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From: amigan@cup.portal.com (R Michael Medwid)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Video Shootout
Message-ID: <41269@cup.portal.com>
Date: 14 Apr 91 16:40:41 GMT
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I have owned DCTV a few months..thing thing I like best about it is the 
quality of pictures going to video because the signal *is* NTSC..so quite
literally *what you see is what you get* when going to video.  It used
to be I'd create objects or animations on the RGB side and then be
disappointed after I transferred to video (gee..it looked so much 
better on the Amiga monitor).  No longer.  I am quite satified with
the large number of colors and the saturation that is finally laid down
onto video tape.  Also for *real time animation* I think DCTV is hard 
to beat.  As the images are about the size (only slightly larger then)
as a hi-res or med-res iff..you can animate these images using dPaint
or public domain MAKEANIM.  As one of the many people who don't want
to plank down $5000 to get started in the single frame animation recording
business..this is a BIG plus.  

IF you can afford single frame recording quipment and an expensive encoder..
then one of the other 24 bit products may be what you're looking for.  

OR if you don't care about animation but want the most vivid RGB pictures
(like to photograph to just to amaze you friends)  then I would look at
HAM-E, Color Burst or one of the other 24bit display boards (toaster, fire
cracker).  

I think the question is *where* do you want your output to go and how
much do you have to spend.