#Is Targa+64 NTSC good?
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Bailey,
Me again. If I'm not wrong, I think that you get wrong concept (probably we
both are wrong <g>). From my modest understanding, when you are in 512 or 756
lines resolution, interlaced, the targa is "outputting" (is this the right
word?) an NTSC signal (14.318 MHZ, H:15.734 KHz, V:30 Hz). The diferences are
in the way the signal is sending to the monitor/VTR. The Targa+ has three
outputs: composite video, SVHS Y/C, and RGB output. The Targa has an
encoder/decoder for the first two outputs, and the RGB is "pure" video output,
with the three channels (Red, Green and Blue) and one H/V sync channel
(difficult to translate this -simple- concepts from spanish).
The encoder/decoder of the Targa has less quality than those (expensive)
profesional encoders/decoders or one of those others transcoders. So, for the
best output you'll need an external device to convert those separate signals
for an output that will be accepted by your video. Or you can take an VTR that
admit direct RGB input (because they have an encoder/decoder, transcoder or
whatever it's inside of it -and please (this is for one of those wonderfull
master gurus that forms the evanescent spirit of this marvellous forum <g>) if
I'm wrong, COULD YOU EXPLAIN IT TO ME TOO??? <- Sorry, but this things happens
when you have just become from read Ionesco's The Bald Soprano 🙂
Ana
Ana,
I am a unix programmer at work, but at home I am a PC guy with a AMI 486DX2/66
VLB with 16meg (one 16meg simm with room for 3 more), an 877meg SCSI-2 hard
drive, local bus SCSI-2 controller and local bus S3 805 graphics, Nec 4FG
monitor, and a Toshiba XM-3401B CD in an 8bay tower case. The S3 805 board
(made by NDI) works well with 3DS because it can use the 1024x768x256 mode for
wireframe editing and 640x480x24bit for rendering. Thanks for the explanation
of RGB->NTSC encoding. I think I will use onboard encoding for now and get the
external encoder later if I need it. I talked to a video mailorder place and
they said the Sony encoder for the EVO-9650 costs about $2K. Someone was
telling me about the Matrox Professional Producer board. He said it is as good
as the ATVista for about half the price. Have you heard anything about this
board? I am tempted to sticke with the known quantity–Targa+–but the idea of
getting much better quality at the same price from a company I've heard of
before is appealing.
Bailey