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- In article <johnc.9p64@bbs.xnet.com> johnc@bbs.xnet.com (John Crookshank) writes:
- >From: johnc@bbs.xnet.com (John Crookshank)
- >Subject: Re: Flyer vs. PAR?
- >Date: 17 Feb 95 23:11:24 CST
-
- >John-Mark Austin <austin@infi.net> writes:
-
- >>Has anyone actually compared PAR's output to Flyer's? I would think
- >>PAR's component output would weigh in against the regular Toaster output.
- >> What about compression artifacts?
- >>
- >>---------------------------------------------
- >>John-Mark Austin, Audio Graphics
- >>'God is dead' - Neitzche 'Neitzche is dead' - GOD
- >>---------------------------------------------
-
- >I've re-rendered the same animations to our Flyer that we originally rendered
- >(and still have) on the PAR. There is a VERY noticeable increase in quality
- >coming from the Flyer. No artifacts, no JPEG blocks, no little squigglies
- >around the edges of sharply-defined objects, NOTHING. PAR is still a good
- >value, considering that it costs about a third of a Flyer with one drive, but
- >the Flyer's output is mucho better.
-
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- > [ | Chicagoland`s Premier Toaster/Flyer Dealer ]
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- I'm not debating or argueing - I'm just wondering. We use a good 13" Sony
- studio monitor to look at our PAR animations. When we view composite output
- from the PAR on this monitor the crawl and other general degradation of the
- image due to the composite delivery tend to hide the JPEG artifacting (Gibb's
- phenomena I believe). Y/C is much clearer and component output will
- definitely reveal the artifacting. If the Flyer eliminates jaggies, then that
- is great (and I have little doubt from the various reports that it does). But
- since video almost always ends up on tape, I wonder how much better the
- Flyer's image really is. Of course, I suppose it probably depends on the
- image. Somebody correct me if I am off base, or am I just overly fixated on
- the limitations of composite output.
-
- We used an Amiga Arexx script with a PAR and the Toaster to lay down our demo
- tape recently, and I was bummed at having to use composite inputs/outputs. I
- think it brought the image quality down a notch. From what I hear, the Flyer
- uses the Toaster's outputs hence my concern. Maybe it doesn't suffer as much
- if it inputs the video as D2 and not as analog composite?
-
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