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- From: etxansk@garbo.ericsson.se
- Subject: Re: JAGUAR - graphics, could it be?
- Message-ID: <etxansk.714842114@garbod20>
- Originator: etxansk@garbod20
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- Organization: Ericsson
- References: <1992Aug25.235523.21248@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <l9lnlnINNibh@aludra.usc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:15:14 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer) writes:
- >> [Len Stys writes: ...]
- >> ...
- >> ... It will most likely used interlace since it can be displayed on
- >> a television.
- >> ...
- >> Video Gaming should be pretty exciting in the future where
- >> Atari products are concerned.
-
- > It might use Interlace.... and you are excited about it?
-
- > Yuck! That sounds like a nasty form of torture, or perhaps it will
- >be like those products you buy to kick the smoking habit, only this one will
- >kick the video game habit. You see, these great games will come out for it
- >with awsome sound and kick-butt graphics, but everytime you play the game, it
- >gives you this splitting headache. Since everything eles would be nothing
- >compared to it, and since you wouldn't be able to stand playing the Jaguar,
- >you'd eventually kick the habit, go blind, or go nuts.
-
- I would say: It depends. If you use interlaced graphics to display, say,
- a word processor's text and take advantage of the improved detail, it
- will flicker badly.
-
- If you, on the other hand, use interlaced video to display computer
- game screens with smooth shading between adjacent screen lines, you
- won't notice the flicker any more than while watching TV.
-
- Generally, the flicker in interlaced video modes is noticeable only
- when bright and dark screen lines are displayed next to each other, only
- then the low frame rate becomes obvious.
-
- Anders Skelander, Sweden
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