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- From: aa794@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Pete Nofel)
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
- Subject: Re: Matrox Studio
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 23:42:57 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, bbs.mirage@gilligan.tsoft.net (Jerry Lee) says:
-
- >nowinski@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Andrew Nowinski) writes:
- >
- >>
- >> Does any one use Matrox Studio? Is it better than the Video
- >> Toaster? How much does it cost? Can animation like LightWave 3D
- >> be done on it? Does any one have the companies E-Mail address?
- >>
- >> Thanks in advance.
- >
- >Well.. the Video toaster can't compare with the Matrox. The Toaster for
- >one thing can't control any devices such as recorders. The quality
- >between the two is very great. From my experience (a hands on demo at
- >school -- we also have one by the way), I would say that the quality of
- >the matrox far surpasses that of the toaster.. besides, anything with a
- >"sheep wipe" ... well. you gotta wonder huh? <- The sheep thing is on
- >the toaster by the way. =) I'll try to get you the phone number and
- >address to the company as soon as possible.. (by Monday for sure). All I
- >know right now is that they are located in Canada and it costs around
- >$20K; the key word is around since the actual system that we have at
- >school cost more around $25-30K.
-
- Yow! $25K-$30K? Somebody want to 'splain to me what this system offers over
- dedicated video equipment? Also, does this mountain of cash include the
- DOS machine as well?
-
- I guess when you've got a *polytechnical* college footing the bills, you
- don't have to worry about costs. BTW, where is CPC?
-
- >
- >One more note.. the Matrox is capable of A-B-C rolls (two sources and 1
- >recorder)
- >
- >Computer and Video Imaging Major
- >Cogswell Polytechnical College.
- >---------------------------------------------------------------
- >EMAIL: jele@eis.calstate.edu
- >Internet: bbs.mirage@tsoft.sf-bay.org
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- >
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