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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:
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars (sequel to the Japan-only PSP game), for fluctuating battle framerate (~30-60fps)

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 "Picture" (this helps with Progressive sources)

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. Set framerate to "constant" and fps to 59.94 / 60 or 29.97 / 30 (this video is 59.94). Doing so got me much larger file sizes than the original when set to "0"(Constant Quality), so a good compromise seems to be "10". It's great quality with a file size marginally near than the original... gives me bitrates between 45,000-50,000kbps which is fine since the Elgato gives me about 44,000, so it'll hold up in the event you need to compress it again in an editor, but you can set it higher depending on your needs. It depends on the video.

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: No big issues here. Handbrake handles the interlacing well here and I don't think I'll get much better quality at this point without a serious compromise between capture / editing time and rendering / upload time. I have one more image test to conduct for the time being so please bear with me; the PSTV's 1080i has not been tested much (especially with the XRGB-Mini), so I want to put out some satisfactory results before I recommend it alongside 720p. I used to do many tests back in the day, even interpolating footage on YT videos many years before native 60FPS support became available :)

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). For maximum results, set Constant Quality to "0" and the Encoder Preset to "Placebo" with all the other settings, but note that even short videos will take several hours to convert (even over 24 hours in some cases).

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