[comp.sys.apple] Video Digitzers

orcus@pro-lep.cts.com (Brian Greenstone) (04/27/89)

I bought the AST Video Digitizer for the GS, and it is excellent.  Unlike the
ComputerEyes board which takes 6 seconds to digitize one lousy image, the AST
does it all in real time.  In 320 black&white mode, it updates about 5 times a
second!  In color or 640 mode it does it about once a second.
The only problems I have found with it is that it needs a lot of light to do
color correctly, and the software for it crashes a lot when there is a surge
from the video source.  i.e. when there is a cut on the tape or when you cant
get a clear signal from a TV station, I dunno why, but this causes the program
to crash.

-brian