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From: orcus@pro-lep.cts.com (Brian Greenstone)
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Subject: Re: Video Digitzers
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Date: 26 Apr 89 22:02:48 GMT
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I bought the AST Video Digitizer for the GS, and it is excellent.  Unlike the
ComputerEyes board which takes 6 seconds to digitize one lousy image, the AST
does it all in real time.  In 320 black&white mode, it updates about 5 times a
second!  In color or 640 mode it does it about once a second.
The only problems I have found with it is that it needs a lot of light to do
color correctly, and the software for it crashes a lot when there is a surge
from the video source.  i.e. when there is a cut on the tape or when you cant
get a clear signal from a TV station, I dunno why, but this causes the program
to crash.

-brian