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Revitalize your classic video game consoles and preserve connectivity for years to come with our plug-and-play component video cables!

Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Component Cables

Revitalize your classic video game consoles and preserve connectivity for years to come with our plug-and-play component video cables!
Revitalize your classic video game consoles and preserve connectivity for years to come with our plug-and-play component video cables!
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HD Retrovision LLC
HD Retrovision LLC
697 backers pledged $40,854 to help bring this project to life.
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Thanks and Farewell

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Last call

Hey Backers,

By now, everyone should have received their Kickstarter rewards that were shipped in early June. There is no way for us to automatically check in on the tracking... Read more

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Pre-Sale Wrapup

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Thank you!

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Oh hey, it's Sunday!

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Sunday Sunday Sunday!

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But wait... there's more!

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A note for our SNES cable backers

Hey all,

A few days ago we mentioned to Genesis backers NOT to use our cable for Neo Geo AES (we're making a handful of adapters specifically for that). Today... Read more

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A note of caution for Genesis cable backers

Hey everyone,

Nick had a moment of panic this morning when one of the backers tweeted out that he had gotten his Genesis cable to work with the Neo Geo... Read more

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Final Shipping Update

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Ship it!

Here at HD Retrovision, we make sure to check each other's work. Whether that is approving something as critical as a schematic change or even just a Kickstarter update, we... Read more

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Insider Engineering

Hey, backers. Ste here. I wanted to post this update a while ago, but the cables came in a bit earlier than we were anticipating. That was all due to... Read more

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All Kickstarter Cables Tested!

Yo!

It's been a incredibly grueling 5 days of little to no sleep, poor eating habits, disregard for proper hygiene, and arthritis inducing repetitive movements. But somehow we managed to... Read more

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No seriously, final shipping warning! And Twitch info.

Surveys close in 5 hours and your addresses will be locked in and sent off. Change it now if you need to!

1. Go to the top right corner, click... Read more

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Return Policy

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QA Status and Final Shipping Warning

Hey hey,

We both just finished one box each of cables (that's 45 each if you're counting) and all looks good so far. Every cable has passed both our test... Read more

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The Eagle Has Landed

Hey all,

Just a very brief update for you here. The cables made it through customs and hit our destination location today. Ste picked them up and hauled them all... Read more

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PLEASE READ: Very Important Update!

If you were to read just one of our updates, this is the one. We received confirmation today that the air shipment of the Kickstarter backer cables is on... Read more

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Office Setup & Light Guns

Hey backers, another quick update for you!

Today we started to set up the small office space where we'll be doing our own quality checks (QC) on the backers' cables... Read more

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Quick Production Update w/ Eye Candy

Hey, Backers. Just got a short update here to keep you all in the loop.

Production is moving along at the moment. As mentioned in the previous update, there were... Read more

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Taking the Test Fixtures to Casino Night

Hey Backers,

First, we have some news to update you with from the factory. They acquired all of the components necessary for the first mass production run of the circuit... Read more

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Gettin' Down to Business

Hey Backers,

While we await the delivery of our cables, I thought this would be a good chance to write about the business side of HD Retrovision. We've brought up... Read more

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Samples Approved!

 Hey Backers,

We're pleased to report that after reviewing the final cable assembly prototypes, we've gone ahead and approved them for the production run. They'll now finish acquiring the rest... Read more

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The Unboxing

Hey backers,

We just got our complete sample cables in and wanted to share with you our unboxing video. It's a bit shaky and is totally unedited, but we hope... Read more

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The Visit - Backer Exclusive

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Happy New Year updates

Hey everyone -- we hope you are starting the new year rested and excited for 2016! The holidays were far from relaxing for us, but nonetheless, we are excited as... Read more

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PCB Changes & Tooling Samples

Hey, Backers.  Happy Festivus!

A week ago, we mentioned a plan to reduce the delays our manufacturer was encountering with the development of the tooling and resultant samples. To get... Read more

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Test Fixture & Sample Schedule

Hey, Backers. Just a quick update here to keep you in the loop.

First off, we wanted to give a brief update on the production testing device mentioned in a... Read more

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November Status Update

Hey Backers,

It's the end of November and that means we owe you a project status update. Over the past month or so, we have been working closely with our... Read more

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Retro Console Power Adapters

Hey, backers. We plan on posting the information in this update on our website eventually, but we wanted to give you a heads up before everyone else.

Something we have... Read more

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PCB - The Core of it All

Hey, backers. Ste here. We're taking a short break from our more technical updates and presenting something a little more personal with this one.

Our goal as a company is... Read more

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Housekeeping Update

Hey everyone! This week we have some important things for you that aren't super technical or manufacturing related. 

First off, we want to discuss 240p compatibility on modern TVs. During the... Read more

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Follow the Money

Hey Backers,

It's that time for another update! One of the things we are committed to at HD Retrovision is openness and transparency. We feel that part of that includes... Read more

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Updated Genesis Cable Design

Hey, Backers. Here's another update that's part of our "release to production" series. 

We need to address a design change that will impact some of you who are getting cable... Read more

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Overmolding and Genesis Stereo Upgrade

Hey, Backers. We have more information to send your way that we didn't want to clutter last week's long update with. Now that our manufacturing process is official, we can... Read more

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Finally, the Manufacturing Update!

Hey Backers!

Thanks for your patience as we worked out those kinks. We’ve got a pretty important and in-depth update for you here, so please give it a read! And... Read more

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Pre-update Update

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Update on the way

Hey everyone,

We're in the process of finalizing a bunch of details right now, so we just wanted to give you a heads up that a very in-depth update is... Read more

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Manufacturing Progress Update

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July Status Update

Hey Everyone,

The months keep rolling by and half a year is gone already, so it's time for another update. At the end of May we shipped out engineering prototypes... Read more

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New Free Stuff released

Hello hello,

The road to producing a product that we feel is high enough quality to sell has been a long one. Along the way, we've produced lots of useful... Read more

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Early Engineering Cables and Test Cartridges

Hey everyone! 

We have shipped out the rewards due to our early engineering cable and test cartridge supporters. Thank you guys for your patience as we got a little delayed... Read more

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Engineering unit boards are in!

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Progress Report and Neo Geo AES Research Update

Hey Backers,

May the 4th be with you. We've got plenty to update you on, so please read through!

Over the past couple of months we've modified and improved our... Read more

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Early Engineering Cable Backer Update

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Post-Kickstarter Status Update #3

Heeeeyyy--eyyyyyy ya!

It's already the end of March? Time sure flies when you have deadlines! Here's another status update for you guys so that you know what we've been up... Read more

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Post-Kickstarter Status Update #2

Hey Backers,

It's time for another update! If you're in one of the categories that were ONLY owed some type of swag (cable backers will get their swag and cable... Read more

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Swag Backer Update

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Post-Kickstarter Status Update #1

Hey all,

It's been awhile since you've heard from us. Did you miss us? We missed you. Hope you all had some nice time off for the holidays.

Now that... Read more

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Thanks for the successful Kickstarter!

Hey everyone,

Our Kickstarter went out with a bang today and we finished just shy of 700 backers with $40,854 raised. That is an incredible amount of support that we... Read more

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Successfully raised $40,854 with 697 backers

Final Hour Update!

Wow, we just broke $40K. Fantastic! It's hard to believe this part of the journey is coming to an end, and we are excited to get to work for you.... Read more

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More Compatibility Info & 2nd Stretch Goal Hit

Hey, all. Thanks for your support in hitting our 2nd stretch goal: Neo Geo R&D. We'll try our best to incorporate some kind of Neo Geo AES compatibility into the... Read more

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Get your votes in!

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Television Compatibility with Retro Consoles

Hey Everyone,

We're up to $34K with just under 5 days to go! Thank you all for your continued support and sharing the project on social media. Please keep it... Read more

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Sega CD and 32X Clarification

Hey everyone,

We've got 10 days to go and we're currently at approximately $31K. Thanks for making this project so successful! Please to continue to share this project with anyone... Read more

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More Stretch Goals

Hey all, sorry for the extra time it's taken to get around to posting these. Stretch goals for a hardware project are more challenging given the fact that we don't... Read more

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FUNDED!

The last message I posted before going to sleep last night wondered if we might have a big enough Friday to hit the last $1300 in our funding goal. In... Read more

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Stretch and Twitch

Just in case you haven't seen yet, here is the awesome design for our T-Shirt logo.

As you might be able to guess, printing a shirt with 10 different colors... Read more

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One week down!

We now interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this message.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzjje4fQ3eA
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Onward and Upward

Hey all,

We just hit another big milestone, reaching 250 backers and nearly $15,000 raised towards our goal. We can't thank you enough for your support!

We've received a number... Read more

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100 Backers!

Holy cow, everybody! We are blown away by the support so far. We've hit 100 backers in our first 24 hours and are already over 25% to goal. HUGE. Thank... Read more

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