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- From: dudley@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (John Dudley)
- Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
- Subject: Re: Buying a multimedia system
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.172742.29667@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 17:27:42 GMT
- References: <Bu39Mn.2Gx@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Sep4.151113.3583@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Sep4.182640.16397@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Reply-To: dudley@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (John Dudley)
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- In article <Bu39Mn.2Gx@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, tevonian@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu
- (Pete Tevonian) writes:
- > dudley@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (John Dudley) writes:
- >
-
- >
- > I don't believe that you get NTSC output standard in the Amiga 2000 or
- > 3000 any more. The 1000's had it, but I believe you now need a Toaster
- > or DCTV like device to get NTSC. I may be wrong about this (I don't have
- > one in front of me) but none of the 2000's or 3000's we used last year had
- > NTSC output directly from the machine.
- >
-
- The hardware that controls video in the Amiga outputs it in accordance
- with NTSC timing, etc. Now it is true that you need a device to convert
- the standard Analog RGB signals over into NTSC, but commodore
- sells this device roughly $20.(it comes bundled in some Amiga systems)
- But you do not need anything expensive to do this.
-
- > The DCTV is 21bit, if I remember correctly and does do a good job of
- > rendering NTSC output. The original poster was looking for animation
- > straight from Hard Drive. I don't think the DCTVs can do that, at least not
- > without some more help (either software or hardware). In my computer
- > animation courses last year, we were limted by the 9M RAM in the 3000's we
- > were using.
- >
-
- I don't know what software you were using, but most of the Animation
- creators I have seen for the Amiga WILL in fact allow you to view the
- animation in real time from Harddrive.
-
- >
- > On the Video Toaster -- I think NewTek raised the price of the toaster
- > to somewhere near $2500 last year, did they not? This may be a list
- > price, however, and it may be had for less. The Toaster is a wonderful
- > piece of equpiment though. If you plan to expand your system later, it
- > may be worth it to buy a 2000 (The Toaster won't fit in a 3000) now and
- > use a DCTV until you get up funds for a Toa
-
- Newtek raised the price of the Video Toaster 2.0 to $1895... it can be
- had for around $1500. A standalone system (Amiga with toaster) costs
- around $4000.00....
-
- >
- > --Pete Tevonian
- > tevonian@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu
-
- John Dudley
- Vertex Laboratories
-