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Tester McTesterson 2 (PSTV)

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Channel: Vysethedetermined2 · 2018 · Gaming

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Just a simple test of my Playstation TV. The games look quite sharp even without upscaling (especially in 720p), but I wanted to see if it could appear any better on YT. The Vita is a criminally underrated handheld that didn't achieve the same success of the PSP (which is also amazing) or as much respect as it deserved. It ran at what was dubbed qHD or "quarter HD" resolution (960 x 544). I have plenty of games for it, but I get the most out of them playing on a big screen, so some games are on the "Blacklist"  (though most are playable through the "Whitelist").

The PSTV can go all the way to 1080i by default, but I have it running through an Orei HDMI Splitter into a XRGB-Mini into an Elgato HD60 at 40Mbps. I'll be doing a few quick tests, though I'm not working on any videos just yet (I have too many videos still waiting to be uploaded). Anyway, here are some basic stats for those curious:

Game: 
Ninja Usagimaru: Two Tails of Adventure (* A combo of two 3DS games)

Devices: 
- Playstation TV
- Orei HDMI Splitter (the PSTV is HDCP encrypted)
- Micomsoft Framemeister XRGB-Mini
- Elgato HD60

Settings:
- PSTV is set to 1080i
- Elgato recorded at 40Mbps (default picture / sound settings)
- Framemeister is set to 1080p with Image Mode set to "Natural" (this helps with interlaced sources or settings)

Other Framemeister stats:
Brightness = 25
Gamma = 10
Black = 0
* All other settings are default

Basic Computer Specs For Computer Used:
Intel (R) Core i7 - 7700k CPU @ 4.20Ghz
16.0 GB Ram
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070

Additional:
Handbrake Program with Deinterlacing set to "Decomb", Preset set to "Bob", and Cropping set to "Auto". Also, change the "Dimensions" to 1920 by 1080 to replace the area that was cropped.

Most of my tests are set to private, but since the PSTV is less documented, I'll make these public. More tests forthcoming.

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Observations: Handbrake almost completely removes interlace lines with these settings! If you open this and the previous test in two separate tabs and pause at the 1:14 mark, you can see the same blossoms have noticeable interlacing in test one, but they are almost completely removed in test two. I am quite pleased with these results as they are just shy of what I'd expect of actual 1080p (as Bob applies a mild blurring effect), but Handbrake does seem to compress the file even when you set the quality to lossless and Encoder Preset to "Placebo" as it's notably smaller than the original file. I'll test these settings in two more instances with something more demanding while trying to squeeze the most quality out of Handbrake and swapping "Natural" for "Picture" to let Handbrake do the brunt of the de-interlacing.

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