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- From: roland.bengtsson@mbox3.swipnet.se (Roland Bengtsson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
- Subject: Re: Amiga NTSC Line Doubling
- Date: 25 Jan 1996 22:42:07 GMT
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- >:Somebody had mentioned to me that the Amiga (the 3000 to be specific) had
- >:the capabilites to do NTSC and PAL line doubling.
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- >: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.
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- 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.
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