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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
- Path: news.kei.com!ub!dsinc!scala!news
- From: john.chang@scala.com
- Subject: Re: Amiga NTSC Line Doubling
- Sender: news@scala.scala.com (Usenet administrator)
- Message-ID: <1996Jan26.194818.16961@scala.scala.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 19:48:18 GMT
- Reply-To: john.chang@scala.com
- References: <4e5kkg$b6j@news.microsoft.com>
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- Organization: Scala Inc.
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- In <4e5kkg$b6j@news.microsoft.com>, a-darylw (Daryl A. Welsh) writes:
- >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.
-
- Well, sort of. Commodore, ICD and others made "de-interlacer" products
- that "buffered" the even and odd scanlines into one "frame", effectively
- giving a usable 31.5 KHz output to a VGA monitor. Unfortunately, these
- products are not very useful in television applications, as they suffered
- from "shearing". That is, the even and odd scanlines don't "sync"
- together very well. Its most noticable with fast moving objects or
- if the video has a camera shot that pans right/left quickly. The "shearing"
- effect would be considered unacceptable to most videophiles.
-
- >The opinions expressed in this message are my own personal views
- >and do not reflect the official views of Microsoft Corporation.
-
- Now that I've answered your question, what do you do for Microsoft?
-
-
-
- Regards,
-
- John Chang
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