VHS Upscale Comparison: DomesDay Duplicator - Real-Time Software Upscale vs Topaz AI

Описание: VHS restoration comparison featuring footage captured via Domesday Duplicator and a JVC HR-S9600U with TBC/DNR enabled. This video puts two deinterlace + upscale workflows head-to-head — traditional software processing vs modern AI-driven enhancement — to show how far analog video can be pushed.

🎬 Source Footage: S-VHS (JVC HR-S9600U with TBC/DNR)
📼 Captured via: Domesday Duplicator
🧼 Deinterlacing: Topaz Video AI (done as a separate preprocessing pass)
🎯 Final Output Resolution: 1080p

🔹 Workflow A – Real-Time Software Upscale (vMix)
Deinterlaced first in Topaz AI
Upscaled in vMix using bicubic interpolation
No motion-aware enhancement or detail rebuild

🔹 Workflow B – Full Topaz Video AI Processing
Deinterlaced via individual pass in Topaz AI (I find a two pass method is ideal, deinterlace seperate from AI upscale)
Upscaled with Proteus v3, settings here:
Scale: 225 % (640×480 ➜ 1920×1080)
Recover Detail: 15
Sharpen: 12
Reduce Noise: 20
Fix Compression: 0
Improve Detail:12
Dehalo: 15
Anti-Alias / Deblur: 10
Add Noise (Grain): 0
🧠 Goal: Showcase the visual difference between a basic upscale and intelligent AI enhancement when restoring analog video.

💬 Let us know in the comments — which version looks better to your eyes?
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