have no interest in retro consoles on HD TVs and monitors but I enjoy all My Life in Gaming videos.

*Games featured in this video (W.I.P.)* 0:19 - Goemon's Great Adventure (Ganbare Goemon: Derodero Dōchū Obake Tenko Mori) 0:29 - Mario Kart 64 0:38 - Goemon's Great Adventure (Ganbare Goemon: Derodero Dōchū Obake Tenko Mori) 1:12 - Pilotwings 64 1:20 - F-Zero X 1:26 - Dynamite Cop (Dynamite Deka 2) 1:28 - Threads of Fate 1:30 - Mother 3 1:59 - Mischief Makers 2:04 - Snowboard Kids 2 2:29 - Cruis'n World 4:02 - Fighting Force 4:07 - Buck Bumble 4:16 - Wonder Project J2 4:34 - Harvest Moon 64 4:41 - WinBack: Covert Operations (Operation: WinBack) 4:49 - Mario Party 2 4:53 - Extreme-G 4:59 - Killer Instict Gold 5:04 - Wave Race 64 5:09 - F-Zero X 5:40 - Super Smash Bros. (Link's Portrait) 5:49 - Gex: Enter the Gecko 6:05 - Skies of Arcadia 6:12 - Sonic Adventure 2 6:30 - Rocket: Robot on Wheels 6:40 - Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon 6:48 - F-Zero X 6:57 - Bomberman 64 7:10 - Pokémon Snap 7:19 - Goemon's Great Adventure (Ganbare Goemon: Derodero Dōchū Obake Tenko Mori) 7:40 - Pokémon Puzzle League 7:50 - Ridge Racer 64 7:59 - 240p Test Suite (Testing utility, not a game!) 8:06 - Pikachu Genki Dechuu (Hey You, Pikachu!) 8:13 - Chameleon Twist 8:31 - ??? (A Genesis game presumably) 8:35 - Golden Axe (Not sure if first or second installment) 9:00 - 1080° Snowboarding 9:05 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 9:26 - Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition (Puzzle Bobble 2) 9:35 - Perfect Dark 9:54 - Goldeneye 007 10:01 - Iggy's Reckin' Balls 10:05 - Mario Kart: Super Circuit 10:20 - WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! 10:25 - Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade (Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi) 10:31 - The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons 10:34 - Metroid: Zero Mission 10:40 - Super Mario 64 10:58 - Conker's Bad Fur Day 11:03 - Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64) 11:09 - Blast Corps 11:16 - Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards 11:40 - Mischief Makers 11:46 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 11:58 - Donkey Kong 64 12:07 - Dōbutsu no Mori (Animal Forest) 12:27 - Banjo-Tooie 12:31 - Robotron 64 12:35 - Gauntlet Legends 12:42 - Spider-Man (2000) 12:47 - Super Smash Bros. 12:54 - Jet Force Gemini 13:09 - Rampage World Tour 13:30 - Cruis'n USA 13:48 - Goemon's Great Adventure (Ganbare Goemon: Derodero Dōchū Obake Tenko Mori) 14:07 - Quest 64 14:17 - Super Mario 64 14:32 - Paper Mario 14:54 - Mario Party 3 14:58 - Diddy Kong Racing 15:02 - Earthworm Jim 3D 15:05 - San Francisco Rush 2049 15:11 - Rayman 2: The Great Escape 15:27 - Goldeneye 007 15:46 - Wheel of Fortune 15:51 - Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku 16:12 - Banjo-Kazooie 16:26 - Magical Tetris Challenge 16:30 - Mickey's Speedway USA 16:39 - ??? 16:45 - Super Mario 64 16:50 - ??? 16:53 - F-Zero X 17:05 - Wipeout 64 17:18 - Some racing game, there's like a bazillion racing games on the system I don't have the energy for this 17:25 - Mission Impossible 17:29 - Pokémon Stadium 2 17:37 - Tetrisphere 17:42 - Puyo Puyo~n Party 17:56 - Tonic Trouble 18:08 - Dinosaur Planet 18:17 - Mario Kart 64 18:27 - Goemon's Great Adventure (Ganbare Goemon: Derodero Dōchū Obake Tenko Mori) 18:53 - Cruis'n Exotica 19:09 - Resident Evil 2 19:18 - Shadow Man 19:22 - Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness 19:33 - Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine 19:42 - Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 19:49 - Pokémon Stadium 2 19:56 - Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense 20:17 - Goemon's Great Adventure (Ganbare Goemon: Derodero Dōchū Obake Tenko Mori) 20:31 - MRC: Multi-Racing Championship 20:37 - ??? 20:59 - Mario Golf 22:22 - Darkwing Duck (NES) / Chameleon Twist 2 22:34 - Beetle Adventure Racing! 22:41 - Mario Party 22:56 - ??? 23:17 - Star Fox 64 23:27 - Super Mario 64 23:37 - Puyo Puyo Sun 23:57 - Pokémon Snap 24:01 - Densha De Go! 64 24:14 - Turok: Dinosaur Hunter 24:19 - Dr. Mario 64 24:24 - Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers 24:28 - Blast Dozer 24:35 - Neon Genesis Evangelion 24:45 - Some Bomberman Game 24:55 - ??? 25:08 - Top Gear Rally 2 25:12 - G.A.S.P!! Fighters' NEXTream 25:17 - Mario Tennis 25:38 - F-Zero X 26:04 - ??? 26:13 - Fighter Destiny 2 26:19 - Hydro Thunder 26:25 - Aero Fighters Assault 26:29 - Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage 26:34 - Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 26:46 - Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero 26:50 - 007: The World Is Not Enough 27:02 - Yoshi's Story 27:10 - Mace: The Dark Age 27:20 - BattleTanx: Global Assault 27:30 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 27:39 - Rakugakids 27:45 - Excitebike 64 27:53 - F-Zero X 28:06 - Road Rash 64 28:16 - Top Gear Rally 28:37 - Xena: Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate 28:41 - Diddy Kong Racing 28:47 - Donkey Kong 64 28:56 - F-Zero X 29:01 - Super Smash Bros. 29:15 - F-Zero X I'd like to thank the academy and Google reverse image search for making this possible. Some titles were really hard to find without digging around online for a really long time, but I'll add them ASAP. If you know of a game I didn't include, feel free to let me know!

I still like my ultra HDMI kit!!!

How does it handle surround sound, like that found in Banjo-Tooie, and Conker's Bad Fur Day?

You're right, Bob does get a bad rep. Have you seen all that stuff Voultar says about him? Jeez.

I wonder if they will do the NES next the HDMI mod for that console hasn't been restocked in years.

Those vertical scanlines are amazing. I want them on the Retrotink 5X!

It needs to display the native resolution of the game if you come across one that’s 480i. Also, they need a good de-interlacing method.

I just wish they would set up a queue system + prepayment. I don't want to wait around for months for them to open up sales for 30 seconds on a Tuesday morning.

You da man Tri