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Anyone here have any success with a back-light installation (with bivert chip) and/or 'prosound mod' (headphone amp bypassing)?
I've been watching videos and looking at backlight / bivert chip vendors' sites, and it looks like a fairly cheap and painless process to make a vast improvement. I intend to use the Gameboy with Nanoloop to do live electronic music with (it features CV Sync through the link cable so I can hook it up to my Arturia Microbrute and Korg Volca Beats / Keys).
I performed the ProSound mod on a DMG-01 about ten years ago, and the most difficult part was mounting the alternate audio port and toggle switch, to flick between jacks so you wouldn't have impedance matching issues when switching between headphones and the line in jack on a computer. Had to carve quite a bit of Nintendium out, but it was neat. I may do it again in the future, but people are less interested in Game Boy chiptunes than they used to be.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3905/1...7cc02581_n.jpgGame Boy DMG-01 ProSound Mod
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/410/18...f74a3573_n.jpgGame Boy DMG-01 ProSound Mod closeup
I recently completed an EL backlight, using a kit and instructions from kitsch-bent.com. The instructions were good, but removing the reflective film from the screen can be a bit nerve wracking. I thought i had it done, and installed a bi-vert kit, but bi-verting it showed that i hadn't gotten all the reflective stuff off.. I had to take it back apart and do it again.
That said, it looks awesome. The EL gives a little hum from the speaker, not sure if it'll come out on the pro-sound. I personally can't hear it though the headphones, but I'm old and have been working in loud spaces for a while now. LED backlights do not have this hum.
I've bought a backlit biverted Gameboy from a modder and the improvement is immense. It's beautiful.
Yeah, me too. Not only is the picture super clear (like going from RF to RGB) and bright, but the blurriness is lessened and the white bivert has a nice bluish tint to it. It's so much better than playing OG GB games on a GBA SP.Quote:
Originally Posted by Obviously
I'd like to have the same thing done to a GB Pocket someday as well, but with a different color backlight.