Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!att!pacbell!sactoh0!americ!erk
From: erk@americ.UUCP (Erick Parsons)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: RGB to NTSC Conversion - HELP
Message-ID: <1606.AA1606@americ>
Date: 8 Aug 89 22:44:23 GMT
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>From: uchuck@ecsvax.UUCP (Charles Bennett) Message-ID: <7440@ecsvax.UUCP>
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>Our TV Department has been requested to make a videotape production
>incorporating computer generated graphics/animation.  They need to
>be able to convert EGA, maybe VGA and probably eventually super-VGA
>to NTSC, RS-170A signals.  In addition they require that the NTSC
>signal be Gen-lockable from an external composite sync and that it
>be "timeable" to production video switchers.

For what you want to do an Amiga (commodore) is Purrfectly suited to your
applications. I'm not sure whether there is any programs available to 
convert VGA to IFF (Amiga format) but if there is you could probably get
a working setup and some GOOD software for the price of your added 
peripherals. I have an Amiga 500 computer and the animations on this thing
are nothing short of Incredible ! The comp. set me back a whopping 550.00
brand new and genlocks are available by the dozen for a good price. The 
supergen Genlock by digital creations supports RS-170 format and does a 
super job of fading either computer graphics to Video or visa versa with 
hardware OR software control. Future (NON-VAPORWARE) hardware improvements
will allow higher resolutions than the now standard 704 x 456 overscan
images. The computer has a graphics co-processor that tremendously increases
the speed of graphic and DMA X-fers to make for great animations. I have 
a bunch of digitized pictures that look photographic quality on screen and
can be used in animations. :-) :-)


BTW our local cable company uses an Amiga for their program listing and
advertisement channel. It is touted as a Desktop-Video machine though
it does many many other things wonderfully such as DTP. It also is a
MULTITASKING machine. i.e. download, print and play a game all at the
same time with no noticable slowdown in any of the running programs.

For more info ask at comp.sys.amiga newsgroup. People there are very
helpfull.

Off my soapbox now, sorry I got a little carried away there netlanders :-)


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