Great mod! ... with a few issues
Overall, this mod works exactly as described which is actually quite incredible. If you have any desire to do some video capture or to play on your TV without getting a consolizer, this product is perfect.
That said, I ran into a some difficulties during install and have one or two gripes about some weird interactions. For context, I added this to a game boy advance with a laminated IPS kit from funny playing which has one of the rectangular clear brackets that that stabilizes the screen to the shell.
The main issue during install was that the bracket is too thick, I had to shave about half of its thickness on the side that sits at the top of the screen in order to get the PCB to fit in between the screen and the motherboard. It also meant that there was barely any space for the ribbon cables and while everything appears to be working, I'm a little concerned at how sharply I had to fold the cables.
But hey, if you don't mind getting a little dirty with some flush cutters, this mod is totally doable. For context, I have barely any soldering experience and learned how to last week while installing the IPS kit.
There are two issues that I'm having after install, but it's not clear whether it's the HDMI mod, the IPS screen, or possibly a power issue. On specific games, particularly GBC games, every time the HDMI signal is disconnected the game boy restarts. At first I thought this might be an issue with the physical port but I found that it doesn't happen on GBA games and the device will restart even if the cable is disconnected from the side of the TV. I also consider that this might be related to the GBC resolution, however, switching the game to the wider aspect ratio before disconnecting also doesn't help. Help. I did notice that if I disconnect the cable very, very slowly, sometimes the game boy advance won't restart but I couldn't do it consistently enough to identify a root cause.
The other issue that I'm having is the HDMI audio appears to be transmitting some static. I thought this might be related to a sound interference issue caused by electronics that are in the game but it only happens with HDMI output, not with the onboard speaker.
That's not to say that any of these issues are directly caused by this product, it may be other components interacting with this mod, however, it's worth to know what you might be getting into. Just want to be clear that despite these small issues, console and the mod are still very usable.
