#Genlock Anyone?
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I've read and seen where various Amiga developers have offered and/or are
developing stuff for the IBM type platform, and even browsed ads for hardware
that'll grab video and place it on your IBM machine in a tiny low-res format
for creating Quicktime movies (woopti-doo). There's even ads for taking
computer screens and putting it to video tape (lot's of fancy words but boils
down to a VGA/RGB to NTSC converter). But nowhere do I read or hear about
Genlocks on any other computer platform. Is everyone else that far in the dark
ages or have I just been lookin' in the wrong places.
(no I'm not giving up on my Amiga, just trying to answer questions by PC users
about where they can get similar stuff for a PC; and the "switch to Commodore"
answer is a bit tough use these days <g>).
Bruce
Bruce,
GVP has moved a lot of development over to the PC, including a genlock board.
Don't know the details.
The big problem comes with output frame buffers. Targa is the only one I'm
familiar with, and it's expensive. There's also a PAR available for the PC.
Elliot
Bruce,
Elliot's right about the GVP genlock for the PC. Roctec also makes one. The
thing is, a genlock for the PC costs about two to three times what one for the
Commodore machines does, because the PC video display is not nearly as NTSC
compatible as the Amiga's. Other PC products, like the FAST Video Machine,
include genlock capability. Expect to pay $500 for a basic PC genlock, on up
to $2,000 as you add features and image quality. A cheaper route, if you don't
need to overlay computer graphics on video, but just want to display the
computer screen on a TV, is a scan converter. These also have a wide price
range, starting at about $200 for a product like TelevEyes. Long live
(Please!) Amiga!
Thanks for the info Douglas (you too Elliot). I agree with your sentiments
>Long live Amiga (Please!). It seems that everything for the IBM type PC is
several times what it is for the Amiga; and that is odd because with the
larger consumer base, you'd think that the PC stuff would be magnitudes
cheaper.
I wonder if GVP is offering any sort of cross over deal for Amiga GVP users.
If they wish to keep their current customers should the Amiga bid it's final
farewells someday.
Well, I'll just advise my friend he'd better sew some deeper pockets in his
trousers if he wants to compete with me from an IBM platform <g>.
Bruce