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singh@wwa.com (singh) writes:

>Okay here's my situation, I'd love to hear any and all opinions you may have:

>My main setup is this: A3000/040 (2meg/14meg) with the current peripherals: PicassoII-2meg, 2 GVP tbc+ (from when I was doing a lot of video stuff) and 32 bit ram card (w 4 megs of the 12 megs fast).  In other words: my zorro slots are pretty much used u
p.

>Previous to having the picasso I had a Video Toaster.  I don't have serious use for a toaster anymore, but I miss having it around.

>So here's the question: would I be stupid to replace the Picasso-II with an IV-24?  Currently the only ways I can output to video is with a mediocre vga-video converter hooked up to the back of the Picasso, and DCTV.  I have scala mm300 too.

>Obviously the IV-24 and the tbc+s and scala would give me a sort of new toaster, with some features the toaster didn't have (although missing a lot more).  Then of course I lose the support the Picasso has (for instance, I've really admired MainActor Bro
adcast for sometime and it supports the major graphics cards, but not the IV-24.)

>I don't do serious video work but I do a little hack editing for friends now and again. I still do a fair amount of lightwave work and it renders to Picasso very nicely. 

>Just curious what the intelligent readers of this newsgroup might opine.

>Thanks for the input.

>Wavegirl

Rather than replace your picasso with an IV-24 (I am assuming that this 
is a money issue since the IV-24 goes in the video slot if I remeber 
corectly) There is a board for the picasso called (again, if mem serves) 
the pablo, which will do a conversion to video scan rates, price was 
about $200. I cannot say anything wrt to how good it looks, I have no 
direct experience, but it is another option to consider.

		Jim Richardson
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