[comp.sys.amiga.graphics] Best Digitising of Composite Vid?

prf@otter.hpl.hp.com (Paul Freeman) (03/14/91)

I'd like to solicit opinions of the highest quality means of 
digitising composite video. I know of a few products but wonder
which, if any, deliver "professional". I have used superPic but 
was not very pleased with the output, though that may relate to 
my usage. The framegrabbed image appeared very sharp but both the
ham and 16 color hi-res digitised results were very soft.

I understand that using a monchrome digitiser such as DigiView
can give good (better?) results, however this doesn't really meet
my needs as composite input is required.

peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (03/20/91)

In article <63930002@otter.hpl.hp.com> prf@otter.hpl.hp.com (Paul Freeman) writes:
>I'd like to solicit opinions of the highest quality means of 
>digitising composite video. I know of a few products but wonder
>which, if any, deliver "professional".

The best one I know is the VD-2001 from Merkens (Schwalbach, Germany,
phone 0049 - 6196 - 3026). It's a 24-bit device that can digitize
(though not store away) in realtime, also usable as a framebuffer.
Big support software included. Pictures from it look like they ever
should have.

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