[G4] Capture cards Re: [G4] New system...

[James Asherman]

On Saturday, November 8, 2003, at 02:05  PM, diane wrote:

>> On Saturday, November 8, 2003, at 10:22  AM, James Asherman wrote:
>>
>>>> Sorry if I offended you by sounding cheap
>>
>>
>> By the way, I don't think you are cheap. You just didn't do your  
>> research.
>> I am cheap. That is why I upgraded my 867 to a 1.2 gig instead of  
>> buying that terrrific
>> machine you have which must have cost at least $2000 w/ monitor.
>> Or getting a $1000 Pc and loading it with $7000 worth of proprietary  
>> soon to be obsolescent gimmickry.
>> I do video for a living and a dual 1.42 is a pro video workstation in  
>> my view.
>
>
> What you are missing is that I don't do video for a living, so that  
> was not what I was looking for what I bought the machine. I don't buy  
> PC's either.  ;)

It is still twice what you need. But that's cool.


>
> I actually had bought a lower model just before they announced the new  
> ones and qualified for the trade-in. The only reason I bought when I  
> did (I was expecting new products and price drops in the summer, not  
> winter) was because the logicboard on my Yikes! gave up the ghost one  
> night with no warning. I was planning on buying a new machine in the  
> summer, just got a head start on it. One of the best purchases I have  
> made.
>

Uh yeah.
>
>>
>>
>> http://www.nextag.com/serv/main/buyer/ 
>> outpdir.jsp?doSearch=y&search=analog_to_dv_converter
>
>
> Have you used the Dazzle? I found a forum where many said they weren't  
> happy with it.
>

Me too . But using USB into a dual 1.42 just seems wrong. All your apps  
expect firewire.


>
> BTW, I like to be called "frugal"  ;)
and I like to be called "poor" :(
Jim
>
>
> Diane