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With any hardware capture card there is some tolerance to unstable sources,
but don't expect total timebase correction. As normal I would suggest the
use of a good SVHS machine plus a timebase corrector for the best
performance with even more expensive cards than the RT.X100.
"Rich" <rich@askifyouwant.it> wrote in message
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> Digital Video Solutions wrote:
>> Seems no one else is answering so I will. Yes, I am a Matrox Gold
>> Reseller. But, that has no bearing on my opinion of their products. I
>> once sold Pinnacle Systems products and routinely sold customers away
>> from them in favor of better options according to the customer's needs.
>>
>> The Matrox RT.X10 and RT.X100 offer realtime full resolution video input
>> and output through the 1394 and analog sources - composite and S-Video.
>> These cards offer realtime output of your finished video project to the
>> MPEG-2 file needed for DVD authoring directly from the timeline of
>> Premiere. They also offer simultaneous batch encoding to DVD, SVCD, VCD
>> and web formats with multiple resolutions.
>>
>> Both cards support video output through DirectShow applications. For
>> instance when in Encore DVD preview playback can be seen on a television
>> monitor, a feature not offered by other hardware or software editing
>> options. In my opinion a pretty nice option to be able to see the
>> placement of titles, buttons and backgrounds of your DVD's before it is
>> writing to disc.
>>
>> Outside of these features the cards offer realtime color correction,
>> realtime chroma keying, tons of 2D and 3D filters and transitions - which
>> you may not really need in real world editing, but do come in handy for
>> creating interesting titling sequences if nothing else. The plug-in for
>> Adobe Premiere is solid unlike some other competitor cards many here are
>> familiar with. All in all the RT.X10 is a nice setup for the price though
>> we don't sell that many of them here at Digital Video Solutions. The
>> RT.X100 has been the more popular choice among buyers.
>>
>> You can find these cards littered across the internet. There is a list of
>> approved dealers at the Matrox website. For the best in after purchase
>> technical support I suggest you only purchase from a Gold Reseller listed
>> on the Matrox website. You will find them listed geographically.
>>
> One other thing Larry, how good is the card at coping with slightly
> unstable sources?
>
> VHS etc.
>
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