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From: mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Single Frame recorders
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Date: 18 Mar 91 15:39:14 GMT
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>In article <4980@mindlink.UUCP- Gord_Wait@mindlink.UUCP (Gord Wait) writes:
>-WHOA! there are cheaper ways to get single frame recording going:
>-I have an article from OCT 90 about a new NEC S-VHS recorder called the
>-"PC_VCR" that claims to have an RS232 port on it, and allows single frame
>-animation recording for $2100.00 (US funds).

First off, the NEC PC-VCR is useless for single frame recording. It is intended
for multimedia playback and inexpensive editting.

Now the real news!!!!...At the AmigaWorld Expo in New York, JVC was showing
(but not demonstrating) a NEW industrial VCR that was capable of recording
single frame animation *WITHOUT* an animation controller (like those from
Diaquest, Lyon Lamb, BCD, etc). The JVC rep said it was designed specifically
with this application in mind and they were hoping to open up a whole new
market. It was S-VHS format, had rs-232 inputs, and was meant to be as easy
to communicate to as the expensive animation controllers. The model number
was something like BV-S605U (I am certain of the 605 #) and is expected to
list between $2200 and $2600. It should be available in about 45 days.
The rep I spoke to said the heads and transport are of industrial quality
and are meant to stand up to the rigors of single frame animation.
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