#Flyer Hardware ?
11-Oct-94 07:08:10
Sb: #92323-#Flyer Hardware ?
Fm: Wayne Cole 76370,621
To: Frank Vanella 76527,723
Frank,
I went to the HT ELectronics open house and saw the Flyer there. What
surprised me was the number of "novice" users who were interested in it,
even when told clearly by the demonstrator that it required 2 2gig drivs
for video, .5-1 gig for audio, and tbc for input. Many of these people
had be so beaten with the term "component" that when the answer came back
"compsite" they automatically think "VHS". I think it is just easier for
NewTek to say "D2" without having to educate their potential market on
luminance bandwidths etc. And I've always heard them say "D2 quality"
which is probably accurate for the digital stuff originalting in the
Toaster environment and played back via the Toaster spigots.
I'm not sure how "right" it is, but its sorta like the camera manufactures
who talk about the 700 line camras that dock to the 400 line S-VHS
recorder. The 700 lines is coming out of the spigot, but you'll never get
it on tape.
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