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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Overscan overrated?
Keywords: ... sour owl ..
Message-ID: <2183@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: 9 Aug 88 21:45:33 GMT
References: <3118@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Organization: Contel Business Systems, Torrance, CA
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In article <3118@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM> wayneck@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne Knapp) writes:
>I think the Amiga is becoming a outstanding desktop video machine in the 
>near term.  Long term depends on C=.  It the Amiga doesn't improve there
>could be trouble from the Reds and Blues a year or two down the road.  I
>just have trouble believing the "overscan" is a lock out feature in the 
>desktop video market.  So what do you all HONESTLY think?

If you want to genlock your graphics over live video you HAVE to
have overscan, as otherwise you can't even cover up the entire video
signal if you need to.  Yes, overscan is most definitely a show-stopper 
in Desktop Video.

Another advantage of desktop video is quick turnaround, which you don't
get when you have to go to film.  When they say "film at eleven" they
are usually in the back room editing it together at that moment, and
don't have time to send their titling overlays out to have the film
processed.

Keith Doyle
#  {ucbvax,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithd  Contel Business Systems 213-323-8170