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Comments on WatchIT-TV & SVGA cards

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From: John Knutson
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 12:12
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I'm interested in hearing people's comments who have
seen/used/purchased the "WatchIT-TV" board.  For those who don't know,
it's a card that basically allows you to watch television on your PC,
through DOS or windows.  In windows, you can have a TV window of (I
believe) arbitrary size, and there are on screen controls for video
and audio effects.  It also allows you to do framegrabbing.

I'd like to hear any comments, good or bad, about this product.


My second question is about SVGA boards.  I'm looking for something
with a minimum of 1152x900 resolution with at least 256 colors in that
mode.  I'd like something that supports 24 bit color as well, but
that's not really a necessity.  I'm interested in something that will
run MS windows, and probably 386BSD/X. (Yes, I realize that 386BSD
only supports X for the Tseng 4000, but source IS available)

I'd like to hear comments from people, good or bad, on cards that are
capable of that resolution (doesn't have to be exact).  Please, when
responding, let me know what modes the card is capable of.  The
WatchIT-TV board says that it requires a "feature connector", so if
you happen to know what this means (I don't), and know that your
particular card has one, please let me know.  Also, if anyone can
confirm that the WatchIT-TV board requires that you run in only
640x480 graphics in windows (or not), I'd like to know that as well.

Thanks for any information...

(And to think I got flooded with mail about my bridge query, I can't
*wait* to see what this is going to bring :-)

-- 
John Knutson (johnk@cs.utexas.edu)
	"A lot of people I know believe in positive thinking, and so
	 do I.  I believe everything positively stinks."
		-- Lew Col
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Subject: Comments on WatchIT-TV & SVGA cards
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