Video in a Window (in OS/2)

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Author: SWIX,SCOTT R
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 05:03

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IBM offers three products that are capable of displaying video in 
OS/2 windows.  These are:

   1) IBM PS/2 TV
      This is an external box that chains between the graphics adapter
      and the display.  It accepts various video inputs as well as 
      contains an on-board cable decoder.  Speakers for audio are 
      part of the box (about 12"x9"x2" perhaps?)  It is controllable
      via software (for Windows and OS/2), communicating via the 
      keyboard.  It takes no slots, does good video - no chroma
      keying, video in a rectangle only - and is cheap.  
     
      Current price : About $399 from the 1-800 IBM Direct number

   2) IBM M-Motion Video Adapter/A
      Very similar to the DVA-4000, this adapter works with VGA and
      XGA in modes up to 640x480, and provides lots of video functions-
      multiple sources for video and line audio, NTSC and PAL support
      in both base and Y/C modes, video attributes control (brightness,
      color, contrast, etc), image capture and restore, graphics and 
      video region protect, freeze frames, digital audio capture and
      playback, etc.

      Software support is via the IBM M-Control Program/2 Version 2.0,
      which includes DOS, Windows 3.0, Windows MMEs, OS/2 1.3, and
      a commitment to OS/2 2.0 MMPM.

      Cost : About $1399 via the 1-800 number, and another $200 for 
             the software development kit containing material for 
             all the OS's supported.

   3) ActionMedia II (DVI)
      This has been discussed before.  The DVI based boards will
      capture and playback digital video, but they can also run in 
      a video pass-through mode for video in a window.  They have
      provided OS/2 support for quite a while, and recently 
      announced support for OS/2 MMPM.

      Cost : I really don't know what it is now.

Obviously, please check the IBM phone order center to the real 
prices, since there are special prices from that source versus 
the standard IBM rep order process.  Also obtain the format
product information for all the function details.


SCOTT R. SWIX
IBM Multimedia Product Development
and Georgia Tech
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