CompuServe Messages

Andrew, 1) first of all many of your fellow Floridians, like Don Landis, can help you with the ins-and-outs of frame accurate. I suggest you contact him be e-mail and phone etc. 2) You've got most of it right – what you see on your svga screen (up to 640×480 typically) is what will be recorded. 24-bit is a new issue and I don't think there is a viable animation format that works – there is just too much data involved for PC's. Tempra claims to have a 24-bit .flx file format but it probably doesn't playback at an acceptable pace unless the image is tiny. 3) Greg Pyros, a forum regular, can supply you with info on the DPS PAR. The hardrive is not included but I was quoting a price that did include one. The card alone is $1995, the capture option board is $995, the hardrives are from $600 and up – depending on capacity. The smallest approved disk will hold 3-5 minutes of animation. Any VCR will work, since the card has outputs for composite (vhs, 8mm, 3/4"), s-video (svhs, hi-8), and component (betacam/MII). IMHO means In My Humble Opinion. You should get download the file acron.txt which explains the frequently uses acronyms used on CI$ (Compuserve). Merry Xmas!