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#3D Studio vs. Lightwave

    30-Dec-94 17:07:08
Fm: Robert Mundkowsky 74244,1010
To: Lou Wallace 76376,2136
Dear Lou, Thanks, I just picked up my first issue (Jan). I be looking for Feb. Question about the magazine; My understanding at this time of output of video from a computer is that the only way to get close to 30fps (not counting fields) is to use MPEG and hope to heck that your other computer components actually run at there maxs (i.e. HD transfer) and even if everything is working optimumally then you get good enough video to show at home, but not even close enough to broadcast. Although if you painstakingly output 1 frame at a time then you can get broadcast worthy video. Is this true? Or are there products out there that can handle broadcast video output from a computer based system (video from RAM or HD) at 30fps (60 fields , which I believe is that optimum)? And if so are they withen a budget of $10k-$20 or higher? I am a newbie to the DV world or even just the Video world, so any answer I would appreciate. Btw, I am honored that a DV writer is responsing to question in this forum:) Sincerely, Robert Mundkowsky