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#49265From: John EllisJul 10, 1993 11:38 AM

Kevin – Agree with most of your comments, and a few elaborations. The Illuminator PRO has a CCR 601 version which has a resolution of 720X486 and the YUC is an advantage is you want to use this board for D1 format which is where this discussion started. It also has composite out which the Vista does not. The CCR 601 version is touted as a true broadcast standard board. Which remains to be seen. (Greg is getting one for evaluation.) I mentioned that TrueVision had a Digital Vista (which is different than the standard AT Vista) with a resolution of 720X486 and 4:2:2:4 to Martin K. and he mentioned the Matrox CCR 601 board which is 4:2:2. There is work on a daughter board to give the board 4:2:2:4 capability. The price difference is significant. If you are familiar with the YUC component on the 640×480 version I am interested to know what type of monitors you've seen used with these YUC boards. Thanks, -JE

#49408From: CSA/CAJul 12, 1993 1:43 PM

John, The Matrox board has non-interlaced RGB out to a VGA monitor, just no video frequency RGB (15.7 kHz). Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates

#49414From: John EllisJul 12, 1993 2:44 PM

Kevin – So the Matrox works at 720 x 486 on a VGA and has display drivers for 3DS to render to that resolution? Does this mean that if you're running LUMENA or INSCRIBER it diplays on the VGA, what about the menus? And what can you do with the YUC output then? Thanks -JE

#49505From: CSA/CAJul 13, 1993 11:32 AM

John, Maybe you should check with Ang about some of your questions – we're not a Matrox dealer. Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates

#49544From: John EllisJul 13, 1993 5:42 PM

Thanks anyway Kevin. -JE

#49436From: Angelo Guarino [DTI Inc]Jul 12, 1993 7:07 PM

>> no RGB video freq Kevin, That's interesting since I've have mine into my PVM-1340 video monitor RGB. I wonder where everyone's getting this "no RGB-out" info. Ang

#49513From: CSA/CAJul 13, 1993 12:40 PM

Angelo, Well, sounds like 15 kHz RGB to me. Their spec 1-0892 etc. says there is no RGB input. Not having the board, I am limited to information they've released, as well as various competitive analysis reports. Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates

#49674From: Angelo Guarino [DTI Inc]Jul 14, 1993 10:14 PM

Kevin, Did I say it had RGB input? Hmmm … if I did I miss typed. It does have RGB 15kHz output. If you have a VGA pass-thru setup (as in the configuration used in the "studio" system), it automatically switches to VGA freq's on the RGB channel for single display setup. Ang