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| 1 |
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Why do I need a processor? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 2 |
2 |
What is a line doubler, what is
a deinterlacer. what is a line tripler and a line quadrupler? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 3 |
3 |
What's the difference between a
line doubler and a scaler? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 4 |
4 |
What is film mode? What is
video mode? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 5 |
5 |
What is inverse 3:2 and 2:2
telecine? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 6 |
6 |
What is bob/weave? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 7 |
7 |
What sort of artifacts does a good line doubler
resolve? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 8 |
8 |
What are motion artifacts? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 9 |
9 |
What makes 72Hz such a magical
frequency? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 10 |
10 |
What is the chroma bug and why
should I worry about it in my scaler? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 11 |
11 |
What kinds of connections should
a scaler have? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 12 |
12 |
What are the most popular
deinterlacing and scaling engines out there? What are the differences between
them? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 13 |
13 |
Why makes DCDi so popular? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 14 |
14 |
What benefits does SDI add to a
scaler? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 15 |
15 |
What benefits does DVI add to a
scaler? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 16 |
16 |
What about HDCP support for my
scaler? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 17 |
17 |
Do we need scaling for HDTV? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 18 |
1 |
What does "Interlaced"
mean? What does "progressive" mean? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 19 |
2 |
Why does "Progressive"
video look better than "Interlaced" video? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 20 |
3 |
What is a field, what is a
frame? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 21 |
5 |
What is edge enhancement? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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N |
Link |
| 22 |
6 |
What is a noise filter? How does it work? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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N |
Link |
| 23 |
7 |
What is a comb filter? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 24 |
8 |
What is a TBC, do I need one? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 25 |
9 |
What is chroma bandwidth expansion? Do I need it? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 26 |
10 |
What is so special about a waving flag? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 27 |
1 |
I have a XXX projector, what is the best scaler for me? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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N |
Link |
| 28 |
2 |
What will the scaler "do for me"? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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N |
Link |
| 29 |
3 |
What is native rate ("sweet spot")? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 30 |
4 |
Do I need test patterns on my scaler? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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N |
Link |
| 31 |
5 |
Are all SDI players compatible with all SDI capable scalers
? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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N |
Link |
| 32 |
6 |
Do I need to buy an expensive SDI DVD player, or will a
cheaper one do? What is the difference between PQ on SDI players? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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N |
Link |
| 33 |
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What is/are 480i, 480p, 1080i? What do these numbers mean? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 34 |
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Can my TV/Projector use a scaler? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 35 |
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What are "Motion adaptive", "Motion
compensated" deinterlacing algorithms? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 36 |
8a |
What kind of artifacts can a scaler INTRODUCE into my system
(judder, tearing, combing, smearing)? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 37 |
7a |
What are jaggies? |
Link |
Unassigned |
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Y |
Link |
| 38 |
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What are luma and chroma? |
email |
yubyub |
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Y |
Link |
| 39 |
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What is the difference between composite, s-video and
component connections? |
email |
yubyub |
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Y |
Link |
| 40 |
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Why is a component connection superior to
other analog methods? |
email |
yubyub |
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Y |
Link |
| 41 |
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What is the difference between component and RGB[HV]? |
email |
yubyub |
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Y |
Link |
| 42 |
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What connection should I use from my DVD/Laserdisc/VHS/S-VHS
player or cable/DSS box? |
email |
yubyub |
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Y |
Link |
| 43 |
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Do I need a video processor? |
email |
yubyub |
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Y |
Link |
| 44 |
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Do I need a scaler, deinterlacer, or
doubler? |
email |
yubyub |
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Y |
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