CompuServe Messages

Patrick: The FC24's output thru a SuperGen is MUCH better than a DCTV. The DCTV's picture is basically a low rez image or something like that (see Ben Williams text file describing the differences between DCTV & HAM-E in the Black Belt Systems section of the Amiga Vendors forum). The FC24's output is true high rez (or even higher if you use the 1024×482 mode). If you're going to be doing lots of video work, you might consider looking at GVP's IV24 board. I have one of these in my system as well, and it's output is IMHO as nice or nicer than the output of the FC24, and it comes with an encoder that allows it to output SVHS, and composite, or RGB. The board can also grab video from either RGB, composite, or SVHS. There's also a better encoder available for the IV24 GVP calls their transcoding video interface unit. It can output all the above formats as well as RGB, or betacam, YUV, MII, and possibly some others (I'm not familiar with all the professional formats). They're about to announce their new program Mirage that is similiar to ADPro or ImageMaster that uses the IV24 for much of it's operation, as well as switcher sofware that will do many things. The IV24 is much more expensive than the FC24, but it does MUCH more than the FC24 alone does, and for video work is probably a better choice. I have both in my system, as the FC24 does do some things better than the IV24 (for one, it's a true framebuffer, once an image is saved to the FC24 it will stay there until another image is saved to the FC24, or a command is given it to clear it. The IV24 on the otherhand uses it's memory in a different way, and once you've gone from displaying the image back to whatever control panel (or WB) saved the image to the IV24, it's gone (sort of the same as DCTV or Ham-E in this instance). -Mike Schiller On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale