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- -------------------------- Press Release --------------------------------
- March 5, 1993
- For Further Information Contact: John Sievers
-
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- Los Angeles, CA - March 5, 1993
- Centaur Announces Pricing and Availability of OpalVision Products
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-
- Centaur Development announced today pricing and availability of the
- enhancement modules for its modular OpalVision 24-bit graphics and Video
- system.
-
- The OpalVision Main Board, available since last August, has earned a
- reputation as the best of the 24-bit Amiga boards. It is a true 24-bit
- display device and framebuffer with 16.7 million colors available for every
- pixel. The bundled software includes the award-winning OpalPaint, widely
- acknowledged in the press as the very best of Amiga painting programs.
-
- The three new enhancement modules add a wide array of previously
- unannounced additional features to the system:
-
- ----------------- The OpalVision Video Processor ------------------------
-
- The OpalVision Video Processor (Formerly known as the Frame Grabber/Genlock)
- plugs directly into the Main Board. It is a real-time, 24-bit framegrabber,
- a professional quality genlock with chroma and luma keying and includes the
- OpalVision Roaster Chip for unlimited transitions, color processing and
- Digital Video Effects. It includes controlling software for all functions
- and a 24-bit, 35ns character generator.
-
- ------------------ The OpalVision Video Suite ---------------------------
-
- The OpalVision Video Suite (Formerly known as the Production Switcher) is
- a complete audio and video mixing, switching and transcoding device. It is
- a 19-inch, rack-mountable external unit with 9 video and 10 audio inputs.
- Video inputs and outputs are available simultaneously in RGB or Y/R-Y/B-Y,
- composite and S-Video. Its linear transparency key provides transparency
- control between 2 Video sources on a pixel-by-pixel basis. The audio mixer
- is fully software sequenced with smooth fades and full 5-band stereo
- frequency equalization.
-
- ------------------ The OpalVision Scan-Rate Converter ------------------
-
- The OpalVision Scan-Rate Convertor also plugs directly into the Main Board.
- It converts PAL and NTSC signals to 31kHz for non-interlaced, flicker-free
- display of Amiga and OpalVision graphics and live video. It operates with any
- multi-sync/multi-scan monitor. Additionally, the Scan-Rate Convertor
- includes a full, infinite window Time Base Corrector which operates in RGB
- for excellent quality.
-
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- All three of the additional modules will be available this Spring and will
- have a Suggested Retail Price of $995.00 each. OpalVision automatically
- self-configures for both PAL and NTSC video modes and works with the
- Amiga 2000, 3000 and 4000 models.
-