Video capture
cards
Still Image Capture Only:
- Parallel Port External
Box:
- '93:
- Micronica
PaviLive Frame Grabber Box (ext.parallel
port):
- 800x600x24bit
@ 1/30sec capture; preview 2fps
only;
- ImagePals
- Enhancer, Capture (JPEG 100:1),
Album
- $A515
ex tax ('92?); $A618 ('93)
- '94:
- ComputerEyes
LPT
- external
AC adapter powered module plugs
into parallel port
- as
for RT but: no sequence capture;
preview greyscale only @ 2-4fps;
- $A760
('94);
- '96:
- Snappy:
- battery;
3 resolutions: 320x240;
640x480;1500x1125;24bit color;no
SVHS;
- $399;
- '97:
- GrabIT:
- keyboard
powered; 3 resol.: 320x240;
640x480;1440x960; S-VHS;
- full
colour preview; 6 frame view;
4:2:2YUV;
- '97:
$A389; Jun'98: $269;
- '98:
- GrabIt
Pro:
- 1600x1200pixels;
VDOPhone & CuSeeMe
compatible; captures AVI clips;
- Jun'98:
$A429;
- Internal Expansion
Card:
- '90:
- Digithurst
Microeye IC:
- 640x480x24bit
capture but 256color displayed
only;
- still
capture takes 4.5secs!!
- $UK400
('90);
- '92:
- ComputerEyes
Pro
- as
for RT version but image data
acquired over several seconds
-> need still image
- cheaper
than the RT;
- '92:
- AVer 2000
- NTSC/PAL/S-video
inputs; TGA/BMPfiles;
- feature
connection to VGAcard;
- $A880
('92);
- Microkey
Digiview
- 640x480;
256color in VGA; 24bit in TGA;
- 1/60th
sec. capture; preview window
1/9th or 1/16th of screen size;
S-video;
- no
feature connector; PCX, GIF, TGA;
- superceded
by VideoVue in '93;
- MicroKey
VideoVue
- as
for Digiview but:
- 1024x768x24bit;
TGA, PCX, PIC, RAS, RLE,
WPG, MAC, OS/2, GIF, TIFF
- preview screen
window 1/3rd or 1/4th
screen;good 8bit capture
mode;
- Paintshop Pro
image editing software;
- Can save image
directly into program of
choice;
- ? best for still
frame under $2000; no
sequence capture;
- $A1650 ('93);
$A1681 ('94);
- Digithurst
Microeye 2C
- 720x512x21bit;
YUV 4:1:1; S video;
- $A1200
('94 -?duty free);
- optional
compresson card $A1850 ('94 DF);
- High-End Frame
Grabbers:
- '92:
- DT2855
QuickCapture Frame Grabber:
- 768x512x256greyscale;
$A3400 ('93);
- DT2861
& DT2862 Arithmetic Frame Grabbers:
- Can
store 4 or 16 video frames in RT
using on-board memory;
- Each
image supported by ImagePro Plus
& DT-Iris subroutine library;
$A5500 ('93);
- DT2867:
- Frame
grabber & processor on same
board;
- RT
frame averaging, 2-frame
arithmetic & logic
operations; $A12000 ('93);
- DT2867-LC
Precision
- Designed
for max. resolution; Prog. gain,
offset, & reference; $A4500
('93);
- DT2871
(HSI) Colour
- RT
RBG/HSI capability - capture from
RGB & process in HSI colour
space;
- $A7600
('93)
- DT3851
Flexible Frame Processor Boards:
- Combine
a flexible frame grabber with a
graphics processor; $A5700 ('93)
- Matrox
IP8:
- 1024x768x256grey;
VGA overlay; $A3500 ('93);
- Matrox PIP
1024:
- 1024x1024x256grey;
$A4975 ('93);
- Modular
Frame Grabber
- 1024x1024
frame buffer; RT; $A7200 ('93);
- VisionPlus
Frame Grabbers:
- 24bit;
- optional
Image Processing Accelerator
board $A10000 ('93) - 32bit
float.pt expans.
Still & Sequence Capture:
- No Hardware
Compression:
- '90:
- Videologic
DVA-4000:
- motion
capture $UK1795 ('90);
- '92:
- WinMovie
Adapter PAL (Sigma Designs - similar to
"Quickvia" board)
- poor
qualty images; inefficient motion
frame capture; difficult setup;
- $A1085
('93); $A669 ('94);
- ComputerEyes
RT
- 640x480x24bit;
32K color lookup table; 768K RAM
on board;
- NTSC/PAL/S-video;
1/30thsec grab;BMP, PCX, Targa,
GIF, JPEG, TIFF;
- multiframes->FLI,
IBM M00, SNP, AVI files;
- simultaneous
sound capture to SB VOC files;
- no
feature connector needed;
- $A1350
('92); $A960 ('93), $A760 ('94);
- VIGA+
Videographics Card:
- RT
dig. special effects processing
(incl. S-video support):
- advanced
genlock, chromakey, &
multiple frame capture;
- TARGA+
compatible; scalable full-motion
video; $A2900 ('93);
- Super
Video Windows (PPS Tech):
- Creative
Labs Videoblaster
- 720x480
x 2m colors sequence capture @
15fps?;
- NTSC/PAL
input; no S-video!; audio in/out;
256 color keys; YUV 4:1:1;
- 2m
color; 640x480 single frame; PCX,
TIFF, BMP, MMP, GIF, TGA;
- requires
feature connector on VGA card;
IRQ (5/10/11/12)
- TempraGIF,Tempra
Show,Macromind Action!, MMPlay,
software;
- $A799
('92), $599-699 ('93);
- '93:
- AVer 2000
Pro
- 800x600x64K
colors; TIFF, PCX, BMP, TGA, MMP,
...
- audio
in/out; ? no S-video;
- $A975
('93); $A982 ('94);
- Creative
Labs Videoblaster SE (special edition)
- as
for Videoblaster but:
- S-video;
800x600x64,000 colors;
max.2m colors lower res.
- 160x120 @ 30fps;
320x240 @ 15fps;
- $479(Jan'95)
- Creative
Labs Video Spigot
- 8bit
color; S-video; ?24bit RGB; YUV
4:2:2; easy setup;
- Cinepak
compression -> good color;
- $A475
('94)
- Orchid
Vidiola:
- 640x480x65,000color
or 800x600x256; 160x120@30fps;
320x240@15fps;
- $A558
ex tax ('94)
- Micronica
MR RAM Grab/AT:
- 720x620x24bit
capture; odd/even field &
sequence capture; S-video;
- $A?
- Micronica
PaviLive Image Video Card:
- 1024x512x24bit?;
No S-video; 4:1:1 YUV;
- $A
603 ex tax ('92?)
- '94:
- Orchid
Video Pro: (ECI Hardware 568-6155 - left
address for mail as arrives)
- as
for Pro/D but no VGA-PAL output;
- $A818
ex tax ('94)
- Orchid
Video Pro/D: NJS Tech. 562-1244;
- 24bitx800x640
capture?; 30fps? S-video in/out;
2:1 compression?
- full-screen
playback;
- VGA
to PAL on board! VGA feature
connector needed;
- optional
daughter-board motion-JPEG 50:1
compression - $200-300;
- software:
Adobe Premier & Presentation;
NorthCoast Photomorph;
- $A958
ex tax; $1475RRP; Show special
$950 Pulsar incl.tax; ('94)
- Hardware Compression:
- '90:
- Intel
Action Media 750:
- 82750
chipset; 160:1 hardware
compression;
- Playback
board with capture as daughter
board;
- 1024x480x24bit
@ 30fps?; audio @ 16kHz; DVI
system;
- $UK3700
('90);
- ?'92:
- Intel
Smart Video Recorder
- i750
chipset; Indeo 3.11 hardware
compression on-board; YUV9
uncompressed;
- 320x240x8bit@30fps;
No built-in still capture
support; S-video;
- Software:
Compel - for business
presentations;
- VFW
1.1; Gatekeeper Vol.1.
- $A1500
('94);
- DVI Board
(Megavision distribute):
- i705B;
ActionMedia compatible;
- Decompression
board $A4887 ('93);
- Capture
daughter-board ?price;
- Intel
Action Media II:
- Delivery
Board: DVI decompression board
$A3487 ('93);
- Capture
board: duaghter-board $A1509
('93);
- Intel RTV
Board:
- Capture
& compress @30fps in RT ->
AVI;
- Decompression
as well;
- $A2320
('93)
- MediaVision
Pro MovieStudio:
- 160x120@30fps;
320x240@15fps; 2m colors; 640x480
single frame;
- S-video/NTSC/PAL
inputs; Video1 16:1 hardware
compression; YUV 4:1:1;
- up
to 15bit RGB; no feature
connector needed; 1 IRQ needed;
- MS
Video for Windows; Macromedia
Authorware Star SE 2.0;
- Dos
player; AVI to Quicktime
converter;
- $A725
(1993); $A250-350 ('94);
- '94:
- Creative
Labs Videoblaster FS200
- as
for VB SE but chromakey,
compression, JPEG support as
well;
- Aldus
Photostyler SE;
- Aldus
Gallery Efftects Vol1.
- $A695
('94) $599(Jan'95)
- Creative
Labs Videoblaster RT300
- Intel
i750; 320x240x30fps; S-video;
- software:
Adobe Premier; upgradeable to
ShareVision video conferencing;
- $A799??
('94);
- AuraraVision video
chipset hardware compession cards:
- '94:
- Diamond
VideoStar Pro:
- 640x480x21bit;
320x240 @30fps; Playback up to
1024x768;
- VGA
pass through 800x600x8bitx60Hz;
2xIRQ's; YUV 4:1:1; S video;
- VideoStar
software compression 2:1 320x240
@15fps;8bit
palletized;16&24bit;
- Motion
JPEG hardware compression -
optimal 24:1, max. 120:1; feature
conn.;
- Image
filtering:
- horiz&vert.
- can scale up to 640x480
in motion playback
without much degradation
- frame-frame
interpolation -
compression technique;
- chromakey &
colorkey allow choice of
colors to be transparent
in clip.
- Indeo
& Cinepak compression as
well;
- Adobe
Premiere authoring software;
- Orchid
Vidiola Premium:
- see
Vidiola Pro/D with daughter board
- presumably Auroravision chip;
- seems
better than Diamond Video Star as
24bit + VGA to PAL/S-video on
board!
- $A1218
ex tax ('94)
- Videologic
VideoCatcher (ACA-link)
- needs
VESA Media Channel not feature
connector;
- full
screen; ? motion-JPEG?; 24bit?;
S-video; 320x240x25fpsx16bit;
- $A520;
optional TV-tuner;
- Philips
Video Saviour (Philips 522-3040)
- '96:
- miroVideo
DC10:
- 3Mb/sec
data rate; 50fields/sec;4:2:2
YUV; compress down to 6:1;TV out;
- 25-30fps;
motion-Jpeg; PCI;
- '97:
$A689; Jun'98: $A649;
- miroVideo
DC30:
- 7Mb/sec
data rate; compress down to
32:1;lip-sync audio;
- $A2099
('97);
- '98:
- MiroVideo
DC20 plus:
- 4Mb/sec;
MJPEG; 640x480 video; MPEG-1
conversion tool;
- Jun'98:
$A1169;
- MPEG-1 Compression:
- '92:
- Vitec
VideoMaker
- the
1st MPEG compression card
available in the world?
- 768x576x24bit;
No S-video; 1/25th sec capture;
no feature connector
- BMP,
TIF (G,P,RVB,CMYK,YUV,..), PCX
- sequence
capture:
- 320x240;
160x120; 1-30Hz; 65K
colors; MPEG compression;
- save
as MPG, VSF
- MPEG
decompression & display:
- MPEG
Player software;
- NB.
while sequences being captured,
preview window freezes on 1st
frame!
- Also
- 1 sec latency b/n triggering
still capture & the frame
actually grabbed!
- $A1125
('93); $A1133 ('94);
- ?
also Vitec MPEG Maker SW -
software conversion of AVI to
MPEG files ($US200 '94);
- '96:
- Broadway:
- PCI;
30fps; audio sync; AVI files for
editing; MPEG-1 for finished
product; $A1549;
- '98:
- Videonics
Python parallel port module:
- S-video;PAL/NTSC;
- still
capture: 1600x1200x24bit JPG
- vid
capture: 5Mbits/sec;
352x240x30fps or 176x120x30fps;
(MPEG-1)
- drivers
for NetMeeting;
- $A799
1998;
- Pinnacle
Studio 400 parallel port module:
- processing
& video editing handled in
module so not requiring as high
power CPU or HDD space;
- uses
MS DirectShow technology!
- vid.
capture: full size AVI which then
can be compressed via software to
MPEG;??
- $A739
Capture Cards With Tuner on-board:
- '92:
- Hauppage Win TV
- 768K VRAM;
Y-U-V 4:1:1 color format;
- 700x512;
1/50th sec capture; 24bitBMP, 8bitPCX,
32bit TGA, 24bit TIFF
- sequence:
160x120 @ 15fps; 24bit AVI, MMP files;
- feature
connector needed - IRQ 15 (opt.
10/11/12);
- ?cannot
display 24bit but can save; compatible
with VGA card to 1024x768x64K;
- options:
S-video; tuner/sound modules;
- $A1130
('93, '94);
- '94:
- Video Galaxy Board
(Distrib. Total Peripherals (02)-4177455,
(03)-646-7011)
- Video
display 1024 x 768 x 24bit - playback on
486DX-66 - quarter screen @ 30fps;
- S-video;
RF input, 2x ext.video in; 4x audio in /
audio out @ 1.3W/ch;
- 2Mb VRAM;
4:2:2 & 4:1:1 YUV formats;
- frame
buffer allows 320x240 x 24bit color
capture - BMP/YUV;
- in-built
TV tuner (mono audio reception) -
autosearch for stations;
- software
independent control of hue, saturation,
brightness, & contrast levels;
- optional
teletext upgrade; ?no sequence capture?
- Software:
Window video display;
- TV station
naming, etc;
- $A749
(May'94);
- LifeView Video II
(Wiztech 521-9426)
- 1024x768x256color
or 800x600xHiColor; video
sequence/capture/tuner;
- No
S-video; 12bit 4:1:1 YUV; Tuner: stereo @
2W/ch;
- Genlock
& colorkey functions?
- VideoStudio:
i Photoplus image editor; VideoCapture;
VideoEditor;
- $A795
('94);
- Video Highway
(Swann Comp.)
- 1024x768
int. x 16bit; capture 320x240x30fps; TV
& radio tuner;
- needs
feature connector; $A699;
- Window Vision (Q
microsystems 699-2599)
- 1024x768x64K
overlay; 600x450x24bit capture;
- 4 simult.
TV channels;
- software:
MovieWare; Dos AV Studio;
ImageGrab/Studio
- $A679;
- '96:
- Buster:
- video
inlay; live stereo TV & teletext in
any size window; AVI capture;
- optional
DVD/MPEG1-2 upgrade;
- $A399
('97);
- '98:
- Video Highway
Xtreme:
- PCI; 25fps
AVI; TV, FM radio;
- Jun'98:
$A359;
- WaveWatcher TV:
- PCI;
768x560x30fpsx24bit; TV tuner; Media
Studio Pro 2.5VE;
- Jun'98:
$A269;
- miroMedia PCTV
Pro:
- PCI; TV
tuner; teletext; FM radio; supports
Intel's InterCast (INTERnet+broadCAST TV)
- 768x560;
320x240x25fps;
- Jun'98:
$A369;
VGA
-> PAL cards:
- '92:
- AVer Key $A612
('93);
- external
converter (parallel port?); flicker
filter built-in;64K colors;
- AVer VGA Pro
$A2130 ('93);
- full
genlock & overlay board; built-in VGA
card;
- AVer HQO Card
$A825 ('93);
- AVer 1000V $A1440
('92,'93);
- 256 or
32000 colors; is also a
Tseng4000sVGAcard;
- Video Expert:
- S-VHS
output; $A599 ('93);
- Multigen $A1322
('93);
- MultiVideoSystem
Masterboard $A2420 ('92,'93)
- + overlay
= $A1330 extra ('92,'93);
- + overlay
+ chromakey = $A2000 extra ('92,'93);
- NTSC/PAL/S-video/RGB
output; Genlock;
- GLock-VGA+ Video
Encoder/Genlock:
- SVGA
graphics & broadcast quality encoder
with genlock;
- for
titling, dissolves & fades of
graphics over video;
- 1024x768x256colors;
SVHS output; Flicker stabilisation;
$A1950 ('93);
- '93:
- Creative Labs
TVCoder:
- PAL/NTSC
output; RCA or S-video output;
- VGA 15pin
D outlet for simultaneous VGA display;
- VGA input
up to 640x480x256colors;
- $A345
('94); $279(Jan'95)
Other Video Processing Cards:
- '92:
- Digital Personal
Time Base Corrector:
- Pro.
quality; corrects color bleeding &
flagging;
- Allows
perfect freeze-frame; $A2275 ('93);
MPEG-1
Decompression
Real-Time Video Cards:
- '94:
- Reel-Magic Lite
- 1024x768x32Kx30fps
playback indep. of VGA card if feature
conn. used.
- $A600;
- Reel-Magic
- as for
Lite but on-board 16bit sound card as
well;
- Vitec MPEG Player
RTO (?US only $US875 '94);
- Multiwave
MovieWave Studio with video capture 2:1
- 160x120x30fps;
S-video/MPEG input; 1024x768x64K;
800x600x24bit;
- Cinepak
& Indeo 2:1 compression only!
- onboard
MPEG playback full screen with
audio-video sync.!
- $A775
(Aug'94); $A630 (Jan'95)
- Videologic MPEG
Player (ACA-link 388-0477)
- needs VESA
media channel on VGA card not the feature
connector!
- eg.
PCIMovie SVGA 2MB VRAM $A933 - almost as
fast as Viper;
- has
built-in Indeo/Cinepak/Video1 accel. for
fullscreen playback!
- 24bit
playback;
- $A668
stand alone;
- $A1410
with graphics/sound on board?
- '97:
- MPEG-1
decompression now mainly software + 64bit or
128bit VGA cards
- Notebooks may need
a PCMCIA card via a Zoomed Video PCMCIA port.
- BUT many notebooks
now come with 128bit video!
MPEG-2 decompression cards (DVD playback):
- July'97:
- Quadrant
International Cinemaster DVD playback card:
- MPEG2/MPEG1;
VideoCD;Dolby digital AC-3 audio;
video/audio out;
- DVD
support: multi-lang. soundtracks;
subtitles; parental controls;any DVD
drive;
- $A1195
with Verbatim 2x DVD drive;