#Output to VHS
John et al,
I've been browsing thru some of the messages on this forum and you're all way
above me, but I'm hoping you might still be able to help me.
I have the AI Tech Pro PC/TV Plus. I teach computer graphics nationwide, and
use it to connect to large TVs for teaching groups. I also use it to produce
my videos. I am using Astound and producing self-running presentations, then
videotaping these via the VGA->NTSC converter and a Sony Hi-8 deck.
This produces beautiful originals, but when copied for distribution, they are
not nearly as good as professional video. Although I know that I cannot hope
to get to professional video on my tiny budget, I am looking into trying to at
least get my resolution to 800 x 600 in hopes it will improve the quality
somewhat.
I have been eyeing the AVerKey 3, their zoom feature fascinates me, although I
don't know if I'd be able to integrate it with my Astound presentations. I
also saw advertised on the same page of the JDR catalog, a RocGen VGA Video
Production Card. If I'm reading the specs on it correctly, I could use it to
do all that I am doing, plus I would get video capture too 🙂 I have no need
to do live video now, but I might want to in the future. I show slides of
artists work, and it might be fun to have the artist talking about the work in
a little window. I have a video caputre card now that does single frame
capture, but it is only 640 x 480, and the images are practically useless
because of that.
My question is….for what I want to do, which is be able to hook to TV's
easily for teaching, AND be able to output decent quality Hi-8 originals of
artist's slides… what would you recommend? My budget is definitely under
$1000 and really more like $500.
Also, will a card like this be compatible with Windows 95? I am part of the
Preview program, and hope to be installing it within the next couple weeks.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Jan Cabral