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From: root@crash.cts.com (Super user)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: LIVE! digitizer
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Date: 24 Aug 89 11:37:24 GMT
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Network Comment: to #2976 by stevel@tybalt.caltech.edu

Steve L writes:

> You're probably right. The amiga is a $1000 machine, most people who wish
> to do "broadcast quality" video work have tens or hundreds of thousands
> to spend on the real thing. I doubt there are a sufficient number of Amiga
> users who have the $$$ to spend on "broadcast quality" equipment to really
> justify the r&d it would take to come out with such products. Then again,
> I have seen a few products claiming "broadcast quality" in the $2000-$8000
> price range, so it may be coming now. In any case, 4096 colors is hardly
> sufficient for professional image processing anyway.

I agree that the top of the line TARGA boards are expensive and most normal
Amiga users wouldn't be able to afford them but you can get a very good TARGA
board (TARGA 16) for under $2000 right now!  That certainly is in the range
you are talking about and it still blows away any of the $1000-$1500 Amiga
frame capture boards I've seen.

I realize the the TARGA 16 is only a 16 bit board but it's still quite
impressive since the board is both a capture AND display device.  

If you or anyone else is interested, I happen to have a TrueVision ICB (Image
Capture Board) here that I am selling.  It is a real-time frame capture board
(captures full color images in 1/30th of a second) and it captures and
displays 32,768 colors.  It has a pixel resolution of 256x256 but the images
look fantastic because of it's color capabilities and shading.  This board may
not be quite as good as a TARGE because it is lower resolution but it is
basically the exact same beast in lower res.

You could take this board, plug it into your Amiga 2000 with a BridgeBoard and
be in business.  I even have an associate who has put together a great TARGA
(and others) converter program called RGBExchange that does a fantastic job of
converting these images to HAM.  This board would be ideal for those of you
looking for a low cost frame capture system as I am selling it complete for
only $400.00.  I am also including the Powerful TIPS (TrueVision Image
Processing Software) with the package.  

The next message will give specifics about the board.

So Steve, as you can see, there are low-cost alternatives to going with such
items as the LIVE!.  

-- Bob

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