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In a previous article, bbs.mirage@gilligan.tsoft.net (Jerry Lee) says:

>nowinski@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Andrew Nowinski) writes:
>
>> 
>> Does any one use Matrox Studio? Is it better than the Video
>> Toaster? How much does it cost? Can animation like LightWave 3D
>> be done on it? Does any one have the companies E-Mail address?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>
>Well.. the Video toaster can't compare with the Matrox.  The Toaster for 
>one thing can't control any devices such as recorders.  The quality 
>between the two is very great.  From my experience (a hands on demo at 
>school -- we also have one by the way), I would say that the quality of 
>the matrox far surpasses that of the toaster.. besides, anything with a 
>"sheep wipe" ... well. you gotta wonder huh?  <-  The sheep thing is on 
>the toaster by the way. =)  I'll try to get you the phone number and 
>address to the company as soon as possible.. (by Monday for sure).  All I 
>know right now is that they are located in Canada and it costs around 
>$20K; the key word is around since the actual system that we have at 
>school cost more around $25-30K.

Yow! $25K-$30K? Somebody want to 'splain to me what this system offers over
dedicated video equipment?  Also, does this mountain of cash include the
DOS machine as well?

I guess when you've got a *polytechnical* college footing the bills, you
don't have to worry about costs. BTW, where is CPC?

>
>One more note.. the Matrox is capable of A-B-C rolls (two sources and 1 
>recorder)
>
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