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- From: kenneth@norconnect.no (Kenneth C. Nilsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Pal and pixel reso WAS:re: 1500x1500 16.8 million color FrameGrabber...
- Date: 6 Jan 1996 20:01:33 +0100
- Organization: NorConnect Internet Services AS
- Message-ID: <2715.6579T786T2662@norconnect.no>
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- RvG> fischerj@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Juergen "Rally" Fischer) wrote:
- >>TV PAL got 625 _lines_ . AFAIK the horizontal res is not directly defined,
- >>it is different for brightnes and colors, and it's AFAIK even different
- >>dependent of the picture.
- RvG> About 768 or 752 pixels is fine enough for EVERY PAL picture, so you
- RvG> might define it that way (752x576; vertical/hor blanks not included).
-
- I see there is much confusment about this. The /pixel/ resolution inside your
- Amiga (the screen) is not the same as the signal resolution. The pal signal
- is 768x576 independend on your screen pixel resolution. The signal quality
- (bandwith and line resolution) is depended on the signal /type/ which can be
- RF, composite, YC, YCrCb (Component).
-
- If you run a 640x512 screen in your Amiga: it's better quality on your
- monitor than on your TV (if you're using the antenna (RF)) isn't it? This is
- the differences in the pal signal.
-
- Many people thinks if they run a screen in let's say 766x574 they get much
- better quality in the signal than a 320x256. The screens pixel resolution is
- better yes, but as long as you show your signal thrue composite signal the
- quality (bandwith and horizontal line resolution) is just the same (you can
- see than cleary after editing the video 2-3 times even on a Betacam SP).
-
- >>If some e-tech freak could explain the 5MHz thingy now :)
- RvG> Hmm...
-
- It's the bandwidth of the signal (the room for color etc. information in the
- signal). Normally you're using a bandwith of 2.5MHz to 3MHz.
-
- >>but good question, what does 1500x1500 mean...
- RvG> Perhaps just pixels*pixels; just get a mosaic-like scan.
-
- It's the pixel resolution right.
-
- >>what about SVHS BTW. more horiz res ?
- RvG> S-VHS uses twice the number of vertical lines (400, instead of 200! for
- Not 200, but 275 lines and it's the horizontal resolution. As I said (i guess
- you are thinking about a NTSC signal?) the screen resolution has nothing to
- do with the pixel resolution and vica verca.
-
- RvG> standard VHS). Beside that, it seperates the luminance and chroma
- Correct.
-
- RvG> signals, making for better picture clarity/sharpness (composite video
- RvG> has interfering color and luminance signals sometimes; just watch a
- RvG> VHS).
-
- Yes, it has lower bandwith which makes the colors (especially the red) smear
- because there is no room to seperate the signals enough.
-
-
- Sincerly,
-
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