koc@pandora.cs.wayne.edu (Jon Cardwell) (05/03/91)
From wsu-cs!vela!m.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!news Thu May 2 23:49:04 EDT 1991 writes: >Hello everyone... > >I'm looking for product information for an item that plugs into the NeXT's DSP >port called "Digital Eyes." In particular, I'm curious about specs on it such >as resolution, color depth, maximum frame rate, and whether it also can record >sound with the captured picture. >Also, any experiences with it or a similar product for live video capture on >the NeXTstation (not the cube, so the NeXTdimension is not an option) would be >appreciated. Prices on this or other similar products would also be helpful... > > Ron >-- >Ron Frederick >ronf@cs.stanford.edu About "Digital Eye"; I recently received the "Software & Peripherals, Spring 1991" catalong from NeXT, and I found the Digital Eye (tm) product listed as two different items in the Data Acquisition and Sound section: 1) "Color Digital Eye": A frame grabber that captures 640-by-480 pixel single video frames in 24-bit color and enters them into a NeXT computer through the DSP port. It accepts NTSC, PAL, and SECAM color or balck-and-white signals in composite or SVHS mode. Users can capture, crop, retouch, edit, and store images as either TIFF or EPS files. $1,195. Available June 1991. Metasearch, Inc. (503) 238-5728 2) "Digital Eye": A combination hardware and software package that lets users enter and record still and moving NTSC video images on a NeXT computer. It captures images from laserdisc players, video and still video cameras, and VCRs. $975 Metasearch, Inc. (503) 238-5728 My question is: Does this mean that the "Digital Eye" only samples the NTSC video signal in monochrome, and is already a released product, and the "Color" digitial eye is a newer, soon-to-be-released enhanced version? It seems like it... I hopes this helps. If you don't have the catalog (I assume not, as of your posting), then ask NeXT to send you one. It's chalked full of interesting h/w & s/w stuff!! Oh, BTW, I don't own a NeXT, *yet*.... --jon -- // koc@cs.wayne.edu // 72760.1507@Compuserve.com Jon Cardwell h:(313) 662-6204 \\// w:(313) 761-4700 x507
ronf@kalamazoo.Stanford.EDU (Ron Frederick) (05/04/91)
koc@pandora.cs.wayne.edu (Jon Cardwell) writes: >About "Digital Eye"; I recently received the "Software & Peripherals, >Spring 1991" catalong from NeXT, and I found the Digital Eye (tm) >product listed as two different items in the Data Acquisition and >Sound section: <descriptions deleted> >My question is: Does this mean that the "Digital Eye" only samples >the NTSC video signal in monochrome, and is already a released product, >and the "Color" digitial eye is a newer, soon-to-be-released enhanced >version? It seems like it... I hopes this helps. If you don't have >the catalog (I assume not, as of your posting), then ask NeXT to send >you one. It's chalked full of interesting h/w & s/w stuff!! I managed to get a look at the spec sheet for the original Digital Eye, and it mentioned being able to grab frames at 640x480 with 8 bits of greyscale. It also mentioned be able to grab up to 15 frames/second of moving video, but it sounded like that would be at a lower resolution. From the descriptions you entered, it sounds like this might be even more true of the Color Digital Eye -- calling it a "frame grabber" suggests that they're not really planning to support full motion video at all. Thanks for the additional info... Ron -- Ron Frederick ronf@cs.stanford.edu