dokworm

Yes, in step mode only one of the two fields is displayed at a time, so that is normal.

Oh BTW, I found that the later Lumagen scalers had a better comb filter than the Entech, you may want to borrow one if you can for comparison. Get a copy of the Video Essentials laserdisc and use the moving Snell & Willcox test pattern to ascertain how well your comb filter is working. Yep the BNC is the best output from the X0, as long as you are using an outboard comb filter. If you have an oscilloscope, waveform monitor and vectorscope, you can buy the Pioneer LD test disc and check your alignment, levels, clock function etc. to ensure your X0 is running at peak performance. http://parts.pioneerelectronics.com/part.asp?productNum=GGV1069

To answer some questions: I capture everything through a 5 line 3D comb filter based on the TVP5160 chip. I then feed that into a Blackmagic Intensity capture system and capture in 10bit uncompressed to an SSD array. Five captures are done and a median function passed over them to remove dropouts and reduce noise and any remaining dot crawl. I'm mainly using Davinci Revival (http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davincirevival/) for cleanup work and Davinci Resolve for basic colour correction duty. That is then fed back out to a teranex processor for scaling. I don't use avisynth or After Effects for this process I'm afraid, but I was a user of After Effects for years at Animal Logic, so know my way around it, just haven't had the need for LD transfers. I'm also doing some VHD transfers at the moment and about to start on a Star Wars restoration. I'd love to see how well your system works, it is a very, very time consuming process, don't underestimate how long it all takes, but the results can be quite good.

I have an X0 and an X9 and would be happy to convert any macross laserdiscs anyone has to digital. I use a BlackMagic Intensity Extreme and an outboard comb filter for best results. I'm in Australia though, but happy to do any conversions if people are happy to pay for the postage.