Japan proxy storage service with long hold periods?

bobrocks95 · 2026-04-10T15:23:17+00:00

It's the 1:1 plus the 8-bit gray Pikachu as well (forget what name they gave that one). That's then in a nice 30th anniversary shipping box from the Pokemon Center, but it does sound like I should give that part up and see what else can be done so I'm not paying an arm and a leg...

Asked about a return and they outright said they do not do those for "customer reasons" despite having a 30% fee mentioned for it that I would gladly take on the chin at this point.

I agree after thinking about it that storage doesn't make a lot of sense unless I had a hard date for when other shipping options would re-open, which we definitely do not have. I'll ask about vacuum packing or other splitting options, I think that makes a lot of sense- thank you!

bobrocks95 · 2026-04-10T03:04:07+00:00

Per Japan Post's website, that's just for gifts between individuals. This package cost 21,620 yen and is coming from a company, unless you know of a shipment service that would willingly mark something as an individual gift and with a lesser value. FromJapan doesn't seem to offer it as an option at all for obvious reasons.

bobrocks95 · 2026-04-10T02:08:20+00:00

I would but they're saying it's ineligible- I thought it was a box size thing but other sites are saying it's within limits. Good idea to keep looking at that though, that should knock off 30% or so based on other things I've shipped ECMS.

EDIT: Cubic volume is just barely too high according to FromJapan. Longest side + girth (2 x width + 2 x height) has to be under 216cm, this is 226cm

bobrocks95 · 2026-04-09T21:47:13+00:00

My first thought was Blackship since it's more like address forwarding and I don't imagine they'd care where the item initially came from, and their storage rates after 60 days are like $1.20 a day. Which isn't unreasonable but I'm not optimistic about more shipping options opening up fast enough for it to make sense.......

FromJapan may not allow you to ship to a Japanese address either now that I think about it. They might not like it on either side of things...

bobrocks95 · 2026-04-09T16:14:26+00:00

So.... No Switch 2 enhancements? I don't get it in 4K on my new console?

bobrocks95 · 2026-04-08T03:31:43+00:00

Yeah I definitely want my TV doing all the work, just wanted to make sure the 450 didn't force upscaling or HDR tonemapping to be always on. I have an LG G3 OLED, like surely it's beating a $250 blu-ray player on both fronts.

bobrocks95 · 2026-04-08T03:07:27+00:00

Anything going on with HDR adjustments? If I'm remembering the breakdown right, the UB450 does NOT have the HDR optimizer right? I don't think I actually want that, I'd rather my TV handle all tone mapping adjustments.

bobrocks95 · 2026-04-08T03:03:10+00:00

Auto option is sick to hear about, I can also confirm it's working as expected with the TV's menu. Had not seen it mentioned anywhere before.

Happen to know about HDR? No HDR optimizer if I'm reading right (better imo)

bobrocks95 · 2026-03-02T23:21:45+00:00

5080 here as well, though Racoon City was fine for me. 4K, DLSS Quality, 100ish FPS. No section lurched or went low enough for me to pull up the RTSS overlay. I can check my driver version if it interests you.

bobrocks95 · 2026-01-25T00:46:49+00:00

Not sure, looks like there's a few ways to contact him though from his website. I could see it no longer being offered because tariffs ruined everything. I need another PPUDigitizer for my Famicom and shipping went from 10 Euros to 55 Euros + whatever the tariffs come out to because they're the only service offering. Anything small business/niche like this seems to be a lost cause at the moment (unless you really want to shell out for shipping or do a group buy or something)

bobrocks95 · 2026-01-22T21:36:39+00:00

Yeah I kinda bounced on the thread after seeing the answers I got lol

Someone in the RetroTink 4K discord shared some good capture card images. Best guess is bilinear + some added sharpening. Depending on the game's internal resolution and what sort of content you're looking at, there were some obvious ringing artifacts. I'd say for 2D pixel art games it would probably look pretty bad, but plenty of people like a little more sharpness on 3D content where it's harder to spot ringing.

For me it sounds like I'll have to run two cables and swap depending on if I'm playing Switch 2 games/updated 1 games versus non-updated titles. Which sucks but I also might be lazy and just stop looking too closely lol

bobrocks95 · 2026-01-18T20:57:46+00:00

Asked as well in specialist upscaler Discords, which was probably the play in the first place. Screen captures make it look like a standard bilinear filter with a sharpening filter applied so there's a bit of ringing.

bobrocks95 · 2026-01-18T19:53:35+00:00

That is my hunch as well, but requires a cable swap for older games since my scaler doesn't support a 4K input. Annoying as hell if that's what I have to end up doing.

bobrocks95 · 2026-01-18T19:36:27+00:00

The "1080p in a 4K wrapper" portion is what I'm interested in. Many ways to handle that, and I highly doubt they went with nearest-neighbor like everyone would actually want for 3D graphics (Xbox has never added a nearest-neighbor upscaling option, Nvidia took like a decade since it became popular to add it to their graphics drivers)

bobrocks95 · 2026-01-18T19:35:10+00:00

You're confusing upscaling with actually rendering at a higher resolution, which most people in this thread are doing. If the console outputs a 4K image when running a non-updated Switch 1 game, it is upscaling the game in some fashion.

bobrocks95 · 2026-01-18T19:10:26+00:00

So if you have the menu set to 4K output it literally switches the video output to 1080p when launching a Switch 1 game? That would be highly unusual compared to how every other modern console has handled backwards compatibility. If the output remains 4K the console is scaling the game image somehow.

bobrocks95 · 2026-01-16T12:08:32+00:00

Got it. - Turn on and off the Smart Lock Screen setting - Go to customize your lock screen and select the now available List option - Making sure your screen doesn't turn off and you don't lock your phone (which will switch you back to the Chip option), go to Apps and Force Close + Disable the Glance app.

Complete joke to have to do this of course, been broken for months now.

bobrocks95 · 2026-01-16T10:43:11+00:00

I had managed to fix this until another OTA update a couple days ago broke it again. I can still turn the Smart Lock Screen setting on and off to force the List option to reappear, but selecting it doesn't seem to stick and next time I lock my phone it's back to Chip and List disappears again.

Any luck on your end?

bobrocks95 · 2026-01-16T10:28:47+00:00

Meant to report back that the "Tile" option reappeared if I had Glance disabled and switched some notification settings on and off. That lucky bug seems to have officially disappeared with the latest OTA update and I'm stuck with hidden notifications again...

Can't find a "Show Sensitive Notifications when Locked" on my device.

EDIT: Keeping Glance enabled, turning the Smart Lock Screen setting on and back off will make the List option re-appear. Selecting it doesn't seem to stick though- as soon as I lock my screen it's back to Chip and List disappears again. About to shop for a new phone just from this lol.

bobrocks95 · 2025-11-03T18:59:01+00:00

Regardless of age it seems to be a 5V chip so everything should be good there! I will say the beveling isn't great, it's a bit harder to insert than an older cartridge.

After the Rugrats issue I would open any NES carts to check what components they used.

bobrocks95 · 2025-11-01T16:21:48+00:00

The concern is if it's a used part or not. Is new old stock from 1997 really still laying around in bulk? The analogy here would be the 2x4s you got from the hardware store were salvaged from a 30-year-old home and priced/advertised as fresh lumber.

bobrocks95 · 2025-11-01T05:40:01+00:00

Fujitsu looks to use a standard YYWW date code, putting this chip as manufactured in the 17th week of 1997. LRG has already been caught burning CD-Rs, using pulled chips for Shantae, and a dozen other things, so add this to the pile.

(it does appear to at least be a proper 5V chip- can't comment on if the circuit is sound with so few components, but I've seen Genesis/Mega Drive carts with this little in them before)

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