I want to see one of these expensive NES models with progressive scan HDMI output + an NTSC filter. I don't care how you implement that, but it would be incredibly nice to be able to play it on an HDTV AND get a similar experience to how it was meant to look instead of seeing huge pixels.  Basically I'd want hardware that reproduces the same look as Blargg's NTSC filter on an emulator.

The progressive HDMI output would be necessary because many HDTVs don't process the 240p signal well from composite.

I think the concept is fantastic, an aesthetic PCB using original CPU+PPU with great attention to detail on the board itself. If the HDMI up-scaling is done correctly it means it will once again have the same 'warmth' that my original does on an 80's CRT which will add to the immersability into the game I'm playing - just as I did when I was 7.

The enclosure conforms to today's expectations i.e. Bose, Foxtel, X-box etc... I feel the PCB should really be in the spotlight as so much effort has gone into it's development yet remains hidden away in what IMO is unbecoming in the context of 'Retro', 'Vintage' and the NES I grew up with.

Art is art and while it should promote debate and discussion I don't think it should be the tool used to manipulate a legitimate thread into a personal pie throwing competition. Mmmmmm pie.....

What exactly does that have to do with anything?

Who said anything about respect? I'm telling you it works both ways - it's your right to spend your time however you want and it's anyone else's right to have an opinion about it. I personally couldn't care any less either way. Is it for me? Fuck no. Do I think it's extremely overpriced? Absolutely.

Having said that, pulling the "respect" card in a thread littered with your defensive posts, dick measuring & advertisements is a complete Shitlord move, especially in the context of $500 NES systems.

As far as giving up goes: not even close. I've been releasing self-coded, limited-run, unmarked NES playback/demo carts to various Goodwill stores around the US for a few years now.

Yea because the engineering of a synth by one the great masters of synth design is comparable to a guy who has access to a CNC machine.

I don't think people are offended by the cost but by the fact that it's a purely aesthetic modification and doesn't actually improve the experience. I would pay a lot of money for a high quality product that did something new and interesting or added features.

I seem to recall buying all of your stuff when you were trying to make NES carts work, TSC.
No respect for the the few of us who dug in and figured it out as opposed to just giving up?

If you're insisting we accept the value of time/work put into this project, you need to accept the opinion that some of us find this completely unnecessary and retarded.

NO U

My personal attachment is that I too have spent considerable amount of time with an NES project.
I currently have one for sale here:
http://www.ninstrument.com/?page_id=1570

I helped Nick aka low_budget with the initial run of Polycases he used for his super8.  We spent a considerable amount of time on this project and Nick has even gone on to develop his own special case for the newest version he just built, located here:
https://www.tindie.com/products/low_bud … -complete/

I understand if you personally don't care for the amount of time and love we put into our custom systems.  Some of us don't see this as a money/luxury issue like you do.  Some of us are holding on to our past while others just find it down right cool, does not matter the reason.  If we want to glorify the/our past, then we will, regardless of the criticism from our contemporaries or otherwise.

I suggest you put a couple thousand hours into a project and then tell me if you don't find a little love growing for it.

Didn't mean that as an offense. You don't have to convince me about how meticulous you are, I've noticed it with my own eyes.

And I didn't mean that it didn't need any work, or conception. Just that I don't approve transforming the NES into a luxury object. Personnally. I would gladly spend money for pretty designed or made music instruments (if I had it), not for a metal-cased console.

It is a subjective, personal point of view and I didn't mean to speak the only truth. Isn't it why internet exists ? Wait...

This whole project just strikes me as odd. It's really nice to see that they went for a design that doesn't use a SOAC, however:

-The board is beautiful, but it's hidden inside the case
-The case itself looks rather generic
-They went to extensive lengths to make a bespoke console that has none of the nostalgic styling of an NES, but are still using stock controllers
-It will probably sound identical to a stock unit, but possibly with less noise....though the noise is some of the appeal
-They don't mention any significant changes to the PCB design other than their 'special features' so I don't see it being much different from stock performance wise

Now I'm sure this will appeal to some people, and I'm sure a lot of love and exacting detail went into this thing, but it just doesn't seem very appealing as a product. I just feel like for the price they could have done a LOT more design wise. Plus, that PCB is gorgeous! Put a window in the case and show it off!

By all means though, if somebody thinks this is the coolest thing, I'll never tell them they're wrong for picking it up

I will take you at face value if you can at least qualify your remarks.  Do you understand the amount of work, costs and development that goes into custom metal cases?  Or are you just of the mind that all of this magically appears for free?  I spent three years in contract manufacturing.  I worked a CNC turrent press.  I worked a CNC lathe.  I worked directly with the coating process, both powder coat and anodized.  I designed the art and shot the screens and screenprinted and cured the ink on the boxes.
Link to some of the pics.
http://absolutextremes.com/product.asp? … p;P_ID=145

So please qualify your remarks if you want to explain to me when something does not have love in it!

Really I don't think there is much love to find in this aluminium.

This is like the vintage amps (like Fender Bassman) re-issue : why spend 3,000 $ for a brand new amp with just the name in common when you can still find the old ones with their particular sound (which probably makes you love them) for 1,000 $ ?

There is a very big difference between a polyphonic analog synth and an NES in a fancy case.