Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!unido!rwthinf!cip-s01!helmutn From: helmutn@cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Neumann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A2320 Keywords: Productivity, Superhires Message-ID: <3901@rwthinf.UUCP> Date: 30 Jan 91 09:55:10 GMT References: <1991Jan29.054742.18143@cs.mcgill.ca> <3898@rwthinf.UUCP> <18245@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: news@rwthinf.UUCP Reply-To: helmutn@cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Neumann) Organization: Informatik RWTH Aachen Lines: 19 Hello, in reply to the two questions (up to now) about the other deinterlacer in germany. It is called Macro-Systems de-interlacer, the price in germany is about 450,- DM. To set this in relation the price announced for the commodore A2320 is 690,- DM, but i have seen it for 600,- DM. Special features of the Macro-Systems de-interlacer is a dynamic screen-repeat-rate (i hope you understand what i mean), if you use a 640x400 ntsc resolution it is 70 hz. It only depends on the chosen number of lines. When tou use pal overscan it is the normal 50 Hz. The second feature is an integrated stereo amplifier, so you can add the speakers you miss in your multisync. The disadvantage is that it can not handle productivity and leaves out every second pixel at superhires. But productivity is really useless when you have this card, because the refresh rate is also about 60 Hz at productivity resolution and you are not limited in colours, not to mention that 4 colour hires-interlace leaves some cycles for the processor when accessing chip-ram compared to productivity. I know, that if i could buy the A2320 in america, it would be cheaper than the other one. But the prices in germany are as stated above. Bye, Helmut.