Amiga Hardware DatabaseCompany Digital Creations / Progressive Image, USA | Date 1989 | Amiga A2000 | Interface video slot |
- internal Y/C genlock
- consists of three parts: main video board, video breakout box, dissolve controller console
- main board:
- DB9 connector for the dissolve controller
- DB25 connector for the breakout box
- breakout box:
- allows for transcoding various video formats in and out of the Amiga
- mounted onto the back of the A2000
- eight BNC connectors: Preview Chroma output, Preview Composite / Luma output, Fast Key input, Key output, Composite input, Composite thru, two Composite Overlay outputs
- four S-VHS connectors: Y/C input, Y/C thru, two Y/C Overlay outputs
- four switches: Preview select, Input select, Composite termination, Y/C termination
- dissolve controller:
- allows for overlaying video with Amiga graphics in a variety of ways via two sliders (graphics and background)
- the Composite and S-VHS modes can be selected with a dual position rocker switch
- software:
- adjustable Dissolves (64 levels), VPos/Saturation, Chroma Phase, Horizontal Pos
- Auto Dissolve, Notch Filter (significantly reduces the effects of chroma crawl and rainbowing artifacts), Internal Blanking (built-in sync generator), Auto Gain Chroma (helps to correct input video that has incorrect amplitude levels and also corrects colorburst to RS-170A level), Internal Key, Fastsync Clamp, Vertical Interval, Timing Enable, Alpha Key, RGB Termination
Main board, front side
Breakout box, top side
Breakout box, bottom side
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