I think the DC500 by Pinnacle will fill the bill for me. It's only 999.00
and it captures analog and digital both. Reviews say it doesn't drop
frames, plus it's bundled with Premiere RT
At 07:34 AM 4/27/2000 -0700, Skelton, Kim wrote:
>I still am impresses by the Matrox RT2000. Well, at least from what I have
>read. I have heard and don't quote me that FCP is looking to go with this
>card due to the real-time effects. Costs around $1200 depending on where
>you purchase it from.
>
>Kim
>
>Kim Skelton
>Media Coordinator
>Smullin Health Center / Asante Health System
>kskelton@asante.org
>541-608-5915
>fax 541-680-5853
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Hartman, Andy (CCI-Lubbock) [mailto:Andy.Hartman@cox.com]
>Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 6:54 AM
>To: 'Terry Kelley'
>Cc: 'avid-l@calvin.edu'
>Subject: RE: capture card
>
>
>I used the DC50 and wasn't very impressed. It had some trouble
>with drivers and was limited to which software it worked well with.
>If this is just for compositing and doesn't require dual streams,
>try the DPS PVR. It's a workhouse and has been around longer than
>almost anything else. Best of all, it works with just about everything
>by now, and has a very cool directory structure. We just built a graphics
>workstation around a PVR for AE, and Lightwave3D, it works great and
>I still believe the pics look better than AVR77.
>
>If you want real time dual stream, try the Digisuite from Matrox. If you
>can wait six months, wait for the Targa3000. These are all component
>boards. The Digisuite and the Targa will have firewire and SDI options.
>
>Andy Hartman
>Producer/Director
>Cox Communications
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Terry Kelley [SMTP:huminbrd@gte.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 11:32 PM
> > To: avid-l@calvin.edu
> > Subject: capture card
> >
> > I've read lots of reviews of capture cards in the computer magazines, but
> > I
> > can't really tell how they'll work compared to the AVID. I've worked on
> > the Ediflex, the Montage, the Lightworks, and AVID, but I'd like to buy a
> > capture card for my home PC which is a fairly modest machine with a
> > Pentium
> > III @ 500mhz, 256MB of RAM, a 20MB 7200 rpm IBM Deskstar hard-drive, an
> > Adaptec AHA-2940 Ultra Wide PCI / SCSI card (to which I have attached a
> > CD-R, a scanner, a 4.3 GB Seagate Barracuda drive, etc.) I can easily
> > attach a 68-pin Seagate Cheetah 73GB drive to the SCSI chain for
> > additional
> > storage for media files.
> >
> > Anyway, I'm running Win98, and don't want to covert to NT, I'd like
> > full-screen, full-motion, high-resolution video for non-professional work
> > (for fun, basically, and to work on Adobe AfterEffects). I've been
> > looking
> > at the DC50 by Pinnacle, and I'm wondering if anybody out there has had
> > any
> > experience with this board. Pinnacle is selling it for $1799.00
> >
> > http://www.pinnaclesys.com/frameset.asp?state=ProfessionalProduct&content=
> > 15
> >
> > // Terry Kelley // Hummingbird Films, Inc. // 310-395-3392 //
> > web site: http://home1.gte.net/huminbrd/index.html
// Terry Kelley // Hummingbird Films, Inc. // 310-395-3392 //
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