A New Super Nintendo LCD!

[@panagiotispappas1001]

Has the designer of this product worked at Sony at some point?

[@gergthewerg]

Shank mods reference?

[@johnkapwn]

Sony’s naming scheme is perfect, you got such catchy products as the WH-XB910N! Everyone loves and knows that exact product and where it sits in Sony’s product line.

[@EdwardWonruc]

No however his dad was chief of naming at sony

[@rastas_4221]

@gergthewerg Sonys awful naming scheme reference

[@TheSwitchBlade593]

@@gergthewerg and di he liek big boys?

[@Akuzastar]

"There's some real lazy designers out there that use wide-screen and just stretch" **shows own project** 😂😂

[@Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon]

James Channel AND Garbage Time vids on the same day? Heck yes!

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

The egg nog filled James with enough energy to make 2 videos!

[@buck_et]

@S.J.C._Entertainment I swear you comment on every technology related channel I watch (P.S. Your animatronics are sick)

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

@ I am chronically online, also thank you.

[@papaquonis]

It's a Christmas miracle

[@beingsactual]

It's an Australian Christmas bloody miracle!

[@InferiorSerperior]

I'm quite suprised the portable SNES is still NOT a giant nondescript glob of goo

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

🤔 This guy gave me an idea, James... Use a cheap rectangular pan, and use it to "cast" a portable game unit in hot glue! 🤣 _(purely a joke idea... because in reality it's a bad idea, as not only would it probably kill the project due to the heat and duration for it to cool down; but even if it didn't, the fact there's no air would caused whatever circuits to undoubtedly overheat)_

[@jezusmylord]

he said hes a "tinkerer" James, youre a straight up mad max engineer if the world colapses

[@samholdsworth420]

James is too humble 😊

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

I appreciate the meta with referencing Mad Max. I know that was the point but it's still appreciated! 😊

[@delsydsoftware]

You should reverse the left and right dpad wiring on a spare SNES controller and then play a bunch of games in the LCD's mirror mode. It's like getting a new set of SMB stages in reverse!

[@EnforcerX71]

Except if I remember right, Super-Mario All Stars already has a mirror mode.

[@CrashFan03]

@@EnforcerX71 i dont think so?

[@Charlie-x3v]

I love how comfortable you are on the solder/re-wire. I did a GBA backlight swap a while ago. Happy to say it works perfectly, but I took my sweet time and watched many hrs of video to get brave enough.

[@germaineliew2012]

We all been that at some point. Most important thing is you took the initiative to do it and accomplished what you want to do at the end. Doing a lot of DIY projects, I did have my patience tested. The pros made it look so easy. A lot of times though, the end result is worth it and you feel that sense of accomplishment.

[@chaseddraco]

On Christmas? We are blessed by your upload schedule, James.

[@NovaMaster375]

Merry Crimbus from the past

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

This ending meow is a 7/10. It's very subtle with a soft spoken purr, but a little bit too quiet.

[@Furko08]

8:41 I thought James was doing weird jump cuts lol

[@petershillito]

0:34 woah James what's that USB cable tester you got there? That seems super useful and I want one!

[@scouteater]

It looks to be a USB cable tester board from Treedix

[@RAFMnBgaming]

absolutely. I had such a nightmare with data only mini cables the other day, would have cleared things up super fast.

[@petershillito]

@@scouteater thank you. definitely grabbing one of these

[@Dtr146]

SAME!

[@sonyccd]

Same

[@TheParadoxGamer1]

I love how this is just a homemade product, it feels like theres a lot of love here

[@dancoroian1]

1:21 Phillips is a "universal" screw head (can be turned by Phillips or flathead screwdrivers), while flathead is in the same respect a "universal" screwdriver -- this doesn't seem odd or out of place to me! This way, in case they mess up (or run out) and include the wrong type of screws/driver, they don't have to swap out the other component as well

[@Games_for_James]

As a mechanic I could not disagree more, using the wrong tools damages the tool and the fastener. Even the wrong sized phillips driver for a phillips screw gets a frown from me. There are screws designed to accept both but these are not them.

[@dancoroian1]

@Games_for_James in an ideal world, I don't disagree with you -- just trying to look at it from the manufacturer's (and average consumer's) perspective, it wasn't my intent to defend or condone the practice

[@papaquonis]

3:21 Here in Europe, we used Scart connectors for basically everything we hooked into our TVs since sometime in the 80s. I know it was capable of a better image than composite, but I'm not sure if the European SNES (or other consoles at the time) was actually capable of outputting something better than composite? At that time, I had a Commodore Amiga instead. I do remember when I got the original PlayStation right after launch, it just came with a composite cable with a Scart dongle attached to it as standard. I quickly bought the proper official Sony Scart cable to replace it, which was a huge upgrade in image quality.

[@blusterkong4556]

It's able to output raw RGBS though the AV out, but not certain if official SCART cables passed the pins

[@liamh1982]

SNES RGB output is really blurry (it looks like the image has streaked horizontally is the best way I can put it) unless you have a later 1-chip revision model or perform a mod. Otherwise, you're probably better off using S-Video honestly - yes, there's a bit of colour bleed and artifacting but not so much of the blur. I think the Saturn (at least at first) was the first console to come with an RGB SCART cable as standard in some European markets, if you don't count France where I think it was a legal requirement that any device that connected to a TV had to have RGB-compliant output available.

[@caranook]

My DVD player still uses scart and looks surprisingly decent for such a chunky connector, although I’m terrified of damaging the pins every time I plug it in.

[@holnrew]

This year I got my first TV without SCART inputs. It feels weird even though i have nothing that needs it

[@elbeetlebeasto]

The creator of this screen should've made the part where it fits on the console an adjustable/retractable/universal doodad so you can fit it on different kinds of consoles. Or make it so you can easily swap out the bottom part with your own 3D printed one. Still really cool though. Thanks for the vid James! Merry Christmas!

[@hypnotised-clover]

The American snes is too fat for it to fit. You can't make this up.

[@scottessery100]

Ironic 😂

[@simonkorica9467]

More to love.

[@NovaMaster375]

Ah yes, another generic "Americans fat" joke. What a riot.

[@CreamyCrumble]

@@NovaMaster375you seem fun at parties

[@NovaMaster375]

@@CreamyCrumble Wouldn't know; I don't party.

[@gregoryderpwrld111]

3:18 I have no idea how you did it, but you’ve turned the silver accents on the PS3 see-through I’ve always wanted Mario to stare at me through my PS3 while I’m playing Minecraft

[@Paco8478]

That image used to have a white background, so to get rid of it there are tool that target one specific color to get rid of, the silver was so shiny that the tool James used thought it was white

[@Furko08]

@@Paco8478 no he did that to a real PS3, I was there

[@bcj842]

@@Paco8478if you're ripping a PS3 out of a picture with iPhone's "Copy Subject", that will happen also.

[@CocoHutzpah]

One battery pack away from a portable Nintendo PlayStation

[@dotp1917]

I love how much fun you have with these bootleg products, fairly respectful, you just love the craft despite the jank and it's beautiful

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

I think that's what we'd all like to do, if we had enough disposable income to buy them. It's literally "bargain hunting" which people do get a rush doing... except that's finding the lowest price, and this is finding gems hidden in a sea of trash... 😅

[@cjh0751]

"There's nothing like sticking your stick into something new". 😂

[@948320z]

That would mess with my head. I already have the memory of a goldfish and worse when I'm playing platformers lol. 100 lives is _definitely_ not enough for me.

[@DQSpider]

I'm guessing that monitor doesn't do 50 to 60 Hz conversion very gracefully lol

[@Grimmzy30000]

5:18 the true australian PAL experience

[@princekyros]

I hate it when something has headphone jacks inside but noone bothered to make a port for it.

[@misteranderbro2328]

Looking up the designer, it looks like the guy does other retro stuff with Sega Saturn. I can't understand Chinese but he has a couple videos on BiliBili

[@AlexofZippo]

I’m legit getting mod vibes over bootleg vibes from this thing; unusual for something on James Channel

[@dinglebop9998]

4:30 That jittering would be the display having a 60Hz refresh rate with PAL only outputting 50Hz

[@Games_for_James]

Yup

[@cjh0751]

The James channel is excellent 👍Merry Xmas and a happy New year to you and your family.

[@ThatGuy89002]

i love how that oddly works with the Playstation bit. the PS1 had that funny LCD screen accessory thingy

[@948320z]

I skipped so many classes in college with that "LCD thingy" and Metal Gear Solid in my dorm back then lol

[@YokiDokiPanic]

It's products like this that makes me love Aliexpress. Where else are you gonna find handmade electronics? As in, just from some guy's house instead of a factory line. These are super neat.

[@dado__]

Only other place I can think of is Tindie, which is somewhat more legit.

[@948320z]

Etsy, I guess. I bought a 3d-printed Riddler Trophy (from the Arkham series) there.

[@ExplosiveAction]

I think I spat up my Christmas lunch at the slow-pan at 10:23 of that abomination. Well done.

[@tjsynkral]

The SNES Jr outputs excellent RGB and S-Video with a fairly easy mod. If somebody makes a monitor for the Jr I hope they leave that as an option.

[@no-man_baugh]

0:33 What search terms do I use to find one of those? because that looks like a lifesaver!

[@philsinq765]

Loving all the reoccurring Characters of the James Channel Universe.

[@kennethstark1117]

You are saying Mario running doesn't sound like a reving up chainsaw??? I think I have the wrong version of Mario

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

Super Texas Chainsaw Massacre Mario Party.

[@GL111SG]

James, add a bluetooth transmitter into that screen so you can use wireless headphones or speakers with it. My favorite is the KCX BT transmitter module. Tap onto one of the 5V lines for power, and piggyback wires to the headphone jack for signal. Add sockets for the composite input and extend the headphone jack to be accessible on the side, and it'll be near perfect. If you can somehow shoehorn a stripped down HDMI switcher inside the case to switch between the Super Famicom AV to S-video converter and an additional HDMI port, then it WILL be perfect. Looks like there's enough room to fit the additional ports.

[@Panzerkampf1939]

The sequel we've all been waiting for!!

[@capnstarbucks]

4:47 the best oh naur ive heard in a while

[@Samsquamsh]

The "OK it's over" text at the end just earned you a sub sir. Thank you for sparing my grumpy, boomer ass from the end-of-video nonsense lol

[@Games_for_James]

There’s always a cat clip at the very end but otherwise yeah it’s just the “join my paid subscription” fluff 😂

[@Stickboi]

new james and garbage time on christmas eve? fuck yeah thank you for this

[@Gojiro7]

I gotta hand it to ya james, 10:22 self deprecation is the key to humility, and that is the key to humbleness

[@dovydasbracas2131]

Merry christmas James!!! And everyone

[@Midee]

3:29 Correction: A lot of TVs "eventually started supporting" composite video 😢

[@szajszka]

10:05 You've just unlocked some memories for me. I remember having the ps one with the portable screen. I even had a cigarette lighter adapter for the car so I could play while on roadtrips. I remember some games not working on it tho, dunno if it was the pirated games or what but I used to have some of those too since in eastern europe 20 years ago it was easier to get those then the actual legit games xD

[@janzibansi9218]

Happy Holidays, James Channel!

[@Toby_wid]

Love your videos and happy Christmas

[@ozzie_goat]

Merry Jamesmas

[@yimia4591]

Love your vids man! Thanks for the entertainment. I can't wait for another Frankenstein build.

[@WallusProductions]

It has indeed done a thing.

[@mootavic4973]

@Games_for_James the hole in the screen mount is so that you can plug in a region changing passthrough cart like a Super Magic Key which required you to plug in a local region cart in the back slot and the foreign region cart you wanted to play in the top. No idea why it has screw holes though, maybe they were going to supply a blanking plate for it.

[@R4dm1n]

2:23 This is likely due to the SNES's weird refresh rate of 60.08 Hz.

[@ThatOneWeeb420]

2:24 The "Weird glitchy thing" is screen tearing, means the screen is running slightly slower refresh rate than the console framerate, or it was a hiccup being a probably-cheap-screen. Probably not much you can do about it.

[@bcj842]

Merry Christmas, James.

[@8bits59]

Between the constant chainsaw noises, the kookaburras, the arcade machine sounds, and the distant rattle of a 1.6L TDi, I think James has one of the noisiest shops around.

[@voidmind108]

Love Love :) Good to see it randomly appearing :)

[@retroVTshorts]

In my experience, all consoles that aren't the slim versions up to the PS3 support s-video. It is my preferred way to connect old hardware since it's a small, single cable. I don't like the massive SCART connector and YPbPr is just a mess of connectors everywhere. On a good CRT or through a nice scaler like a RetroTINK 5x or 4K s-video looks really really good. I feel like going from s-video to SCART or YPbPr does look nicer but it isn't worth the effort and expense. Anyways, love your videos! Just wanted to gush about s-video lol

[@ccricers]

I haven't seen a Blaupunkt product in so long. Now I got that damn car commercial song in my head again.

[@theothersamb2320]

I think the reason the screen doesn't close flat to the console and instead hovers when closed is so there's still room under it for the cartridge if you've left one in.

[@neox5642]

Ayy new James video before christmas!! Early gift.

[@TheGameboyNerd23]

I really wish you tried using it with an n64 or GameCube lol

[@TunsaMcHaggis]

It's kinda funny, cause the controller on that LCD board supports composite input, but the firmware programming for it is like navigating through a pit of knives using only your tongue, so I can imagine why they did what they did

[@TobyJWalter]

Merry Christmas James !!

[@braindriftinglmao]

Merry Christmas James

[@bahamutbbob]

Hey James. Today's Garbage Time made me want you ranking Eggnog. The Nog List.

[@Games_for_James]

I actually don’t drink milk ordinarily, I have almond milk in everything

[@TheFinalDemon117]

Thank you, James.

[@lvl90dru1d]

5:14 super mario australian edition

[@thiagopereira48]

The best thing is that this is also a N64 and GameCube LCD, since they all share the same connector. Not sure about them fitting in the groove, though

[@mikethetowns]

Should add a touch screen next, every time you press somethin' with you fingers you'd have the added game of dodge-the-spinny-saw-of-ouch.

[@lpil]

I love james channel

[@MTRM]

4:58 Lightning McQueen be like

[@Cyanid3Child]

That's pretty neat. I would have killed for something like this as a kid on road trips.

[@jameswise9171]

Where'd you get that USB-C tester?

[@HKlink]

That's so incredibly cursed. I love that you keep making the Nintendo PlayStation more cursed. XD

[@r3stl3ss]

that thing is unexpectedly dope

[@CompComp]

I think the hole under the screen is to store your game cart when folded up. The screw holes lead me to believe it's designed to mount a card connector there so the game locks in place.

[@Games_for_James]

Carts dont fit through it

[@dreamcastfan]

@@Games_for_James Oh it’s too small? I was going to comment that I thought the slot was there for people playing with an import adapter where you could plug a cartridge on the back to bypass the region lock. But if carts don’t fit then there’s that theory out the window! 😅 I guess they just did it to save on 3D print material.

[@pyramidal_ancestors]

The inside is nearly identical to the Saroo Saturn screens, which unfortunately I found out also uses S-video to HDMI and it looks less than stellar. I would pay big money for a 4:3 LCD that is in the 8-12 inch range and accepts 15khz RGB, like a psone screen but bigger...

[@spring899]

As soon as you took the back off this looked just like another one of Tom Evans creations ! 😂

[@gir489returns2]

That was me on the chainsaw in the background, cheers mate.

[@JS-ie3hv]

well that was a fun quick jump back to childhood

[@AmanitoK]

Merry Christmas to everybody. I hope you guys get the best videogames for christmas ❤❤❤.

[@HoopleBogart]

Merry Christmas to you too homie

[@JSterling812]

oh ive heard of love!! i got to try out love 3 at pax east, it was super duper fun

[@cygnusx4067]

"the disk isn't even completely obscuring it either" so fucking funny

[@AndyStriker13LP]

1:55 that's just the sound of mario running really fast

[@Andoresu96]

Ya know, at first i thought it was rather shoddy but since it looks like a basement project it earned extra respect points

[@johnmickey5017]

The frame tearing issue might be due to the SNES’s output being under 60hz (59.94hz). This isn’t a mark against the screen. Fixing this requires a video professor that can do triple buffering to deliver the monitor’s expected frame rate.

[@Games_for_James]

Yeah, same story with the bouncy scrolling on the 50Hz snes

[@Wilbsss]

I can't believe this is a homemade product on this channel

[@xcbrr50]

2:15 maybe "Auto" button? But those are for VGA monitors

[@LG_Prd]

Pretty sure someone already said this, but this 'strange cavity' is for that adapter who saves your game, the game saver + if i don't mistake...

[@Games_for_James]

Yeah but carts don’t fit through it

[@kevintappminville195]

Someone could very much just start 3D printing NorthAmerican bracket for this thing!

[@romanonaidoo2737]

Came for the games, stayed for the cat

[@VandelayIndustries1982]

The slot would be for an action replay where the cart plugs in the back of it.

[@Games_for_James]

Except a cart doesnt fit through it 😂

[@legbot124]

Nice to see some THPS3 love

[@braydenh190]

James you should look at the Cartridge screens that you insert into the cartridge port.😮

[@JimmyChanga94]

I can't believe he homebrewed a homebrew

[@tdata545]

Mystery button is probably "INPUT" hence why it goes black and then comes back. Can't detect a second input device.

[@braydenh190]

I saw this on Aliexpress a while back hoping they would make one for the American SNES

[@Cicirifu]

I think the cutout is probably for a region adapter. Those that take two carts.

[@Games_for_James]

I thought so too but it’s smaller than a cartridge

[@Felix24148]

Do they make a reproduction screen for the Gamecube too?

[@EthanTheWerewolf]

I got a Playstation ad before this, pretty fitting for the nintendo Playstation

[@ajddavid452]

hard to tell but it looks like it's detecting 240p as 480i by how the sprites blur when moving, would be cool to test this with the 240p test suite

[@gammaboost]

The monitor having built in image flipping tells me that this kind of firmware is designed for projectors. I have a cheap projector with very different software but still some similar quirks, such as a forced 60.00hz refresh rate for all inputs and tearing when you make the zoom smaller.

[@scottessery100]

Alexa tells me it’s 8:40 am in Adelaide… merry Christmas 🎄 😊