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Re: Video Production - Mac x Amiga?

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From: SHUK C YIP
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 16:37
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In article <1992Oct30.110722.6355@ludd.luth.se> pjotr@ludd.luth.se (Peter Sj|str|m) writes:
>
>Digital Editmaster
>
>- Full-motion JPEG Technology
>- Real-time 30fps Video Capture
>- Real-time Video Display & Recording
>- Frame-by-frame Recording
>- Direct 32 bit Pixel Bus
>- Full Screen Non-linear Editing
>- SMPTE Time Code Read & Write
>
>The Digital EditMaster system from Digital Micronics,  Inc. allows you to
>edit and produce professional quality video productions on your Commodore
>A2000 or A3000.  It is the only video editing system for the Amiga that lets
>you capture in real time full-screen NTSC, PAL and SVHS video to a standard
>Amiga hard drive at 30 frames per second (25  fps for PAL), edit your
>production and then output the final results in real time to a standard
>video tape recorder.
>
>REAL-TIME VIDEO CAPTURE - DMI's Digital EditMaster system records NTSC, PAL
>or SVHS from a video camera or VCR directly to the standard hard disk drive
>in the Commodore Amiga.  The heart of the system is the video compression
>board which digitizes, compresses and stores video segments onto the hard
>drive in real time.
>
>REAL-TIME VIDEO DISPLAY AND RECORDING - DMI's video compression board
>decompresses the stored video segments from the hard drive in real time,
>delivering full screen, broadcast quality video frames to an NTSC, PAL or
>SVHS recorder or monitor.  Making the final master of the production is as
>simple as hooking up a VCR or Laser disk recorder and pressing record. 
>
>COMPUTER ANIMATOR'S DREAM COME TRUE - The Digital EditMaster system is a
>Computer Animator's  dream come true. Typical animation frames can be
>compressed and stored to the hard drive on a frame-by-frame basis. The
>animation can then be played back in real time, directly to tape, without
>the aid of an expensive frame-by-frame recorder.  Video clips and computer
>animations can be combined very easily to produce a final production.
>
>NON-LINEAR EDITING SOFTWARE - Stored video segments can be edited, modified
>and played back to tape.  DMl's Digital EditMaster software allows instant
>access to any number of video segments stored on the hard drive, giving
>complete creative freedom and flexibility to the editor.
>
>THE DMI BUS - Supports the DMI 32-bit pixel bus which allows direct 32-bit
>connectivity with DMl's Vivid 24 (TM) graphics co-processor for complete
>digital transfer of data to and from the Digital EditMaster compression
>board.
>
>AUDIO - The Digital EditMaster system and sound  boards from SunRize
>Industries are fully integrated using SMPTE time code for simultaneous
>digitizing and editing of  both the audio and video tracks.
>
>Based on full motion JPEG technology, using the LSI Logic chipset, the
>Digital EditMaster system works in full screen, real-time NTSC (30 fps), PAL
>(25 fps), and SVHS broadcast quality resolutions.  The digital video
>compression  board digitizes the analog video signal, from any standard
>NTSC, PAL and SVHS format video device, and then compresses the digital
>frames to the hard drive in real time.  Video compression ratios are user
>selectable, from between 15:1 and 70:1.  Editing is done on an NTSC, PAL, or
>15kHz-capable RGB monitor.  The final edited production is decompressed,
>encoded back to a composite signal and recorded to any standard NTSC, PAL or
>SVHS format video device.
>
>Suggested List Price: $2495.00
>
>Digital Micronics, Inc.
>
>2075 Corte del Nogal, Suite 'N'
>Carlsbad, CA 92009
>(619)931-8554 FAX: (619)931-8516
>

For $2495.00, I think MAC should have some product which is same as or
better than this one. MAC users, any suggestion???
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