Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!masscomp!calvin!mark From: mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: RGB to NTSC converters Message-ID: <62086@masscomp.westford.ccur.com> Date: 21 May 91 21:29:12 GMT References: Sender: news@masscomp.westford.ccur.com Reply-To: mark@calvin.westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson) Distribution: comp Organization: Concurrent Computer Corp. Westford MA. Lines: 30 In article brianm@sco.COM (Brian Moffet) writes: >I saw an add the other day for an RGB to NTSC/PAL converter. It claimed to >convert anywhere from 20-90 kHz to NTSC/PAL, S-Video, and Y,R-Y,B-Y >formats. The company putting this one out is called RGB Spectrum. >Would someone please comment on these boxes in general, how much they are, >and how well they work? I am thinking about putting together a system >and these sound rather interesting. They are called video scan converters and are made by a few different manufacturers including RGB Spectrum, Folsom Research, and Lyon Lamb. All of them do a very good job at converting RGB to 15KHz video and cost in the $12K to $16K range. In the workstation realm, these are pretty much the devices you require to do video work unless your graphics board already specifically supports video. Ofcourse you already know that in the PC realm, an Amiga with a good quality genlock will be much more cost effective than something else + a scan converter. Contacts: (415) 848-0180 RGB Spectrum (916) 983-1500 Folsom Research I don't have a number handy for Lyon Lamb Hope this helps %~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~% % ` ' Mark Thompson CONCURRENT COMPUTER % % --==* RADIANT *==-- mark@westford.ccur.com Principal Graphics % % ' Image ` ...!uunet!masscomp!mark Hardware Architect % % Productions (508)392-2480 (603)424-1829 & General Nuisance % % % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~