HD Fury: First Look: HD Fury - The 1080p enabler complete with HDCP support!

[sohjonn]

has anyone used this before? What do you think? any drawbacks/ concerns?

Our sample of HD Fury has arrived! A cunning HDCP COMPLIANT device that allows gamers and display fans to utilize a full 1080p on any slim PC monitor, video projector and older HDTV/Plasma sets that are without a pure HDMI entry. HDFury will cleverly transform an analog display into a digital one from HDMI sources such as PS3, Xbox 360 elite, Blu-ray players and much more. Let's take a common example, you have a high resolution LCD PC monitor, while it is capable of displaying a 1080p resolution, there is no way of enabling it. The HD Fury will step in and grace your PC monitor with a 1080p display, so you can enjoy something like your PS3 in its fullest! We've taken a few shots of the device which should give some further insight into how it all works, stay tuned for a full review soon. The product is available to buy from Divineo.cn / North America / United Kingdom / Germany / France and Spain.

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=18166

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Video 2 w/ old 15" CRT monitor

[zak88lx]

ttt

[bhampton]

I've been using it for nearly a year.

(I have to check when I got it but I got one of the first available.)

I love it.

What do you want to know about it?

I have a VPHG70 CRT FP. My PS3 feeds a HDMI to DVI cable that goes to the HDFURY and then to my PJ. I couldn't be happier with the performance or the price of the HDFury.

I'm not sure if you can send the Blu Ray output at YPbPr through the Fury or maybe it's my Pj that wants it going as RGB but I leave the output as RGB and it's fine. Also,.. My Pj doesn't accept 1080p24 so I can't comment on the HDFury's ability to do that although I think it has no problem with it. (The HDFury is designed to handle 1080p and does so effortlessly.)

Here's a review I wrote about it...

"HDFury has me smiling from ear to ear!! I'm going to be stupidly happy all week and likely beyond. My video chain is PS3 to HDFury via HDMI/DVI and then into a Sony G70 with a short cable. When I plugged it in and turned it on the PS3 determined I had HDMI and setup 1080p automatically with a 3min setup I was completely impressed. I've heard about problems with HDMI but I guess I'll never get to experience them because this setup is perfect right out of the gate. I can already say I'm 100% satisfied and my expectations were high to the point of silliness. I would recommend this product to anyone with CRT FP and/or anyone with a PS3. Trouble-Free HDMI to VGA: The HDFury works just as it should. I have no HDMI problems whatsoever. Even with my 26AWG, 25Foot, $20 HDMI/DVI cable (If I had to buy it again I would have opted for the $30 thicker cable just for peace of mind) I never see any of the problems I've read about others having with HDMI. I see no need to buy the power cable to provide additional current to the HDFury. Value: The cost is terrific for the quality of the product. And it's universal nature is a great feature for a CRT front projector enthusiast because if you change or upgrade your projector you still have a HDCP solution ready to go. Image Quality: The image quality is great. I don't have any other HDMI to VGA solutions to compare it too because this was the first one I felt I could afford and yet I think it's going to rate well against the competition simply because the image quality it produces looks top notch to me." - Brian Hampton

-Brian

[zak88lx]

Here's my current situation:

I own a Samsung HL-R6168W DLP TV which can do 1080P through VGA but only 1080i through HDMI.
My PS3 is connected to my Yamaha RX-V3800 1.3a receiver via HDMI and the receiver has HDMI out to my Samsung TV.
Everything works fine and I can quickly switch between my HDMI components (PS3, DVD, Satellite) using the receiver.

I would like to start watching my Blu-ray movies in 1080P but I don't know if this is possible with the HDfury?

I have seen an HDfury gamer edition which looks like it might work?
The HDfury gamer edition is an all in one 6 foot cable with HDMI on one end and VGA on the other end.

Will this actually work?

Thanks,
Zak

[BluRayExplosion]

I didn't know they made 1080p monitors without DVI input.... ? I'm not quite sure what this thing does, it just converts HDMI to VGA?

[binarymelon]

Has anyone used this for capturing output while playing a game?