Re: NTSC stuff

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <3jb3nr$c1b@epicycle.lm.com>,
Matt Portune <mportune@telerama.lm.com> wrote:
>1.)	Is there any way to make the NTSC video out on the GS full-screen?
>	I mean, kill the border and expand the actual picture to full
>	screen?  (not just a black border... I need full screen)

   Not as far as I know. Since (I think) that the NTSC video is
created within the Mega II chip, without opening the chip up, and
tweaking it a little (a joke, don't try this at home :), there's
nothing that can be done. Any halfway decent post-production house
(translation: more than most of us can afford, unless it's a friend
with an Amiga and a video toaster) might be able to expand up the
video to fill the whole screen.


>2.)	If not, is there a way to align the NTSC video?  It's gotten worse
>	over the years.  Right now there is a 3-in border on the left,
>	1-1/2 inch border on the right, and a half-inch border on the top
>	and bottom.  Stupid thing is all over the place.  hehehe :)

   Yes, adjust your monitor. Adjusting the GS's output (unless you happen
to have a VOC) is impossible as far as I know. Far easier to turn the
knobs in the back of the monitor. If your monitor is too wussy to have
adjustment knobs, then find a TV friend.


>3.) 	I know SecondSight won't support NTSC output, but is there something
>	out in PC land that will plug into a VGA port, and convert the data
>	into NTSC video? 

   Yep. We have a smilar device that plugs into our macs at work; it
translates the picture to SVHS (better than NTSC coax) cable & signal,
but lesser versions should be available.

Nathan Mates
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