PSP to HDMI upscaler Video Review - Lenkeng LKV8000

[Satoshi_Matrix]

For those curious, I've put together a video review of the Lenkeng LKV8000 HD upscaler for PSP 2000/3000.

Thing is absolutely wonderful and makes playing PSP games on a HDTV significantly better than through official component cables.

Let me know if you have any questions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1yPpNjs0Ek

[kupomogli]

Nice review. You did suck at Mega Man and Castlevania but I'll brush that off as not doing as good because you were doing a review and not really trying. I was actually always wondering how well it worked and from your review it upscales without introducing any extra lag other than tv lag so that's cool. If you owned one of those HD PVRs you could go from PSP to LKV8000 to the the HD PVR, to the TV and retain 1080p and also record to your PC. A capture card is way better though. My capture card has 100 times better quality of the HD PVR which I bought only because my graphics card is too big and goes over both PCI-e slots.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

Nice review. You did suck at Mega Man and Castlevania but I'll brush that off as not doing as good because you were doing a review and not really trying. I was actually always wondering how well it worked and from your review it upscales without introducing any extra lag other than tv lag so that's cool. If you owned one of those HD PVRs you could go from PSP to LKV8000 to the the HD PVR, to the TV and retain 1080p and also record to your PC. A capture card is way better though. My capture card has 100 times better quality of the HD PVR which I bought only because my graphics card is too big and goes over both PCI-e slots.

I'd love to get a capture card, but I have a imac, not a pc. I need a mac based recording solution. Do you have any suggestions?

Nice video. I have a pretty extensive PSP library so I may have to invest in one of those.

That's my main reason. There are great games that beg for the TV experience on the PSP and with the upscaler the PSP versions often look better than their PS2 cousins.

I was wondering which online store did you buy yours from? And also, does the image get zoomed in at all, or is it actually properly up scaling it?

It's roughly $65 shipped from any number of Hong Kong vendors. Check out ebay or other such online retailers. Be careful though - the Hong Kong market is incetious with unbranded clones, so you should ask the sellers if the device is a genuine Lenkeng LKV8000 before buying.

The zoom button zooms to the aspect ratio of the PSP games and then upconverts that. It doesn't look distorted or weird at all.

Well, it looks like I have a reason to upgrade from my old 1000 now.

Actually there are many reasons to upgrade. For one thing, the PSP 2000/3000 have much better screens and color depths and such, and more importantly, have much improved dpads. They're also significantly lighter to hold in your hands. Even though the battery is lower capacity, the entire device is more efficient, so the battery life goes up a little bit. And if you use a 1000's battery, you get even more juice (though it will bulge as the 1000 battery too is physically larger)

[kupomogli]

I'd love to get a capture card, but I have a imac, not a pc. I need a mac based recording solution. Do you have any suggestions?

Unfortunately I don't. I looked at the HD PVR manual and the drivers for that are only for Windows so that won't work either. You could always record through emulation. Virtualdub is a good capture software for capture cards, not sure if you can use it for capturing off PC. You could use something like Hypercam 2, which allows you to drag a square around what you want to record, then Virtualdub for compression.

[Tron 2.0]

So tempted to buy one.

[Jorpho]

I was just wondering about this, if I may: I've heard that some TVs have a built-in zoom setting specifically designed to accommodate the PSP and other devices that have similar output.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=412825

The obvious example is Sony's official Playstation 3D display, but those are only 24 inches.
http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-3D.../dp/B0050SZ49Y

Is this feature becoming increasingly common?

[Flashback2012]

Nice video. I have a pretty extensive PSP library so I may have to invest in one of those.

[Retromangia]

Thanks for the review Satoshi!

I was wondering which online store did you buy yours from? And also, does the image get zoomed in at all, or is it actually properly up scaling it?

I'd also love to see a side-by-side comparison of the Lenkeng vs the component cables.

thanks again,

Retromangia

[Tupin]

Well, it looks like I have a reason to upgrade from my old 1000 now.