Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!cel!jc From: jc@cel.co.uk (jerry cullingford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Micro TV??? Message-ID: <6992@suns201.cel.co.uk> Date: 12 Nov 90 17:40:10 GMT References: Reply-To: jc@cel.co.uk (jerry cullingford) Organization: Crosfield Ltd., Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom. Lines: 35 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To:comp.sys.amiga In article ghost@bucsf.bu.edu (Jay Adelson) writes: > >Does anyone know if there are any plans out there to make a "Micro TV" >for the amiga? > >Micro TV ( I think that's the name) is an application which will allow >you to watch TV in a window on the screen while doing whatever... > Some suggestions: (1) Why bother? It seems a little silly to me, but if you really want to watch TV: (2) Use a genlock and a Picture-in-picture VCR. Put a transparent amiga window over the PIP display. (3) Buy one of the tiny LCD portable TVs - its probably cheaper, or (4) Put your existing TV next to your amiga monitor. option (3) is likely to be a cheaper - and better - way of doing things than a "micro TV" system. no processor overhead, more colours, and cheaper too, given the volumes they make. Can anyone come up with a useful application for a "micro TV" system? I suspect macs don't genlock too easily, so maybe that's why this was developed.. or is it basically just a fast framegrabber? surely nobody would use something like this just for watching TV? !!!!!? -Jerry -- +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | | Jerry Cullingford jc@cel.co.uk | "You cannot both understand | ,-|-- | #include | and like Intel CPU chips" | \_|__ +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------+ \___/