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- From: swix@prism.gatech.edu (SWIX,SCOTT R)
- Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
- Subject: Video in a Window (in OS/2)
- Message-ID: <199209050503.AA20364@prism.gatech.edu>
- Date: 5 Sep 92 05:03:30 GMT
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- IBM offers three products that are capable of displaying video in
- OS/2 windows. These are:
-
- 1) IBM PS/2 TV
- This is an external box that chains between the graphics adapter
- and the display. It accepts various video inputs as well as
- contains an on-board cable decoder. Speakers for audio are
- part of the box (about 12"x9"x2" perhaps?) It is controllable
- via software (for Windows and OS/2), communicating via the
- keyboard. It takes no slots, does good video - no chroma
- keying, video in a rectangle only - and is cheap.
-
- Current price : About $399 from the 1-800 IBM Direct number
-
- 2) IBM M-Motion Video Adapter/A
- Very similar to the DVA-4000, this adapter works with VGA and
- XGA in modes up to 640x480, and provides lots of video functions-
- multiple sources for video and line audio, NTSC and PAL support
- in both base and Y/C modes, video attributes control (brightness,
- color, contrast, etc), image capture and restore, graphics and
- video region protect, freeze frames, digital audio capture and
- playback, etc.
-
- Software support is via the IBM M-Control Program/2 Version 2.0,
- which includes DOS, Windows 3.0, Windows MMEs, OS/2 1.3, and
- a commitment to OS/2 2.0 MMPM.
-
- Cost : About $1399 via the 1-800 number, and another $200 for
- the software development kit containing material for
- all the OS's supported.
-
- 3) ActionMedia II (DVI)
- This has been discussed before. The DVI based boards will
- capture and playback digital video, but they can also run in
- a video pass-through mode for video in a window. They have
- provided OS/2 support for quite a while, and recently
- announced support for OS/2 MMPM.
-
- Cost : I really don't know what it is now.
-
- Obviously, please check the IBM phone order center to the real
- prices, since there are special prices from that source versus
- the standard IBM rep order process. Also obtain the format
- product information for all the function details.
-
-
- SCOTT R. SWIX
- IBM Multimedia Product Development
- and Georgia Tech
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- The information and opinions above are solely mine, and do not represent
- official positions or statements of either Georgia Tech or IBM.
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