woolard@uns-helios.nevada.edu (MIKE WOOLARD) (11/27/90)
I went to Comdex this year and was amazed at the "next generation"
of multimedia tech that will be coming and some that IS as I type.
The company that most impressed me with their wares was VideoLogic,
Inc. They had a device driver for Windows 3.0 that had a window
(scaleable just like any normal Windows window) that had *real time*
output on the screen...like a mini TV screen...dictated by the card.
Truly awesome, and their presentation was excellent.
They featured several new technologies, among them high-definition
digital video display, real time digital video & audio compression/
decompression and professional recordable output.
If anyone is truly interested, e-mail and I will provide the
address and phone number out of my Comdex program, which is some
500+ pages thick.
Mike Woolard
woolard@uns-helios.nevada.edu
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| |_____| | \ _____| |_____ | | |_____gjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Gary Hill) (11/28/90)
In <2378@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU> woolard@uns-helios.nevada.edu (MIKE WOOLARD) writes: >I went to Comdex this year and was amazed at the "next generation" >of multimedia tech that will be coming and some that IS as I type. >The company that most impressed me with their wares was VideoLogic, >Inc. They had a device driver for Windows 3.0 that had a window >(scaleable just like any normal Windows window) that had *real time* >output on the screen...like a mini TV screen...dictated by the card. >Truly awesome, and their presentation was excellent. There is a similar card called Screen Machine that is rather more versatile than Videologics as it provides a windows DLL and groups of 4 pixels are individually addressable through this language interface. The videologic system simply lets you send various commands stop start etc to their MIC (multimedia interactive control) software. Also the screen machine card is half the price and comes with a much more impressive driver program that lets you grab frames and convert to various comman bitmap formats with scaling, CLUT optimisation etc., and gives full control of the video image (contrast, sharpness etc.) Also, videologic don't support anything other than 640x480 vga and show no signs of developing new cards/ s/w interfaces/ drivers or of dropping their prices which are becoming increasingly uncompetitive. The quality of the screen machine card is lower than videologic although it uses the same chipset, however in the new year there is a new card from new media graphics that claims to be just as good, but for only 350 pounds (SM = ~1000 pounds, VL DVA ~ 2000). I'm not connected to any of these companies in any way, I just use their products, Gary Hill, gjh@uk.ac.soton.ecs >They featured several new technologies, among them high-definition >digital video display, real time digital video & audio compression/ >decompression and professional recordable output. >If anyone is truly interested, e-mail and I will provide the >address and phone number out of my Comdex program, which is some >500+ pages thick. > Mike Woolard > woolard@uns-helios.nevada.edu > _____ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ > |_____} | | |____| |____ | |_____| |___ > | |_____| | \ _____| |_____ | | |_____