home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!lunic!eru.mt.luth.se!enterpoop.mit.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!mailgzrz.TU-Berlin.DE!cs.tu-berlin.de!wolfi
- From: wolfi@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Schwanke)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Help on VideoBlaster
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.183941.1155@cs.tu-berlin.de>
- Date: 11 Dec 92 18:39:41 GMT
- References: <1992Dec9.072644.16988@wam.umd.edu>
- Sender: news@cs.tu-berlin.de
- Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
- Lines: 48
-
- macross@wam.umd.edu (Steve Ji-Chang Hong) writes:
-
-
- >Hi,
- > Can anyone who has a VideoBlaster tell me if it can run in full size
- >screen?
-
- I bought one yesterday *pride* :), it can run full screen provided the
- software supports that. There are basically 2 viewing programmes included,
- both run under Windows. One is WinVideo, that does not allow full screen mode
- (you can of course maximise the window, but you'll still see the menu bar).
-
- Then there's iPhoto Plus by U-Lead, a nice little enhancer prog. for still
- images. iPhoto Plus comes with a small extension (called VideoView or something
- similar) for grabbing images (instead of scanner drivers). It's similar to
- WinVideo's functions, but it has a full screen option. You can run VideoView
- alone as well.
-
- So if the software package you get in the USA is identical, you can.
-
- > Also, how is it as a converter for NTSC to VGA (if let the monitor
- >acting as a TV, how good is it)?
-
- I run it in PAL not NTSC obviously ... You need to run a 640x480 VGA driver,
- no higher resolutions supported.
-
- It doesn't look bad, the best thing is that you have a 72 Hz non interlaced
- picture on a high resolution VGA monitor, so much better than your 60 Hz resp.
- 50 Hz interlaced. No visible flicker at all.
-
- On the other hand you have digitisation artefacts, which makes fast motions
- look "steppy". Looks similar to NTSC -> PAL converted videos. If you decrease
- the window size, you'll have artefacts concerning the resolution which
- makes small details vanish.
-
- Also the colours don't look quite right, but I've probably not yet found
- the optimal settings.
-
- > Thanks.
- >-Steve
-
- Wolfgang
-
- --
- * Wolfgang Schwanke * Technische Universitaet Berlin * Germany * wolfi on irc *
- * email: wolfi@cs.tu-berlin.de * wolfaefg@w250zrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de *
-
- Everybody needs a little love sometime; stop hacking and fall in love!
-