Hi, I'm the owner of Lo-tech and creator of this board. Thanks for the OP and others for their interest in this board.
Distribution is indeed done through TexElec now.
However, if there is interest in a group buy then I would be very happy to facilitate this for EU buyers. We could also look at adapting the header although that would of course increase lead times.
The 450x270 looks best, but I was wondering if it was possible to run one @ 720x578 to improve the picture a little. I know the TV supports this as I have an old Apple TV that uses this revolution. How do I write the hdmi_timing to make this work? Is there a calculator or something I could use?
Is it possible to adapt this to run at 2x resolution so I can use the enhanced graphics in psi-rearmed. Is there a way to have this only affect psx game launching? Or would it then throw out all the other systems? Is there much point?
Maybe if you use the calculator linked above you can derive the correct HDMI timings to use. As for the effect on the other systems, you'll have to ask the author of those configs.
The config is the same, it does not matter if its pvm, monitor or consumer. You will possibly still need some tweaks , depending on your TV (to center the picture). That guide is quite old and so may be the timings he listed. I recommend looking at RGB-Pi or Retrotink configs on github, they're more up to date and work with Gert as well.
@PUME04 lol no problem, you may want to google "Retropie CRT edition" I've been using that with a pi 3 and a vga666 into a vga to component transcoder .. yes you will spend a bit more money but it works so well ,, but you can not do 480i ,, but its set up to handle all the wacky arcade resolutions per game all done from a config file.
this is the transcoder .. well hes out of stock but keep an eye on him.. about 50bucks