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EEVblog #1151 - Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
« on: November 30, 2018, 03:57:48 am »
Dave finds a sweet Yamaha RX-V579 surround sound receiver with all the bell and whistles in the dumpster!
 

 

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Re: EEVblog #1151 - Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2018, 04:40:59 am »

What  Dave   , no  'Men at Work"  played through that  Receiver?

Dave  just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said
I come from a dumpster  room  down under
Where people  throw away  junk  and  other men plunder
Can't you hear him , can't   you  sit there and wonder
You better run, you better go check the   dumpster



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Re: EEVblog #1151 - Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2018, 05:11:20 am »
If that Amp's HDMI switcher isn't a dumb analog switcher, IE the receiver adds on screen text menus to the video going through for display on the TV HDMI out, it might be able to take your new microscope's HDMI video in, and output a HDMI video which your USB HDMI video capture box can operate with.

Give it a try...
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Re: EEVblog #1151 - Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2018, 05:18:49 am »
Found the remote for $20 USD on eBay
New Yamaha AV Receiver Remote Control RAV534 HTR-4068 RX-V481 RX-V581 RX-V579 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F201815790910
 

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Re: EEVblog #1151 - Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2018, 05:18:58 am »
The HDMI switch on these are notorious for dry joints.
 

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Re: EEVblog #1151 - Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2018, 05:25:50 am »
If that Amp's HDMI switcher isn't a dumb analog switcher, IE the receiver adds on screen text menus to the video going through for display on the TV HDMI out, it might be able to take your new microscope's HDMI video in, and output a HDMI video which your USB HDMI video capture box can operate with.
I'd imagine a lot of the HDMI overlay chips more or less just substitute pixels in real time, not only to save cost (no frame buffer) but also to keep latency to a minimum. (Add a few frames of delay and gamers will hate you.) Look at Bunnie Huang's NeTV project for an explanation of how it works.
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Re: EEVblog #1151 - Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2018, 06:03:25 am »
 

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Re: EEVblog #1151 - Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2018, 06:26:41 am »
If that Amp's HDMI switcher isn't a dumb analog switcher, IE the receiver adds on screen text menus to the video going through for display on the TV HDMI out, it might be able to take your new microscope's HDMI video in, and output a HDMI video which your USB HDMI video capture box can operate with.
Give it a try...

Worth a shot. Bit box to have sitting around for that job though.
 

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Re: EEVblog #1151 - Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2018, 06:48:07 am »
I still have - and use daily - the Onkyo receiver that Uncle Doug had in his "dumpster" a while back.

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Re: EEVblog #1151 - Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2018, 08:09:25 am »
I have an older model at home, between the kids devices (PC, Chromecast, pie) and the projector.  Gets regular use for movie nights.  But if you have no use for it, may as well eBay it to help with the cash flow issue.
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Re: EEVblog #1151 - Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2018, 04:37:24 am »
If that Amp's HDMI switcher isn't a dumb analog switcher, IE the receiver adds on screen text menus to the video going through for display on the TV HDMI out, it might be able to take your new microscope's HDMI video in, and output a HDMI video which your USB HDMI video capture box can operate with.
Give it a try...

Worth a shot. Bit box to have sitting around for that job though.
Yes, but if it works, then I can recommend an approximate 50$ HDMI video enhancer box which basically decodes the HDMI, puts the video data through a 2D convolution filter, then re-encodes the HDMI.  Should give a similar function to solve your video grabbing problem.

The video enhancer also has an on-screen text control menu to adjust the effects.
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Re: EEVblog #1151 - Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2018, 04:45:58 am »
Dave, have you considered the admittedly remote but still real possibility that electronics companies (which are made up of electronics engineers of course) now might be targeting your famous dumpster with their products to get free advertising on your site?

I've heard stranger things that turned out to be true.

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Re: EEVblog #1151 - Dumpster Dive Yamaha Receiver
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2018, 03:34:13 pm »
 :-DD Instead of mailbag, I'll ship in  my expensive AV doohickey to dave's dumpster...
Dave, have you considered the admittedly remote but still real possibility that companies now might be targeting your famous dumpster with their products to get free advertising on your site?
 


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