Amiga Scandoublers on eBay again!

[Harrison]

Amiga_Always, are you the ebay seller selling these? I wonder this because you have only ever posted on these forums to promote this item's sale.

I personally think that in general £99 is too high. Especially when this isn't actually a true scan doubler/flicker fixer in the same sense as the Indivision devices which offer so much more for just a little more money.

A total cost of £30 to build these ourselves (£20 for main board, plus £5 max to make cable and maybe £5 for a suitable case) is a much more realistic price for the retro scene in my view, and the high cost of the Indivison units is the only thing that has put most people off from buying those. Yes, some people will always jump at the chance to buy a device to allow connection of a retro system to a modern LCD regardless of the price, but this is a minority.

There is also the question of multiple systems with that pre-assembled version. The reason I would want an external unit would be to accommodate multiply system use. However the way the unit being sold on ebay is constructed means the Amiga cable to permanent. If I were developing a pre-made unit I would look to add a port on the outside of the case to allow changing of the cable for different systems. However, that could also prove an issue with this device as it needs to be internally wired differently for different systems, such as Atari ST and Amiga. I would also utilise the RGB Component inputs for other systems too such as Xbox that directly supports that output for 720p output. It could be possible by using a switching system so the system could be wired out for different system uses and switched between the wiring setups for each platform, with an easy to use selector with systems marked on it. If that were integrated into the pre-assembled version then i think it might deserve the higher price.

At the end of the day though, I personally would not pay £99 for one of these, and as with most others here, once they know they can buy the parts and make it themselves for a 1/3 of the price they will do that as they also enjoy actually playing around with the hardware itself. But others won't and instead will want a ready to go plug and play system, and for that this ready to go version is ideal for them. It just depends on the person, and their budget.