PERIPHERALS
Name Price Rating Comment Additional Info Supplier Tel Issue Page no Additional comments, notes
Video Cameras
Connectix Colour Quickcam £175 lllllm Almost cheap enough to buy as a toy, but also viable for video conferencing. 640x480 video capture, focussing ring, VIDEC compression. Computer Connections 01473 232282 24 165 recommended
Video Capture/Editing
Aver VideoEditor £399 llllmm Useful and well integrated, but costly if all you want is video titles. Solutions 01242 580816 24 172
Fast FPS 60 £499 lllllm Impressive. Full PAL field digitising at reasonable ratios. 16-bit 3/4 length ISA card, Philips and Zoran chipset. Fast Electronics 0171 221 8024 13 129
Fast AV Master £999 lllllm True SVHS output for under £1000 and unquestionable performance. PCI, image capture at up to 768x576 at 50 fields per second. Fast Electronics 0181 968 0411 23 157
Miro DC1 TV £577 llllll Outstanding performance, very easy to use, very affordable. Full motion, full frame capture and playback, 24-bit colour. Miro UK 01494 510250 1 110 recommended
Miro DC20 £750 lllllm Superb board with high quality results. requries PCI card for full frame, 24 bit colour. Miro UK 01494 510250 17 104 recommended
Spea Crunch It £325 lllmmm Let down by poor quality driver. 16-bit ISA card, Philips and Zoran chipset, VMC connector Spea 01844 261886 13 128 recommended
Truevision Targa 1000 £2,400 llllmm High-end performance for a high-end price. A dream card for professionals. PCI, 24-bit colour, 16-bit stereo. Techex 01628 777800 21 133
Videox £595 llllmm Suited to animator or semi-pro editing. ISA. Vine Micros 01843 225714 8 120
Digital Cameras
Casio QV-10 £680 lllmmm Easy to use and compact. Reasonable photographic resolution. Expensive. 320x240 pixels, 24 bit colour, TFT LCD display, 96 shot 16Mbit memory, weight 190g, 2 hours from 4 AA batteries. Casio Electronics 0181 893 2592 15 96
Kodak DC 20 £298 llllmm Lack of on camera controls limits functionality, but a good price. 493x373 or 320x240 pixels, 24-bit colour, 16 shot memory at lowest res, 8 shot at highest. Kodak 0800 281487 23 146
Kodak DC 40 £895 llllmm Great image quality. Simplistic software. 750x504 pixels, 24-bit colour, 44-shot memory, weight 0.5Kg. Kodak 01442 61122 14 146
Kodak DC 50 £899 llllmm An improvement on earlier versions but expensive for a digital camera. 756x504 pixels, 24-bit colour, 22 shot memory, weight 0.7Kg. Kodak 01442 845228 20 118
Sanyo Image PC £400 llllmm Good image quality and easonable memory upgrade path, but expensive. 640x480 pixels in high res, 320x240 in standard, 24-bit colour, max 32 shot memory, weight 0.5Kg Bannerbridge 01268 419101 25 172

Last Update: 14/10/96

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