Name Price at Time of Review (£) Rating Comment Additional Info Supplier Tel Issue Page Additional comments, notes
Video Capture/Editing
Spea Crunch It 325 *** Let down by poor quality driver. 16-bit ISA card, Philips and Zoran chipset, VMC connector Spea 01844 261886 13 128
Miro DC1 TV 577 ****** 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 ***** Superb board with high quality results. requries PCI card for full frame, 24 bit colour. Miro UK 01494 510250 17 104 recommended
Fast FPS 60 499 ***** 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 recommended
Truevision Targa 1000 2,400 **** 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 **** Suited to animator or semi-pro editing. ISA. Vine Micros 01843 225714 8 120
Video Blaster RT300 299 **** Limited by .AVI output only. ISA, .AVI output. Creative Labs 01743 344744 4 138
Digital Cameras
Casio QV-10 680 *** 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 CD 40 895 **** Great image quality. Simplistic software. 750x504 pixels, 24-bit colour, 44-shot memory, weight 0.5Kg. Kodak 01442 61122 14 146
Kodak DC50 899 **** 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