That's good info to have. Thanks Ken!
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Tim McLaughlin
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On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:07 PM, ksirul <kenavid2@glueedit.com> wrote:
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>
> OK, so if anyone is interested, we just finished testing our new
> Teranex Mini and this is what we found.
>
> NTSC SD Material shot with PD (standard or advanced) upconverts nicely
> to 1080p 23.98sf and removes the pulldown cleanly. Our older Teranex
> mini also does an awesome job of upconverting 30i to 1080i 59.94. We
> expect that. (the older one doesn't convert to 23.98 or do standards
> conversion).
>
> 1080i 29.97 originated material has pretty smooth motion when
> converted to 1080p 23.98sf, however, the picture is softened greatly
> in sections with motion (still parts of the frame are fine-part of the
> Teranex Pixel Motion interpolation) and there is a great deal of
> ghosting on still frames. We compared the same shots with a
> conversion on an Alchemist HD. The Alchemist is MUCH BETTER. I know,
> I'm comparing an under $3k box to an over $100k box, but I had some
> hope.
>
> NTSC to PAL conversion was the same result as above. Slightly
> softened frames and random blended frames on cuts. The Alchemist, of
> course was clean all the way through (This was an edited show, so,
> sort of expected from the cheaper box.)
>
> I think I'll keep my old Mini and return the new one, and keep sending
> material to Alchemist for frame rate conversions.
>
> KEN
>
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