[MacDV] Re: Digital VCR Question

[Thubten Kunga]

Also, Eye TV is developing a next generation version with an S-Video 
input that should be competitive with the Formac product. But they 
haven't announced it yet as to when it will ship. My guess is in time 
for MacWorld NYC July.

k

On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 03:45 PM, Michael Katzman wrote:

> Ed, check out the Formac Studio DV/TV.  It has the ability to be used 
> as
> a TV tuner and can also capture directly to the hard drive using the DV
> codec.  This is great for high quality recordings, although it uses
> approximately 12 gigs per hour.  The best thing about it is that it 
> leaves
> the material editable as DV footage which is compatible with iMovie or 
> Final
> Cut.  I'd suggest going with this one if you have a lot of hard drive 
> space.
>
>     Another alternative is the Eye TV from El Gato.  It is able to 
> capture
> in the MPEG 1 format, meaning it will be a much lower resolution and 
> higher
> compression than DV.  MPEG 1 however is not editable by anything I 
> know of
> unless you convert it to a higher quality format.  The good parts 
> about it
> are that if you don't need to worry about editing, a bunch of content 
> should
> be able to fit onto a CD without any extra work.  (Basically the file 
> sizes
> are much smaller)
>
>     These boxes both have analog video inputs, but where EyeTV has 
> Coax and
> the standard RCA inputs for Video and Left/Right Audio, the Formac 
> Studio
> has Coax, RCAs, S-video, and an FM radio tuner.
>
> Check them out:
>
> Formac:
> http://www.formac.com/p_bin/?cid=solutions_converters_studiodvtv
>
> El Gato Eye-TV
> http://www.elgato.com/eyeTV/index.html
>
> Enjoy!