Re: DS Downconversion

Date : Thu, 4 Aug 2005 09:07:41 -0500
To : DS(at)Softimage.COM
From : editorphil <editorphil(at)gmail.com>
Subject : Re: DS Downconversion
We have a Quantel EQ in house and NITRIS downconverts look MUCH
better.  EQ is very soft.   NITRIS looks, in my opinion, a little
better than the HDcam one, just from looking - when I get the time I
want to do a split screen . . . .

On 8/4/05, Ed Fraticelli <edfrat(at)pmidigital.com> wrote:
> Hi folks;
> 
> Concerning a NON-NITRIS (Equinox-based) DS-HD System:
> 
> I have noticed how poor my downconversions are (1080i to SD at 29.9
> frames) when done within DS, compared to the same video downconverted by
> the F500 VTR.  I have noticed lots of artifacts around fine/sharp
> horizontal details.  I guess you'd call them interlace artifacts, but
> there is no interlacing conversion happening here.
> 
> The converter in the F500 seems to handle this better, with MUCH less
> artifacts noticed.  Is there some setting within DS that can be changed
> to minimize this?  Does the Nitris hardware handle downconversions
> better?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ed at PMI
> Pittsburgh, PA
> USA
> 
> 
> 
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