Newsgroup: it.comp.hardware.video-3d
Titolo: Nuova Scheda di Cattura Video della Pinnacle/Miro : DC10Plus - 6MB/sec datarate MJPEG a soli 200$ !!

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/framesets/dc10plus.html
For Immediate Release 
   Pinnacle Systems Extends Its Studio Consumer Video
               Editing Product Family
  The Studio DC10 plus Will Enter the Consumer Video Market
   as One of the Industry’s Most Powerful and Cost Effective
           Nonlinear Video Editing Solutions 
 Mountain View, California, 10/5/98—Pinnacle Systems
 (NASDAQ: PCLE - news) today announced Studio DC10 plus, a
 new offering in the company’s Studio family of consumer video
 editing products. Deigned to carry forward Pinnacle System’s
 belief that video editing should be entertaining and funthe Studio
 DC10 plus shares many features with the Company’s recently
 introduced Studio 400, including its the intuitive, easy and fun to
 use and easy-to-use proprietary Studio video editing application.
 Studio DC10 plus is an internal PCI card solution, based on
 Pinnacle Systems’ award winning miroVIDEO product
 technology, and is the Company’s price/performance leader for
 full feature consumer nonlinear video editing. 
 "Studio DC10 plus and Studio 400 share our great fun video
 editing application, and are among the easiest tools on the
 market for consumers to edit their video with," said Bill Loesch,
 Pinnacle Systems’ vice president of consumer products.
 "Whether the customer is interested in editing long vacation tapes
 or creating a business presentation, Pinnacle Systems has made
 video editing as fun, easy-to-use and compelling as playing video
 games," Loesch added.
 Unlike Studio 400, which is a 100% external video editing
 solution, and even works with laptopsStudio DC10 plus is a PCI
 card,is compatible with today’s high performance PentiumÒ class
 personal computers. With an estimated street price under $200,
 Studio DC10 plus becomes is Pinnacle Systems’ most
 cost-effective non-linear editing tool. Limited only by available
 disk space, Studio DC10 plus allows users to capture and edit
 videos right at their desktop. Ideal for short form subjects such as
 music videos, family skits, corporate presentations and Internet
 v-mailsÔ (short for video emails), Studio DC10 plus allows users
 to add sophisticated titles, transitions, and music, allowing for
 MTV- style productions, as well as more conservative style
 presentations. 
 "If you have ever been inspired by a great commercial, a music
 video or even a Hollywood movie, Studio DC10 plus gives you
 the power to unleash your creativity and make your own great and
 entertaining videos," said Mike Iampietro, senior product
 manager at Pinnacle Systems. "This MJPEG motion-JPEG PCI
 internal card captures full resolution (640x480) video to your hard
 drive and is ideal for editing videos for work and for play," Mike
 Iampietro added.
 About the Studio Software: Pinnacle Systems’ Studio video
 editing software, included with Studio DC10 plus, makes video
 editing extremely fun and easy. You can drag and drop scenes in
 any order using the intuitive Storyboard view. You can preview
 wipes and dissolves, then add them to your movie with the click of
 a mouse. Studio DC10 plus also comes with the TitleDeko
 professional character generator from Pinnacle Systems.
 TitleDeko features over 300 looks and styles, allowing you to
 create dazzling titles for your movies. With the SmartSound
 software, also included, you can create a custom musical
 soundtrack for your movie. Whether you output it to a video tape
 or save your work as an AVI file to send over the Internet, the final
 video is a masterpiece that will leave your friends and colleagues
 inspired by your talents and eager to start their own productions.
 Studio DC10 plus Features: 
     Easy Capturing & Scene Detection – Studio DC10 plus
     allows you to capture full-screen, full-motion, full-resolution
     video at 30 frames/60 fields per second. Studio DC10 plus
     automatically captures your camcorder footage, detecting
     individual scenes. 
     Easy Editing—Easy cut-and-paste, drag-and-drop editing
     lets you place scenes in any order you want. 
     Instant Preview—Instant Preview Window lets you try out
     different scenes, transitions, effects, background music, and
     more before final edit. 
     Add Professional Touch— More than 100 different
     transitions (including Video SpiceRack lite transitions from
     Pixelan Software), plus more than 300 different styles and
     looks for titles, and lots of other effects. Choose from
     Storyboard or Timeline editing. Create custom musical
     sound tracks and record voice-over narration.Import 3-D
     animations and AVI movies. 
     Pick your input and output choices— Output to
     videotape or to digital video files. Video sources includeThe
     Studio DC10 plus can capture or output S-VHS, Hi8,
     Video8, and VHS video formats.
 Pricing, Availability and System Requirements
 Studio DC10 plus is compatible with virtually all Pentium PC’s
 running Windows 95 or Windows 98, and will be available at the
 end of October, 1998, with an expected price of $229 ($30
 mail-in-rebate brings price to $199). 
 About Pinnacle Systems
 Pinnacle Systems’ broadcast, desktop, and consumer groups
 provide video professionals and consumers with the cutting-edge
 tools needed to create dazzling productions faster and more
 affordably than ever before. These innovative digital video
 manipulation tools perform a variety of on-air, production, and
 post-production functions such as the addition of special effects,
 image management, capture, storage, and playout, as well as
 graphics and title creation. The Company’s broadcast and
 desktop product lines incorporate specialized real-time video
 processing circuitry for the ultimate in performance and creative
 flexibility. Pinnacle Systems may be reached at 
(650) 526-1600
 or on the World Wide Web at 
www.pinnaclesys.com
.
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        All original content is copyright ©1998, Pinnacle Systems. 

           Nonlinear Video Editing Solutions 
Dalle premesse mi sembra una buona scheda a basso costo, capace di
rivaleggiare (e vincere) con la Rainbow Runner e la Marvel. Resta solo da
verificare l'implementazione o meno della protezione Macrovision.
Potrei avere tuoi pareri riguardo a questa scheda?
--------------------------------------------
Riccardo Marzi (
rim...@tin.it
)  from Lucca
Presidente della FICA (Federazione Italiana Cartoni Animati)
| Presidente del KULO (Komitato Unico per la Lotta Organizzata)
Portasfiga per passione

Potrei avere tuoi pareri riguardo a questa scheda?
su quel "e vincere" bisogna vedere.
il software mi sembra buono ma piu' impostato alla giocosita' che alla
produttivita' professionale, e il prezzo e' altino, praticamente la
scheda da sola costa quanto l'intera Marvel (e da qualcosa in meno e
qualcosa in piu'....)
comunque, interessante, fino ad adesso non c'era molto nel settore
"basso", solo la dc-10 e la vecchia raimbow-runner, entrambe schede
decisamente scarse.
  (iao!!oai)                                     (ICQ: 10860566)
  //,aurizio
 
   I bimbi buoni vanno in paradiso.
   I bimbi cattivi vanno dove gli pare!

decisamente scarse.
Altre info sulla scheda che ho avuto come risposta dalla Pinnacle sono
state :
    - Nessun chip Macrovision
    - Disponibilita' per Italia/Europa prevista: Dicembre/Gennaio
    - Versione USA : solo NTSC
      Versione Europea : Multistandard NTSC/PAL
    - Supporto Windows95 & 98 / Nessun supporto NT4/5 previsto
 
    - Conversione NTSC->PAL non ufficialmente supportata
       Ignoto se sia possibile forzarla come sull'RRStudio (che
       pure questo ha tale funzione neppure documentata!)
 

qualcosa in piu'....)
Beh, mi sembra che ad un utente medio (intendo quello che vuole
digitalizzare un filmato) possa bastare, no? E' chiaro che per chi vuole
maggiori prestazioni e funzionalita' puo' rivolgersi a periferiche piu'
costose come la Miro DC30 Plus il cui costo di oltre due milioni di lire mi
sembra veramente eccessivo per un comune utente.
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sembra veramente eccessivo per un comune utente.
il costo della dc30 e' un furto, fuori d'italia costa una frazione di
quella cifra.
Approposito, dovrebbe essere uscita  (o molto prossima) la sua erede,
se non erro?
qualcuno sa qualcosa di preciso?
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qualcuno sa qualcosa di preciso?
La DC50 e semi-professionale, costa 1800$ se non sbaglio. 
La dovrebbero avere disponibile  su 
http://www.videoguys.com/