Tag: video switcher

Automatically selects among five, eight, or sixteen powered SCART sources, with expandable Hydra2 variants providing as many as 24 inputs.

The Hydra2, W-Hydra2, W-Hydra, both Mini Hydra cases, and HEADS pages exposed login-or-register-to-buy paths on 2026-07-27. Mini Hydra cannot use HEADS. Hydra2 and W-Hydra2 can reach 24 inputs; W-Hydra can reach 24 inputs but has one output. Use simple correctly attenuated 75-ohm source cables. Do not feed TTL-level sync into an analog input, and never connect or disconnect SCART while the switcher or source is powered because the seller warns that hot-plugging can damage the video-switch IC. Power hardware is separate: most Hydra2 variants accept 5 V Micro-USB, selected variants also accept the separately sold 9 V PWR4, and the older W-Hydra page specifies 5 V Micro-USB.

Open internal C64 modification that switches between installed PAL and NTSC VIC-II chips and includes LumaFix64 video cleanup.

The current project page provides build files, component links, PCB ordering routes, and a video guide under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. This is not a plug-and-play board: installation removes the RF shielding, desolders motherboard parts and jumpers, adds pins, and requires both a 6567 and 6569 VIC-II. The connected display must accept both PAL and NTSC or one switch position may produce monochrome video or no usable picture. The authors provide no warranty or installation support.