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- From: astroboy@netspace.net.au (Paul Dossett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Amiga NTSC Line Doubling
- Date: 4 Feb 1996 02:29:50 GMT
- Organization: NetSpace Online Systems
- Message-ID: <1351.6608T778T1373@netspace.net.au>
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- >roland.bengtsson@mbox3.swipnet.se (Roland Bengtsson) wrote:
- >>
- >> >:Somebody had mentioned to me that the Amiga (the 3000 to be specific) had
- >> >: the capabilites to do NTSC and PAL line doubling.
- >>
- >> >:As a none Amiga user, I'm curious if this is true, and if so has anybody
- >> >:applied this to a home-theater setup? It seems like this would be a
- >> >:terrific alternative to the Faroudja Line-Doubler which can cost well
- >> >:over
- >> >:$10K.
- >>
- >>I don't know what this "Faroudja" is, but I have a A3000 and it simply
- >>double the PAL signal 15 KHZ to VGA 30 KHZ so I can use a standard
- >>VGA-monitor for PC to watch PAL & NTSC screens. It's a great trick indeed,
- >>and it's the only Amiga that handle this by default.
- >>
-
- >Actually, this mode promotion comes with AGA machines.
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- No, it doesn't. The A3000 actually scans an interlaced Hi-Res display and
- buffers it in its own deinterlacer memory, before outputting it as a 31kHz
- display. Try selecting PAL Hi-Res Interlaced on a 1200/4000 without mode
- promotion. It will still flicker.
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- The AGA chipset includes NEW modes, it doesn't fix the old ones.
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