jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson) (01/11/91)
I'm interested in removing the flicker from my interlaced video, however I don't want to get Microway's flickerFixer board because I use both PAL and NTSC, and to take advantage of the flickerFixer board on both requires two boards (or so I have been led to believe because PAL doesn't seem to work on my friends flickerFixer). I'd rather get one product that can be used on both NTSC & PAL machines, and stick with that. Does FFV have the ability to switch between PAL & NTSC? How big is the FFV box? Has anyone seen one in action? How do you like it? Thanks. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Earth destroyed by solar flare. Film at eleven" - The last nightly news.| +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | jeffo@uiuc.edu (Internet) These opinions are mine, that's all. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
wfaust@venus.UUCP (Wolf Faust) (01/12/91)
In article <1991Jan10.223141.8719@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, J.B. Nicholson writes: > Does FFV have the ability to switch between PAL & NTSC? How big is the FFV > box? Has anyone seen one in action? How do you like it? What about purchasing something from germany? TV-Standard is PAL in germany and only a flickerfixer with PAL (NTSC works with every PAL board I know) is acceptable. So there are some really good PAL/NTSC boards out here (microway only claims to have a PAL board, but this board does only one line less than PAL, No Overscann... in my opinion this is no PAL). So here is a list with boards/infos/my opinion/price: ----------- "Flicker-Master" ------------------ Resolution: up to 844*575 (PAL&NTSC) Colors: up to 16 (32... color palette gets optimized to 16 colors) Frequency: 50-65Hz Price: ca. 450DM ($300) Other: this is a small external Box and works fine with every A1000. The monitor is connected through the TTL port. My opinion: in case you have an A1000/A500 and you don't work with interlaced HAM only, this is your flickerfixer. One thing this box really does fine: a extremly SHARP picture on your monitor. As far as I know, this board is developed/build in america. So look out for a distributor near to you. Address: DIT-Dienstleistungen & Informationstechnologie Musfeldstr. 1a W-4200 Oberhausen 12 Germany Tel: ++49-208-605645 ----------- "Highgraph V" ---------------------- Resolution: up to 832*620 (PAL&NTSC) Colors: supports all graphic modis Frequency: 50Hz-60Hz Price: ca. 598DM ($400) Other: Board for the A2000 videoslot, RGB TTL and analog port, does doublescan modus My opinion: A fine solution. Works very well without any known problems in all modis and supports overscan. Address: Ralf Jochheim Computer Tuning Osnabruecker Strasse 96 W-4802 Halle Germany Tel: ++49-2823-1275 FAX: ++49-2823-1350 ----------- "Deinterlace Card" ------------------ Resolution: up to 736*598 (PAL&NTSC) Colors: supports all graphic modis Frequency: can't give precise values, but at least 45-75Hz (see below) Price: ca. 498DM ($332) Price with Sony speakers: ca. 549DM ($366) Other: Board for the A2000 videoslot. For all A2000 users: this is it!! This card is by far the best I have ever seen. Works very well without any known problems in all modis, supports overscan, well build and cheap(!). There are also some special features: - 8W stereo amplifier on board, so you can easily connect your non activ speakers. - includes software to program agnus for different frequencys (my monitor allowed 45-130Hz!! No flicker ;-)) For instance you can have following settings: 736*400 (NTSC without Overscan) with 70Hz!!! 736*284 (Medres with Overscan) with 100Hz!!! Address: Macro Systems Gahlenfeldstrasse 6 W-5804 Herdecke Germany Tel: ++49-2330-84142 FAX: ++49-2330-73055 ---------------------------------------------------- There are more flickerfixers available here in germany. I didn't mentioned their name, because I think they are to expensive and their product doesn't compete to the boards above. And for the coke-coffein question: Due to my work in a laboratory I had the possibility to use a HPLC (High-Pressure-Liquid-Chromatograph). All three samples of coca-cola showed up with 60mg/0,33l coffein. BUT this may differ with time and water-quality... Anyway... this is far less than coffee or tea has (did you now that cacao has up to 3% coffein? get yourself milk and cacao! This is far better for your health, because there is no sugar!) ----- Wolf Faust UUCP:cbmvax.commodore.com!cbmehq!cbmger!venus!wfaust Tel: (+49)69 5486556 FIDO: 2:243/43.5
hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood) (01/12/91)
In article <1991Jan10.223141.8719@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson) writes: >I'm interested in removing the flicker from my interlaced video, however I >don't want to get Microway's flickerFixer board because I use both PAL and >NTSC, and to take advantage of the flickerFixer board on both requires two >boards (or so I have been led to believe because PAL doesn't seem to work >on my friends flickerFixer). I'd rather get one product that can be used >on both NTSC & PAL machines, and stick with that. > >Does FFV have the ability to switch between PAL & NTSC? How big is the FFV >box? Has anyone seen one in action? How do you like it? > >Thanks. > >-- >+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >| "Earth destroyed by solar flare. Film at eleven" - The last nightly news.| >+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >| jeffo@uiuc.edu (Internet) These opinions are mine, that's all. | >+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ The answer to your hardware needs is most likely the Commodore A2320 display enhancer board. The A2320 does both PAL and NTSC and ECS modes automatically and even works with some genlocks at the same time. The list price for the FFV product in the US is $499 while the A2320 is $299. Hope this helps, Scott Hood -- -- Scott Hood, Hardware Design Engineer (A3000 Crew), Commodore-Amiga, Inc. {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!hood hood@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com "The views expressed here are not necessarily those of my employer!"
bryanh@amix.commodore.com (Bryan Harpel) (01/13/91)
jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson) writes: > I'm interested in removing the flicker from my interlaced video, however I > don't want to get Microway's flickerFixer board because I use both PAL and > NTSC, and to take advantage of the flickerFixer board on both requires two > boards (or so I have been led to believe because PAL doesn't seem to work > on my friends flickerFixer). I'd rather get one product that can be used > on both NTSC & PAL machines, and stick with that. > > Does FFV have the ability to switch between PAL & NTSC? How big is the FFV > box? Has anyone seen one in action? How do you like it? ICD's add DOES boast autoswitching between PAL and NTSC, which is what I am also interested in. Although I don't own one, I would like to, which brings up a question of my own. What would be the best monitor for the job, and what is a good reputable dealer to purchase one from? I was considering the NEC 3d ... Bryan
bryanh@amix.commodore.com (Bryan Harpel) (01/13/91)
hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood) writes: > > The answer to your hardware needs is most likely the Commodore A2320 > display enhancer board. The A2320 does both PAL and NTSC and ECS modes > automatically and even works with some genlocks at the same time. The > list price for the FFV product in the US is $499 while the A2320 is > $299. > > Hope this helps, > > Scott Hood > Just for reference, the Flicker Free Video can be obtained for $329 at Computability (1-800-558-0003). Not a bad price for the performance the article (advertisement) in Amigaworld describes. Bryan
martin@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Daniel Martin) (01/15/91)
Sorry to interrupt, but speaking of flicker free VIDEO: In article <17403@cbmvax.commodore.com> Scott Hood writes: >> jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson) writes: >>I'm interested in removing the flicker from my interlaced video.. >The answer to your hardware needs is most likely the Commodore A2320 >display enhancer board. Is there a card for the Amiga (A3000) that can genlock say, a 640x400 screen with a video signal, and show the result on a multisync monitor, without any flicker? And by any chance, can this (or any) card the amiga) put a video signal in a resizable window? Daniel. -- // Daniel Martin Universite de Montreal \\ // MediaLab, ca vous regarde! C.P. 6128, Succursale A, \\ \\// Mail: martin@IRO.UMontreal.CA Montreal (Quebec), CANADA, \\// \/ Tel.: (514) 343-6111 poste 3494 H3C 3J7 \/