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"D" is for Digital: Video Digitizers and Nonlinear Editing

by Donald Keller
July 1997

Company


Product








Computer/ Operating System








Internal/ External


Maximum Bit Depth


MaximumCaptureResolution


Motion Video


60 Fields Per Sec.


Codec


Price



Advanced Digital Systems


Tune In TV for Windows


Win3.1/95


I


24


1024x768


y


y


Indeo


$199



AITech


AIGotcha!


Win3.1/95


E


24


1600x1200


n


n


n


$169 





WaveWatcherTV-PCI


Win3.1/95


E


32


640x480


y


y


n


$229 



Alaris, Inc.


QuickVideo


Win3.1/95


E


24


320x240


y


n


p


$229





QuickVideo Pro


Win3.1/95


I


24


640x480


y


n


p


$599



Antec, Inc.


TeleViewer Plus


DOS/Win3.1/95


I


18


640x480


y


y


p


$249 



Aver Media


Aver TV Phone


Win95


I


24


640x480


y


n


p


$199 



Azeena Technologies, Inc.


AzeenaVision 500


Win95


I


24


640x480


y


y


MJPEG


$999



Darim Vision Co., Inc.


Videotizer


Win95/NT


I


32


640x480


y


y


p


$399 



Data Translation


Broadway 2.0


Win3.1/95


I


24


352x240


y


n


MPEG


$995



Digital Processing Systems


Spark


WinNT/Mac


I


24


720x480


y


y


DVSoft


$995





Perception


Win3.1/95/NT


I


24


720x480


y


y


MJPEG


$2995





Hollywood


WinNT


I


32


720x486


y


y


n


$4995



Digital Video Arts


WakeBoard


Win95


I


24


640x480


y


n


wavelet


$1095



Digital Vision, Inc.


ComputerEyes/NB


Win3.1/95


I


24


320x240


y


y


n


$279 





ComputerEyes/PCI


Win3.1/95


I


24


640x480


y


y


n


$299 





ComputerEyes/1024


Win3.1/95/NT


I


24


1024x512


y


n


n


$449 





ComputerEyes/RT SCSI 


Mac


E


24


640x480


y


n


n


$429





ComputerEyes/RT


DOS/Win3.1/95


I


24


512x512


y


n


n


$319





ComputerEyes/LPT


DOS/Win3.1/95


E


24


640x480


y


n


n


$219



Fast Electronic


A/V Master


Win95/NT


I


24


640x480


y


y


MJPEG


$899 





DV Master


Win95/NT


I


32


720x480


y


y


DV


$3995



Fast Forward Video


OMEGA


All


E


24


720x486


y


y


MJPEG


$7000+





20/20


PC


I


24


720x486


y


y


MJPEG


$5495 



International Computers


Image Capture Color


DOS/Win3.1/95


I


16


640x480


n


n


p


$199 



Intel Corporation


Smart Video Recorder III


Win95


I


24


640x480


y


n


Indeo


$199



Matrox Graphics, Inc.


Rainbow Runner Studio


Win95/NT


I


32


720x480


y


y


MJPEG


$249



miro Computer Products


miroVideo DC10


Win3.1/95


I


24


320x480


y


y


MJPEG


$399 





miroVideo DC20/Mac20


Win3.1/95/NT/Mac


I


24


640x480


y


y


MJPEG


$699 





miroVideo DC30/Mac30


Win95/Mac


I


24


704x480


y


y


MJPEG


$999 





miroVideo DV100


Win95/Mac


I


24


720x480


y


y


DV


$999



Play, Inc.


Snappy


Win3.X/95/NT


E


24


1500x1125


n


n


n


$199 



Sony


DVBK-1000


Win3.1/95


I


24


640x480


n


n


n


$799



Truevision


Bravado 1000


Win3.1/95/Mac


I


24


640x480


y


y


MJPEG


$699 





Targa 1000


WinNT/Mac


I


24


648x486


y


y


MJPEG


$1695 



Targa 1000 Pro


WinNT/Mac


I


24


720x486


y


y


MJPEG


$2095 



Targa 2000


WinNT/Mac


I


24


648x486


y


y


MJPEG


$3395 



Targa 2000 Pro


WinNT/Mac


I


24


720x486


y


y


MJPEG


$3795 





Targa 2000 DTX


WinNT/Mac


I


24


720x486


y


y


MJPEG





$7995







Targa 2000 RTX






WinNT/Mac






I






24






720x486






y






y






MJPEG






$10,995







Targa 2000 SDX






WinNT/Mac






I






24






720x486






y






y






MJPEG






$11,995






TV One Multimedia



MovieX






Win3.1/95






I






24






640x480






y






y






MJPEG






$395 







DVX






Win95






I






24






720x480






y






y






DV






$3495






VideoLabs



VideoShot






Win3.1/95






E






24






640x480






n






n






n






$199 







Stinger






Win95






E






24






640x480






y






n






n






$199 









Note: All the digitizers listed above perform still-frame capture.

Explanation of Feature Headings

Internal/External Internal computer card or external box.

Maximum Bit Depth Amount of color information assigned to each pixel. More bits per pixel equals more accurate color shading. (Don't confuse the color bit depth with the speed of your computer system.)

Maximum Capture Resolution The maximum number of vertical and horizontal pixels captured.

Motion Video Digitizes moving video.

60 Fields Per Second Digitizes moving video at full NTSC rate.

Codec Digital video compression scheme. n indicates no compression; p indicates a proprietary codec


Nonlinear Editors











Company






Product






Computer/
Operating
System






Software/ Hardware






Hybrid






60 
Fields
per Sec.






Maximum
Capture Resolution






EDL Export






Time-
line






Multi-layer






Logging






Price






Adobe Systems



Premiere 4.2






Mac/Win95/NT






software






n






n/a






n/a






y






y






y






y






$795 






Asymetrix



Digital Video Producer 4.0






Win95/NT






software






n






n/a






n/a






n






y






y






n






$79 






Avid Technology, Inc.



Avid Cinema*






Mac






both






n






y






320x240






n






y






n






y






$459







MC Xpress






WinNT






software






y






n/a






n/a






y






y






y






y






$4995






Corel



Lumiere






Win95/NT






software






n






n/a






n/a






n






y






y






n






$99






DraCo Systems



Casablanca






stand-alone






both






n






y






720x480






n






y






y






n






$3995+ 






in:sync corp



Speed Razor Mach 3.5






WinNT






software






n






n/a






n/a






y






y






y






y






$1495 






Interactive Images



Plum






Win395






both






n






y






720x480






y






y






y






y






$3995 






Media 100, Inc.



Media 100 qx






Mac






both






n






y






640x480






y






y






y






n






$3995







Media 100 xs






Mac






both






n






y






640x480






y






y






y






y






$21,995






NewTek, Inc.



Video Toaster Flyer






Amiga






both






n






y






752x480






n






n






n






n






$4995 






Radius, Inc.



Video Vision PCI






Mac






both






n






y






640x480






y






y






y






y






$3999 







Video Vision SP






Mac






both






n






y



640x480






y






y






y






y






$5998 






Star Media Systems



Video Action Pro 4.0






Win95/NT






software






n






n/a






n/a






y






y






y






y






$499







Video Action NT






WinNT






software






n






n/a






n/a






y






y






y



y






$999






Strata, Inc.



Strata VideoShop






Mac






software






n






n/a






n/a






n



y



y



n



$395






TV One Multimedia



Edit Factory DV100






Win95






both






y






y






720x480






y






y






y






y






$5795 






Ulead Systems



MediaStudio Pro 5.0






Win95/NT






software






n






n/a






n/a






y






y






y






y






$595









Note: All products listed have audio support, which allows mixing and editing of audio signals. All products listed support titling, which allows superimposing of text over video.
*Avid Cinema is marketed solely by Apple Computer.


Explanation of Feature Headings

Software/Hardware Indicates whether the product is software, hardware or both.

Hybrid Combination linear/nonlinear; controls editing decks.

60 Fields Per Second Digitizes moving video at full NTSC rate.

Maximum Capture Resolution The maximum number of vertical and horizontal pixels captured.

EDL Export Compiles and exports list of all edit points/transitions.

Timeline Visual editing with graphic icons representing scenes.

Multi-layer Overlays multiple video sources.

Logging Allows user to keep track of shots and their locati	
		




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