New Scandoubler ready!

[Damion]

I've ordered one also, it should work great (for OCS/ECS stuff) with my 17" Trinitron collecting dust.

There are rumors of a new internal unit to be out soon (from Jens IIRC), hopefully it's 24-bit, as I'm guessing it's intended for AGA... 16-bit in 2008 is just ghetto IMHO.

As an aside -- I wonder if amigan24 still thinks his bud's 16-bit Indivision is worth $900? :-P

[Damion]

alexh wrote:

Crap not another person who doesnt understand the difference between palettes entries vs colour depth ;-)

Hey now, I resembled that statement :-P


@Nlandas

Yeah, it would look the same as using an Indivision or DCE internal. (BTW -- I don't know WTF is up with the DCE unit, as it does have a 24-bit DAC. Though I sold mine long ago and can't test, it is rumored to be 16-bit, and if my memory serves certain demos *do* appear to have much more detail on a good 'ol 1084. I think that's pretty shoddy, especially since it's solely for use in AGA machines. The CV64/3D scandoubler is also rumored to be 16-bit. :shrug:)

Anyhow -- it's still entirely "usable" for AGA, most things will look OK. Back-to-back comparisons with certain demos (or even better, single-color gradients) will clearly reveal the color loss, though.

[Damion]

Nlandas wrote:

I am amazed every day at the number of really nice and helpful people here on Amiga.org and the number of rude ones. I was not arguing with anyone in my post, just asking some question to understand better.

I wouldn't worry about it, that's just alexh's way of showing affection :lol:

[Damion]

WOOT!!!! :pint: It's software configurable, and has a 50Hz "fallback" mode? AWESOME!

Finally, it will be nice to watch AGA demos on a Trinitron... in full 24-bit.

[Damion]

This flickerfixer scandoubler business sounds like a joke to me. Too much fuss for no or little payoff. I saw one go for close to $500 on ebay the other day. That's just ridiculous. I would like to know *what* a scandoubler can do better than A520 with composite video output (in Amiga's present situation).

The basic answer is composite looks like ass, and laced modes may still flicker/not display properly/etc on LCD's unless the image is properly processed. But you are right, $500 is absolutely retarded for an external 16-bit scandoubler.

[Damion]

amigadave wrote:
@AmigaKit,

Please bring at least one of these to AmiWest 2008 and I will buy it for sure.

+1

This is a good excuse for me to take a nice day ride to Amiwest (and spend a bunch of money).