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From: a300@mindlink.UUCP (Mark Gray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Video in Multimedia - Info request
Message-ID: <614@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 22 Oct 89 12:19:35 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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I am looking for a video board which will import live video from a laser disk
or other video source into a window on the Mac II.  The purpose is to
incorporate video clips into interactive multimedia presentations.

A dealer suggested the Color Space II video board from Mass Microsystems.  This
board allows the importation of live video and synchronizes Mac graphics with
the video signal.  Graphics can be overlaid on the video signal and the result
displayed on an appropriate multisync monitor.  Although this board has some
very sophisticated functions, its principal drawback as far as I am concerned
is that it does not permit the video image to be displayed in a window -- the
video image takes up the entire screen and any graphics are overlaid.

I saw an advertisement for the Personal Vision board from Orange Micro which
apparently allows the video image to be displayed in a window with the graphics
alongside.  This board may accomplish my purpose.

If you have any insight into or information on these boards, or just as
important, if you can suggest any alternative product, I'd very much appreciate
hearing from you.  You can reply directly to me
and I'll then summarize the results to the network.

       Thanks in advace,
--
Mark Gray
Vancouver BC  Canada
using "Mindlink" BBS