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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Any reviews of Digi-View yet? (or a
Message-ID: <662@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Aug-86 14:11:32 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 20 14:11:32 1986
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Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <148@sas.UUCP> walker@sas.UUCP (Doug Walker) writes:
>Digiview can digitize any hi-quality 2:1 interlace video signal.  However,
>if the signal is changing while the digitization occurs, which takes 
>20-25 seconds, you won't get what you want.  Thus, you must have a VCR
>with a VERY GOOD still-frame option to get anything reasonable out of
>digiview in that case.

True, but note that you can only get monochrome images this way, since the
Digiview really only understands B&W, and color is done with mirrors (oops,
i mean filters...) .  If you had a device like the GENLOCK that can decompose
composite video into analog RGB, you might be able rig something up though...
-- 
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