[geeks] octane personal video

[Kevin]

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Do you believe that given a fast enough array that this device
will offer superior output than that of my DPS PVR?

/KRM

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:12:11 -0500
Joshua D Boyd <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 05:29:41AM -0500, Kevin wrote:
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> > What are the specs on this card?  Can it to do decent
> > output?
> 
> Yeah.  Though you will need a easy to construct adapter
> cable (BNC to RCA) if you actually want to use composite
> with normal gear.  But it also offers Svideo, which is
> better anyway.
> 
> This card offers higher quality than you will get with
> DV/firewire gear.  It is made for "low end"[0] video and for
> driving reference monitors. 
> 
> [0] Low end still meaning better than most professional pro
> gear.
> 
> However, one significant caveat here is that this board
> offers no hardware compression, and the Octane with R10ks
> isn't that good with software compression, so you must
> supply a fast disk array capable of sustaining something
> like 30 megs a second.  If you use the external scsi
> connector with no devices to downgrade it, you will be fine.
>  Just
> don't expect to be able to keep a CD-Rom  connected while
> doing video work unless you add an additional SCSI
> interface.
> 
> -- 
> Joshua D. Boyd
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