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From: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Video digitizing/video-in-a-window boards
Summary: Who makes a good one, and what are the features?
Message-ID: <5768@media-lab.media.mit.edu.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 1 May 91 01:58:24 GMT
Reply-To: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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Greetings,

  A friend of mine and I are both looking for video boards for our Mac
II-series macines (my IIx, his IIci) which will allow us to put live video in
a window on our color monitors, and digitize images to a graphic format,
preferably in 24-bit.

  Other nice features would be:  graphic overlay, NTSC scan-rate output, and
combined frame-buffer/digitizing hardware, to eliminate shipping video over
NuBus.

  Obviously, price is a factor.  $6000 is out of the question.  We'd like to
stay in the $1-2,000 range.

  Any input from folks as to which boards from which manufacturers are best
would be much appreciated.  BTW, is there an Apple product which will do this
kind of stuff?

Thanks!
--Mike