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In article <Bu39Mn.2Gx@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, tevonian@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu
(Pete Tevonian) writes:
> dudley@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (John Dudley) writes:
> 

> 
> I don't believe that you get NTSC output standard in the Amiga 2000 or
> 3000 any more. The 1000's had it, but I believe you now need a Toaster
> or DCTV like device to get NTSC. I may be wrong about this (I don't have
> one in front of me) but none of the 2000's or 3000's we used last year had 
> NTSC output directly from the machine.
> 

 The hardware that controls video in the Amiga outputs it in accordance
with NTSC timing, etc.  Now it is true that you need a device to convert
the standard Analog RGB signals over into NTSC, but commodore
sells this device roughly $20.(it comes bundled in some Amiga systems) 
But you do not need anything expensive to do this.

> The DCTV is 21bit, if I remember correctly and does do a good job of
> rendering NTSC output. The original poster was looking for animation
> straight from Hard Drive. I don't think the DCTVs can do that, at least not
> without some more help (either software or hardware). In my computer
> animation courses last year, we were limted by the 9M RAM in the 3000's we
> were using. 
> 

I don't know what software you were using, but most of the Animation
creators I have seen for the Amiga WILL in fact allow you to view the
animation in real time from Harddrive.

> 
> On the Video Toaster -- I think NewTek raised the price of the toaster
> to somewhere near $2500 last year, did they not? This may be a list 
> price, however, and it may be had for less. The Toaster is a wonderful
> piece of equpiment though. If you plan to expand your system later, it
> may be worth it to buy a 2000 (The Toaster won't fit in a 3000) now and
> use a DCTV until you get up funds for a Toa
  
Newtek raised the price of the Video Toaster 2.0 to $1895... it can be
had for around $1500.  A standalone system (Amiga with toaster) costs
around $4000.00....

> 
> --Pete Tevonian
>   tevonian@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu

John Dudley
Vertex Laboratories