Posted by Biz on 11/04/05 23:10

I believe that means its fine for sources that have up to 550 lines of
resolution, or just beyond what DVD offers today...You certainly seem to be
hung up on the lines of resolution. Let that idea go, these are crappy 240
or so lines VHS tapes. You cant create resolution where there is none. you
cant make them look like a DVD quality video. A line doubler or quadrupler
from a company like Faroudja, is primarily for playback, after the TBC in
the equipment chain, very popular back in the heyday of laserdiscs. I dont
know anyone who bothered trying to use it on VHS quality material...IMHO,
and I'm sure many will agree, you want to get the best capture of close to
the native resolution as possible, otherwise you introduce noise and
artifacts galore into the signal. Have a read and look around at
www.digitalfaq.com


"Harry" <htstone@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> OK, got it...
>
> Most of my tapes are commercial, non-copyrighted videos that aren't
> available on DVD yet. I already bought the SIMA CT2, which overrides
> macrovision copyright protection for those few tapes that are
> protected. I have found that nearly all of my tapes are just VHS.
>
> I found the SIMA SCC Pro. It looks good, has many adjustments and
> claims 550 lines of resolution. I wonder if it only supports 550 lines.
> I suspect that it will only output the same as what is feeded in to it.
> I may still need a device called a "line doubler."
>
> Thanks for the advice.
>

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