Buying Amigas
Bill;
NewTek has advertised for several years now that their Video Toaster was
equivalent to having around $100K worth of video processing equipment. I
was quite hesitant to believe them…. at first. I now believe that they
fall far short of the mark when pricing the equipment necessary to replace
the Toaster. I believe that you would have to spend between $150K and
$200K to get most of the functionality.
I am sure that someday their will be devices that will work on PC type
machines that will accomplish the work of the Toaster (particularly now
that the local bus makes it possible to have the sort of transfer rates
necessary). However, as far as I know, the Video Toaster is still the
"only game in town."
It is likely that the Toaster will remain the "only game in town" for
awhile yet as the competition would have to deal with the solid position
that NewTek has developed in the Video market. It would be rather
difficult (to understate the case) for another company to duplicate
NewTek's accomplishment at anything even close to the same price.
-bill