#Scanlock by VidTech
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Pete: Do you know anything about the ScanLock genlock from VidTech?
I'm asking because I'm trying to find a reasonably good genlock/encoder
without using the video slot of the 2500, if possible. When I asked you if
you thought it was necessary to buy the 2000S, even if I didn't plan to use
it for Y/C work, you said, "yes," and one of the reasons was that it
"manages the overlay process in Y/C" and you went on to say that the
difference is noticeable, even if you use the composite output.
But it can't do that if you feed it composite in the first place can it? In
any case, I've read pro and con about the ScanLock. The most attractive
thing about it is that it is completely external, says that it keeps Y/C
completely separated from input to output, in the case that I end up using
that mode, has fader controllers, and is priced attractively.
Since I plan to buy a toaster, I'm trying to avoid the problem of having to
open the case every time I want to go back and forth between the Toaster
software and all the other software I'm bound to want to use.
Rick Brenner
Rick,
Sorry it took so long to respond, but I've been travelling & have not been
near a terminal until now.
I have not used the ScanLock. It has gotten very poor reviews, however,
from reviewers who have tested it with wfm and vectorscope. I wouldn't
recommend it for professional applications.
Pete
Thanks Pete. The company has disputed those reviews, and they're releasing
a new product in the middle of November which does a few more things.
They're sending me complete details. I spoke to a honcho from there
headquarters down in Florida last night. I'm also checking out Neriki.
I'll let you know what I come up with. The big unknown right now seems to
be how much of anything is going to be done with a genlock once people own
a Toaster. I spoke to an Amiga wholesale distributor yesterday who said
that all genlock products have slowed to a crawl.
Rick
There is apparently a new product from VidTech (VideoMaster) which is a
genlock that sits between your Amiga and your monitor (i.e., NOT internal,
in the video slot) and can take in, put out, and PROCESS in NTSC, Y/C, or
RGB (?!), or take Y/C, process it, and put out NTSC. et cetera. I think
list is $1295.
. . . . . . JimDoc
You're absolutely right Jim. The only problem is, I was under a major
misunderstanding. I thought that the answer to the Toaster/2000S problem
(ie, you can only use one thing in the slot at a time) was to buy an
external genlock- hence you could do Toaster things when you wanted to and
normal things through the external genlock when you wanted to. But I've
been told that there can only be one genlock in the system at a time, so
regardless of whether it is good or not (as a standard genlock), if you
equip an Amiga with a Toaster, that's the only genlock you can have!! Now,
according to the people I've spoken with, that's ok, since once you touch
Toaster software, I'm told that you get this uncontrollable urge to
contribute every software program you've ever used on the Amiga (at least
those in the video-titling-3d-paint domain) out the window.
Now, whether or not that really happens is still to be seen, but anyways,
the bottom line is, if I'm going to buy a Toaster, then there's no reason
to buy another genlock and I'll use that money towards a TBC for the
Toaster, plus a larger disk, faster disk interface and more memory-all
absolute requirements if you plan to do anything serious with the
Toasterall according to my sources. The sources are pretty good though.
One just came back from Toaster training in Topeka, so I assume he knows
what he's talking about.
RB