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In article <1LW56NP@zelator.in-berlin.de>, leo@zelator.in-berlin.de (Stefan Hartmann) writes...
>In <1992Aug8.154310.11192@gdunix.gd.chalmers.se> co@bildsun1.mednet.gu.se (Christer Olsson) writes:
> 
>>In article <1992Aug7.220047.3020@lrs.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de>, gnut@lrs.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de (Stefan Schleifer) writes:
>>|> Hi,
>>|> 
>>|> can anyone tell me about the videoblaster features? Is he able
>>|> to save mpeg or jpeg files? Can he digitize real time? If so, 
>>|> what resolution? Can i still use my own vga-card? What Chip 
>>|> is used by it? Can i watch TV in Windows - using my own VGA-
>>|> Card? 
> 
>>

I just got my Vblaster and have been playing with it for several days.
The quality is Ok, a lot of room for improvement. (I guess I can't 
complain too much for $345).  It does support JPEG. (It was added at 
the last minute.  The info was not in the manual, but it's in the
readme file. )  The Vblaster has 4 Video input connectors and 2 audio
connectors.  There are 2  25pin connectors for connecting the Vblaster to 
the video card and to the monitor.  The software fully supports windows 3.0
and windows 3.1.  Creative Lab only recommends 640x480 resolution, but
it does provide limited support for 800x600 for certain Video cards.
(I am using 800x600 with my Diamond Speedstar Plus with on problem.
One thing that really bothers me is that it does not work with
system with more than 15M of memory. (I had 16 M  memeory on my system,
to make Vblaster happy, I had to take out some of the SIMMs.  Since my
motherboard supports only 4M or 16M total memory with 4M simms, I only
have 4M memory installed.)  The software is pretty good.  You
can change the windows size up to the size of your monitor.  You can
freeze/digitalize video images and save them in several different formats.
The image quality is not as sharp as I expected.  Some noticable noise
especially near the edges of the window.