> My guess is that it was intended as a demonstration of the ability to decode the full > NTSC signal from raw signal data, including both audio and video with proper color. > From that perspective, I was hugely impressed. It looked great and sounded clean (for > non-deinterlaced NTSC).
MAME's been able to decode NTSC on the GPU for I think coming up on a decade now. One of these years we'll use it to make the Apple II render "the right way" at the expense of not being able to run without a GPU that does shaders.