Upgrade *ANY* projector or TV by making it compatible with the latest DVI/HDMI digital video standards!
If your projector or TV built before 2005, it is not HDMI compatible. This means that you'll never be able to fully utilize that expensive CRT projector, digital projector, plasma display, or PC screen with new sources like the PS3, Xbox360 elite, HD-DVD/Blu-ray players, or Cable & Satellite boxes. You need HDfury to use the true potential of your display. Why buy an expensive new display device when your existing one works perfectly well?
The HDfury delivers a razor sharp picture with absolutely NO video noise. The picture quality improvement when using HDMI/DVI as compared to component or RGBHV analog video is immediately obvious, providing an amazingly clear and detailed picture!
Designed by forum member JohnHWman (the designer behind the very popular Sony DVI/HDMI IFB card and Barco BG-DVI DVI/HDMI module)
Three high quality gold-plated extender cables are available to connect the HDfury to your display:
BLUE (VGA to VGA male cable): Choose this if your display device has a standard female HD15 VGA connector and there is not enough space to connect the HDfury directly to your display device's VGA connector.
GREEN (VGA to 5-BNC male cable): Choose this if you wish to use the 5-BNC (RGBHV) input found on your display device. Most CRT projector owners will choose this cable as CRT projectors mostly use 5 BNC inputs.
RED (VGA to Barco Port 3 cable): Choose this if you wish to use the RGBHV compatible Port 3 DB9 connector of your Barco projector. Click here for information on Barco Port 3 and compatible projectors. Note: Barco owners may also choose to use the green (5-BNC) cable of course.
These extra items are included in the Advanced Kit and are also sold separately:
6' HDMI to DVI-D cable: Input cable used to connect your source device to the HDFury.
Power Supply (wall plug): Available in US and Euro configurations (UK and Hong Kong coming soon!). Required if the HDMI/DVI cable is longer than 5m/16' or if the source device is unable to supply adequate power.
6' USB 5V cable: Supplies power to the HDfury directly from a USB port found on a PC, PS3, etc. Required if the HDMI/DVI cable is longer than 5m/16' or if the source device is unable to supply adequate power.
Reviews/Testimonials
"From what I've been watching and observing with an HDfury/BluRay player so far, the HDfury is a HUGE difference from the previous DVI units. From everything that I could throw through it using the BluRay DVD's that I have, it's flawless. Clean and very tight. Unlike the other DVI units, it's not showing the common color space issues that I've seen on all of them. Nor does it have pedestal problems, which is also a common problem on these devices. The most impressive improvement over the other units, was the linear IRE range. I'm not seeing the usual crushing issue at one end or the other. It's flawless. I'm not a fan of the DVI units: Until yesterday, I've not seen one worth connecting to my projector. Now I'm a complete convert... Kudos!" - CRT projector guru Mike Parker of MPmods.com
"I ordered one , and got it today. I've got to hand it to ya John, this thing works BEAUTIFULLY!! I hooked up my PS3 to my 24" CRT and it locked on to 1080p FLAWLESSLY! I've never seen such a beautiful image before! Thanks again for a quality product! " - Traxx
"Well, mine has arrived also. It is a little thicker than it looks online. Packaging is very good looking. But, who cares about that? I just want it to work well. And that it does. Mated with the Crescendo Systems Transcoder (which provides a gamma boost) in my set up it was exceptionally clean and sharp. It solves the very slight softening I had with the Ophit. Bottom line, it is excellent. It does what it should and does it exceptionally well. Both Corpse Bride and Riddick HD DVDs were so crisp on my system, no one would ever doubt CRT sharpness if you saw my setup! Thanks John, great work. Excellent product Franck and thanks for the incredible customer service. My opinion if anyone cares: 5 thumbs up!" - Dave (Person99)
"It works as promised and hasn't added anything to the picture that is not supposed to be there so far... it has improved the picture slightly than the previous DVIlink unit I had in the mix before." - Big hitter
"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
"Got my 'Green Edition' yesterday afternoon (Jul 13, 2007), direct-shipping from Taiwan. Curious as I am I had to try out how it's working. And what can I say, that's what I really call plug and play. Linked the thing with the 5-BNC-input of my DLP-projector, connected it with a HDMI-to-DVI-cable (5m long) to my upscaling DVD-Recorder and, voila, it worked great!
No hassle with H-sync or V-sync, no displaced picture, no problems at all! The picture quality is absolutely perfect, sharp, nothing to complain about! A really great product, THANK YOU guys!" - ottokar1
"My second test with the HDfury with a Barco D-cinema DP100 went smooth. No glitch the HDfury just work. Source used was a PS3 with firmware version 1.75 so it's 1080P60. A brandless 1.5m hdmi to dvi cable was used. The HDfury unit connected direct to the UXGA input of the ACSAR2 unit of the DP100. The projector immediately without fuss load the correct file and image comes up on the 13m wide screen." - Ciputra (Note: This HDfury is being used in this commercial movie theater!)
"I ordered the red version on Sunday evening and we received it Wednesday at around 2 PM. Fastest shipping I've ever seen from any vendor outside of Canada, let alone from Taiwan. Remarkable. I must say that the quality of the red cable-adapter itself is first rate. When I took it out of its compartment, I was very impressed with it. Since we received the Fury yesterday, we've probably watched a good 8 hours of various HD channels. Some of the "Rick Steves' Europe" shows have absolutely stunning picture quality, and today we watched a show (whose name I cannot now remember) about jungle bugs. It also had superb color and image quality. These are the sharpest images ever projected from our NEC on our screen. Today we sat just under 80" from a 92" diagonal image and it still looked excellent - sharp and free of any artifacts. We took our first mini-vacation today! So far, the HDFury has been a great purchase for me and my wife. I hope it gives us years of service." - Herve
"Got my HDfury a couple of week ago as I figured I should be trying one of these things out myself and see what all the fuss was about. I had heard that using the HDfury produced a better image quality than using component out on source devices such as HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players (not to mention that you can now upscale standard DVD's too), but I really wasn't ready for how much better the HDfury made my Blu-Ray movies look! I expected a subtle increase, but was shocked when I was presented with a substantial increase in image quality. I was pessimistic as Blu-Ray discs from my PS3 component output already looked fantastic on my setup so I really didn't understand how things could look better. I was already using what's considered the best component to RGB transcoder out there (the RTC-2200) as follows: PS3 component out -> RTC-2200 component to RGB transcoder -> 25' RGBHV cable -> Barco Cine8 Onyx projector. Man, was I wrong! Going digital and bypassing what's likely average quality DACs and op-amps in the PS3 made ALL the difference! The first things I noticed right away was the better dynamic range even just in the PS3 menus: The whites were just a lot tighter/purer/punchier/brighter, the contrast range is better, the colours richer, and the image is actually considerably (not just a little bit) sharper! The difference isn't subtle: I switched back and forth between the two and it's like a gray haze was removed when using the HDfury over the HDMI output vs. the component output. Over component the image lacked punch, wasn't as sharp and was somewhat muted. Using the HDfury also resulted in better small object detail. The smallest details and variances in image detail are now perfectly resolved. I didn't know what I was missing. I did try 1080p on my projector quite a bit and 1080p is 100% resolved now. No problems at all. 1080p looked fantastic. I had zero problems using the HDfury. Just plugged it in and that's it. Didn't even have to do any image shifting on the projector! I should have gotten Franck (of HKmod) to send me one of these sooner. Thanks Franck! Excellent work Jean! The engineering behind this thing is fantastic! Now I see what all the fuss is about!" - Kal (site webmaster)
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