RetroTINK 4K DVD Profile Settings

Lots of Media Only on DVD

There’s a lot of great media only available on DVD and most of it can be found for next to nothing at thrift stores, yard sales, and antique malls. Even brand new DVDs are pretty cheap!

TL-DR: Modern Blu-Ray players do a pretty good job of upscaling DVDs and if you want to watch one without fuss, just pop in the disc and push “play.”

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But, sometimes you want more control over the video upscaling and that’s where the RetroTINK 4K comes in. These profile settings will work with the RetroTINK 4K and partially with the CE model.

Set Up Your DVD Player

First, you want to set up your DVD player. DVDs are a 480i medium and a lot of modern players will deinterlace that into a 480p, or “Progressive” signal. If your player does this, be sure to turn this off. The RetroTINK does a way better job of deinterlacing.

Here’s the basic setup:

• Connect the DVD player to the RetroTINK 4K with the best quality connection available. Component is preferred, but S-Video isn’t too bad either. (HDMI is fine as long as you can send a 480i signal through it.)
• Go into the DVD player’s settings and turn off Progressive or set the output to interlaced or 480i. (Only for a component or HDMI connections.)
• Start playing a DVD

You’ll know that you are in 480i mode by looking at the bottom of the RetroTINK 4K menu. It’ll say “Mode: CP 480i.”

You can also push the STAT button on the RetroTINK 4K remote control. If Detected Mode says 480i, you are good to go!

RetroTINK 4K Profile Settings

• First, enable the default profile if it isn’t already. It’s in the Profiles menu.
• Then go to the HDMI Output menu and make sure the Sync Lock is set to Gen Lock. This is important for Film Mode to work.
• Then set HDR to Off.

The next setup is all in the Advanced Settings menu.

• Go to Scaling/Crop Setup. Change the Aspect Correction to 16:9 if you are watching widescreen video. Use 4:3 for anything else.
• Then go to Scaling Mode. Select Proportional and change the Vert. Factor until the picture is sized to fit your screen. You can try the Auto Crop option.
• Next up is Deinterlacer/Film Mode Setup. Under Algorithm, choose Motion Adaptive.
• Film Mode
  • For Hollywood movies or TV shows shot at 24fps you want to set Inverse Telecine to 3.2.
  • Turn Dejudder 24 Hz to On. Dejudder 24 Hz requires Sync Lock set to Gen Lock. It doesn’t work in Triple Buffer mode.
  • For other DVDs that have 30fps content, you can set Inverse Telecine to Off.
  • It doesn’t hurt to leave Inverse Telecine to 3.2 all the time. If the video stutters or won’t sync, just turn this feature off.

• Now go to Processing/Effects Setup
• Set Interpolation for both Vert. Kernel and Hori. Kernel to Bilinear Std..
• Then go down to Mask and set enable to Multiply.
• Change Strength to about -6.
• Select Load from File and browse the RGB Masks folder to find Slot Mask Medium RGB.

Adding a shadow mask filter will sharpen the image, similar to how a CRT does. These settings worked best for me and my 55in TV. Experiment with other masks and strengths to see what you like. You can also add scanlines, but 480i/480p signals didn’t have them and it darkens the image a lot. I’d stick with masks only.

Save Your Work!

Once you have a great picture dialed in, save it as a profile so you don’t have to do it again.

• Go to Profiles and Save Profile then pick Save as New. It will save your work with a generic profile name.
  • A new experimental firmware update allows for naming profiles with the remote making this step even easier! No need to do the steps below.
• Take the SD card out of the RetroTINK and put it in your computer. You can rename the profile file to something more descriptive, like “DVD - 16:9.”
• You can copy that profile and rename it for the other aspect ratio, like “DVD - 4:3.”
• Put the SD card back into the RetroTINK. Load the new profile and change the Aspect Correction to 4:3.
• Then go to Profiles and Save Profile. This time you can Save Current.

Now you have profiles for both 16:9 and 4:3 videos. Assign them to a Shortcut Button and it’ll be as easy as hitting a number on the remote to load them!

RetroTINK 4K Pro 1080p/120fps Output

Dejudder works pretty well with 60Hz TVs, but the easiest way to eliminate it completely and have smooth 24fps and 60fps, is to set the HDMI Output mode to 1080p120. 24hz content get’s evenly multiplied by 5, and 60Hz multiplied by 2, so they fit the 120Hz signal. The Shadow Mask filters don’t look as good at this 1080p resolution, but there is another option below that you can try to have it all.

RetroTINK 4K Pro 4K/24fps Output - Custom Modeline

The RetroTINK’s built-in output modes don’t include a 4K/24Hz option by default, but the Pro supports it via a custom modeline. My LG C1 supports a 24Hz signal. If your TV does too, you can create a custom modeline using the RetroTINK Video Timings Calculator.

My custom modeline for 4k 24fps output that works on my LG C1.

3840, 216, 400, 1232, 0, 2160, 3, 5, 32, 1, 23.99, "3840x2160p23.99"

To use it:

1. Take the custom 4K/24Hz modeline above and save it as custom1.txt in the modelines folder of of the RetroTINK 4k SD card. It’ll then appear in the HDMI Output menu towards the bottom of the list. Don’t enable this output yet.
2. Set Inverse Telecine to 3.2 and Dejudder 24 Hz to On in the Film Mode/IVTC section of Advanced Settings.
3. Set Sync Lock to Gen Lock. Dejudder 24 Hz requires this. It doesn’t work in Triple Buffer mode.
4. Now select this new custom mode from the HDMI Output menu. You should have 24fps video out at 4k. (On the LG C1, you can press the green button seven times in a row to get a menu and check.)

Then save this as a new profile for 24fps Film. 24fps content will only look good with this profile. If you watch some other content besides film, like special features, it may be in 60fps. When that happens, switch back to the first profile above and it should play fine.

For a deep dive on how to work with 24p content on the RetroTINK 4k, RetroRGB has you covered.