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- From: addison@shell.portal.com (Addison Laurent)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Play Inc's Snappy. They'd do Amiga software except...
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 10:16:04 -0800
- Organization: Portal Communications (shell)
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- gchiu@compkarori.co.nz (Graham Chiu) writes:
- >Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser) wrote:
- >>The product gets rave reviews. It's priced at US$199.95.
- >>You can plug a video camera into it. A still video camera.
- >>A laserdisc player. A VCR. any kind of standard video output
- >>can become Snappy's input.
-
- >Excuse me, what makes this product any different and better than the
- >various parallel port digitisers that were and are still available for
- >the Amiga eg: VIDI-24 RT (the company may be deceased here ), Pro Grab
-
- Well, Snappy isn't a real-time digitizer. Just a frame grabber.
- Snappy sells for $200, and is sold everywhere. VIDI I've heard nice thing
- about - but you hit teh nail on the head - are they even stll around?
-
- I've heard of stunning frame grabs with it, too.
-
- Basically, price, marketing, and availability.
-
- Addison
-