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 Followup-To: sci.electronics Distribution: na Lines: 43 >From: uchuck@ecsvax.UUCP (Charles Bennett) Message-ID: <7440@ecsvax.UUCP> > >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 :-) -- ------------------ // -----------Cut-Here---------------------------------- Erick Parsons // Words for the wise: *If it works don't fix it.* Sacramento Ca // mail to: ...pacbell!sactoh0!americ!erk ------------- \\// --------------------------------------------------------