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From: bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: DCTV
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Date: 20 Apr 91 12:31:41 GMT
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Organization: The Graphics BBS (2D,3D,GIF,Animation) +1 908/469-0049
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neil@celia.UUCP (Neil Richmond) writes:

> Well, I have had DCTV for two nights and already I can see some room for
> improvement. I was a little disappointed that the flood fill only worked
> with a stencil. What I fear is, that this is because it is not a " true "
> 24 bit image that we are dealing with. I hope my fears are groundless. I
> am also concerned that RGB add on device that is coming out soon uses to
> composite signal and converts it to RGB. This sounds like a kludge. Does
> anyone have any more info on this?

I don't have any specific information on the above problem but what I
was told by one of the reps at AmiExpo in NY a few weeks back was
that the current DCTV was just a cheap consumer version.  They plan a
complete rack-mountable professional unit that will address all the
concerns we are having now with the product (ie: lack of RGB,
resolution, etc.).  Also they are suppose to be coming out with a
true 4:2:2 or 4:4:2 system.  Can someone tell us all what these
numbers mean?  I know they have something to do with chroma and
luminance channels but I am unsure as to the "official" meaning of
these figures.

Sounds like they have some good plans ahead.  They also said that if
there was enough interest, they might just port the DCTV paint
software over for the Toaster.  That would be great!

-- Bob

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