#cardinal snap+ ?'s
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I have one. It was recommended as a good output to NTSC card. It has been
nothing but grief. I even had to send it in to have a resistor welded on to it
by some kindergarten kid so it wouldn't have vertical sync interupt problems!
Don't open it. Anyone want to buy mine, cheap!???
Patrick:
>I have one. It was recommended as a good output to NTSC card. It has been
nothing but grief. <
I'd be interested to hear more about this. I've been interested in the Snap
Plus+ as Cardinal told me it would allow video consumers to input video to your
computer *and* output to video for under $1,000 (which put it *right* in the
price range for video consumers). Of course, they also told me they'd ship me a
copy back in September so I could review it for myself, and I still haven't
gotten one…
Tim Liebe
Contributing Editor, VIDEO Magazine
I reviewed the original SnapPlus quite some time ago and was NOT impressed.
The video quality was terrible and the software was worse. I eventually ended
up recommending the VGA Producer Pro from Magni Systems for video output.
I was contacted by Cardinal a couple of weeks ago. They have announced a new
version and stated they would be sending one for review in a few weeks. It
sounds like they have done some major improvements, but the proof will be in
the video.
James Bell Jr. — Multimedia Contributor – CompuServe
James:
>I reviewed the original SnapPlus quite some time ago and was NOT impressed.<
That seems to be the consensus here. I must confess, I was hoping otherwise as
I'd like to see a video input/output card capable of "bridging the gap" so that
people without expensive systems could perform all the desktop video
functions–including and especially nonlinear editing. However, if there's
nothing out there for around $1,000 capable of giving you video quality about
as good as, say, you could get by making a straight tape dub on consumer
equipment, it's pretty useless IMHO.
Thanks,
Tim Liebe