Re: TurboRez news

[bazyar@netcom.com (Jawaid Bazyar)]

stever@news.gate.net (Steve Reeves) writes:


  Note: This is NOT a flame. I am just making some clarifications. :)

>Comparing The Two

>The Second Sight card's strongest suite is when it's coupled to an
>external SVGA monitor. Here it offers some pretty high resolution, up to
>1076 by 768 pixels. Of course, to effectively take advantage of this,
>you'll really need a 17 or 19 inch monitor to avoid eyestrain (Price a
>monitor this size next time you're at a computer store). Second Sight does
>not offer overscanning.

  Actually, the SVGA controller on the Second Sight _does_ support
overscan, but I didn't think to mention it.  I'll do some experiments
sooner or later on overscan.

>Multi-Plane Overlay Technology

>The Multi-Plane hardware on the TurboRez card is similar in concept to the
>multi-plane techniques used by commercial film animators. Basically, it
>means having the various elements of the picture, both moving and still,
>on separate "layers". 

  With some care, the Second Sight can be set up to have independent
bitplanes, but it's not as straightforward as this appears to be.

>Texture Mapping via Line Drawing w/Scaling

  All I can say about this is, if I understand it correctly, is WOW. :-)

>While we're talking about features, we'll also mention that page-flipping
>is no problem 

  SecondSight can page-flip too.

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