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From: bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com (Bob Lindabury)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AmiExpo report (1 day only) && stuff
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Date: 30 Oct 89 07:16:10 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from laba-2ac@web-2b.berkeley.edu

> 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.)

I think your estimates of nanosecond quality is a bit off.  According to the
people at Innovision (Broadcast Titler), their claims are actuall 27
nanosecond resolution with their aliased fonts.  Pro-Video Gold will match
that.  I don't think they are 27 nanosecond at all, but they certainly beat
the heck out of 70 nanosecond resolution!  I would say that the Pro-Video Gold
and the Broadcast Titler fonts come in around 35 nanoseconds (don't have a
scope) which is just fine.

Big deal if the Toaster boasts 35 nanosecond resolution, it better have it! 
Besides, just because their board can *DO* 35 nanoseconds doesn't mean they
are going to have a good CG.  In fact, Broadcast Titler is almost unusable
because of the poorly designed interface and the problems associated with the
program which makes Pro-Video Gold the best titling package available for
anywhere near online charater generation.  I wouldn't go running out to lay my
$1600 down on a product that's been 4 years in the making with no software
support to speak of especially when you want to use for something it wasn't
even designed to do.  It was designed to do real-time video effects, not be a
titler.

Save yourself some money and hassle, go out and drop $300 on Pro-Video Gold or
you can go out and get yourself at Chyron Scribe for $15,000.

-- Bob
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