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From: laba-2ac@web-2b.berkeley.edu (Na Choon Piaw)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AmiExpo report (1 day only) && stuff
Keywords: AmiExpo, AMAS, A.M.A.S.
Message-ID: <1989Oct25.232153.5911@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 25 Oct 89 23:21:53 GMT
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In article <18679@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> piaw@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Na Choon Piaw) writes:
[can you say, quote myself. Actually, I'm borrowing the same account Choon
 Piaw uses until I start my own job at NASA-Ames this Mondasy....]
[...]
>Once I got in, the first booth I saw was NewTek's.  They were demoing the
>video toaster (to be released early next year, price is $1599), and version
>4.0 (software upgrade) of DigiView gold.  The video toaster was *very*
>interesting.  They hooked up a camera to it, and had the toaster performing
>a shrink of the picture and spiralled the picture around leaving a trail
>behind it.  IN REAL TIME.  I stood in front of the camera, and waved as the
>spiral started, and all the trails of my hand waved as I was doing so.
>Seeing that toaster was worth the price of admission alone.  (My broadcast
>engineer friend, Robert Gutierrez said that he wanted one.... :-) )
                  ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ [thats me :-)]

Anyway, yes, I intend to get a toaster when they are available. The ADO
effects (as they are called) is not what I am intrested in.....the character
generator is what I am intrested in.

For those of you who dont know, character generator resolution is measured
in nanoseconds (refresh time). Plain DP-II fonts would be equavelent to,
say 120ns, and Broadcast Titler is 70ns (so-called cable-TV quality). Well,
Newtek says the toaster will do 35 NANOSECONDS!!! That is considered broadcast
quality, and for $1.6k!!! This is a HELL of a lot better than getting a For-A,
Quantel, or other broadcast character generators, with prices of $5k (for 70ns)
and $10k (for 35ns) on up.

You're damn right I'll be putting in my advanced order for my toaster, since
my need is right up it's alley.....(subtitling Japanese animated TV shows).


     Robert Gutierrez
     (from a borrowed acct.)