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From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Fantastic video switcher card being shown at Mac World!
Summary: Amiga 2000 + Video Toaster blowing away Mac users.
Message-ID: <1408@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Date: 11 Jan 91 07:54:38 GMT
Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Organization: BT Tymnet, San Jose, CA
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KRON-TV, Channel 4 in San Francisco had a report from Mac World on the 11
o'clock news.  The really hot item this year is "full motion video".  About
1/2 of the report talked about recording video frames on the computer and
producing video on the computer to be sent out as video.  They didn't point
out how expensive it is to do this on the Macintosh, but the 2nd half of the
report featured close-ups of New Tek's Video Toaster.  For only $1600,
the Video Toaster provides a 4-input/2-output video switcher/genlock with
character generator and 24-bit paint program.

The reporter did not make it clear that you have to have an Amiga 2000
for the Toaster to plug in to.

If you're in Northern California this weekend (Jan 10-13) you can see it
for yourself at Moscone Center in San Francisco.

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