tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson) (04/13/91)
Ok.. I am going to pick up either a DCTV or a HAM-E with my tax
refund. So the question is ... which one ?????
PRO'S and CONS
HAM-E :
PRO: Intuition compatible. (Front/back, can be seen normally and
dragged and so on).
CON: No really 24 bit true.
DCTV :
PRO: True 24 bit. Slow scan video digitizer.
CON: NO RGB output, NOT intuition compatible. Only composite.
Well, I think I am gonna go HAM-E.....
Any opinions allowed.
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=== The Romantic Encounters BBS 201-759-8450(PEP) / 201-759-8568(2400) ==== amigan@cup.portal.com (R Michael Medwid) (04/14/91)
I have owned DCTV a few months..thing thing I like best about it is the quality of pictures going to video because the signal *is* NTSC..so quite literally *what you see is what you get* when going to video. It used to be I'd create objects or animations on the RGB side and then be disappointed after I transferred to video (gee..it looked so much better on the Amiga monitor). No longer. I am quite satified with the large number of colors and the saturation that is finally laid down onto video tape. Also for *real time animation* I think DCTV is hard to beat. As the images are about the size (only slightly larger then) as a hi-res or med-res iff..you can animate these images using dPaint or public domain MAKEANIM. As one of the many people who don't want to plank down $5000 to get started in the single frame animation recording business..this is a BIG plus. IF you can afford single frame recording quipment and an expensive encoder.. then one of the other 24 bit products may be what you're looking for. OR if you don't care about animation but want the most vivid RGB pictures (like to photograph to just to amaze you friends) then I would look at HAM-E, Color Burst or one of the other 24bit display boards (toaster, fire cracker). I think the question is *where* do you want your output to go and how much do you have to spend.
tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson) (04/15/91)
In article <41269@cup.portal.com> amigan@cup.portal.com (R Michael Medwid) writes: >to beat. As the images are about the size (only slightly larger then) >as a hi-res or med-res iff..you can animate these images using dPaint >or public domain MAKEANIM. As one of the many people who don't want Very true .. HAM-E is the same way (IFF) .. and my Genlock will generate the NTSC for me. In hard numbers, of the two.... what is the better RESOLUTION and NUMBER of colors ?? -- ========[ Xanadu Enterprises Inc. Amiga & Unix Software Development]======= = "I know how you feel, you don't know if you want to hit me or kiss me - = = --- I get a lot of that." Madonna as Breathless Mahoney (Dick Tracy) = =========== Ken Jamieson: uunet!tronsbox.xei.com!tron1 =================== = NONE of the opinions represented here are endorsed by anybody. = === The Romantic Encounters BBS 201-759-8450(PEP) / 201-759-8568(2400) ====
eric@remus.rutgers.edu (Eric Lavitsky) (04/17/91)
Er, how come noone ever gets this straight? HAM-E: The original was true 8-bit with a "HAM-like" 18-bit mode. The DACs were true 24-bit (3 8-bit DACs for R,G,B) Apparently, they claim to have a real 24-bit version now. DCTV: Hey, it may store 24-Bit IFF files, but it works in NTSC, not RGB This means - maybe 4 million colors The software is nicer, but I'm waiting to see the next version IMHO, DCTV is better if you: A. Are working strictly in an NTSC environment (NTSC is your only target) B. You need the NTSC frame grab capabilities as well HAM-E is better if you: A. Intend to go to a print medium for final output (as well as NTSC) B. Don't mind paying extra for frame-grabbing -Eric -- Eric Lavitsky UUCP: ...rutgers!tstream!eric Active Circuits, Inc. eric@remus.rutgers.edu 908-974-1616 BIX: eric