All round the mClassic is a respectable step up in ambition from the mCable, though the claims being made for its capabilities do seem somewhat overstated based on the actual results we got back from the device in our own testing. On Xbox One X, I played Rage 2, Anthem, Destiny 2, and many other Xbox One X Enhanced games with the mClassic plugged in and without. With the third toggle position, the mClassic gives you 4:3 output for all retro content while enhancing visuals.

However in Starlink battle for atlas the Mclassic made a huge noticeable difference, the game without it looks extremely blurry, yet the Mclassic clears it up beautifully. A high-performance scaler aims to create high resolution images from low resolution sources that are visually indistinguishable from native high resolution images. With the mClassic off Luigi and his surrounding spooky environment displayed, on my 4K TV, with jagged edges and a fuzziness in pieces of complex geometry. It has to be powered to work so you'll want to plug in the bundled Mini USB cable to a USB port on your console or a phone charger. Marseille Inc engages in the design and manufacture of video processors, chipsets, and related software.

Keep in mind these are taken on a 4K tv where the image is outputting at 1080p with an anti-aliasing pass. Advertised as a kind of external graphics card, many claims are made for this product, especially across social media where we've seen it described variously as a 4K upscaler, a 1440p upscaler, a means to improve retro gaming graphics and even as a Switch Pro-like upgrade. Possibly a larger, pricier upscaling unit, with more involved settings that can be defined by a user, would fill the blanks for a more refined 4K upscaler. The HDMI extender is included as a way to support Switch while docked, since the big M shape on the mClassic casing makes it impossible to slot into the back otherwise. It's not an aggressive overhaul; the result all-round is a subtle, but nicely tuned upgrade on Switch - simply adding more definition and pop to the action.

From there, colour saturation is boosted vividly compared to a playthrough with processing disabled. So this thing is designed to increase visual detail by interpreting frame data from your devices and adding to it. More importantly for Switch owners, it improves anti-aliasing, which removes jagged edges and provides crisper images.

The device only forces whatever native output resolution your TV tells it to (a 4k that doesn't natively support 1440p will only tell the device to go to 1080p).