Model |
Company |
Type |
Features |
Price |
Power Mac G4 DVD authoring |
Apple |
DVD-R |
complete DVD production solution
- Final Cut Pro video editing software
- DVD Studio Pro authoring software (MPEG export, supports
to DVD-R and real-time preview, 16:9 format, supports
multiple languages)
- Write: DVD-R videos for playback on most consumer DVD
players, music CDs on CD-RW discs.
- Read: DVD-R, DVD-Rom, CD, CD-R, CD-RW
- built-in 400Mbps FireWire : can get DVCam input
|
~$11000 for a complete video editing and dvd authoring workstation |
Que! Fire DVD-RAM |
QPS |
DVD-RAM |
- Rewritable DVD-RAM Drive for Data Storage and
DVD/MPEG-2 Write and Playback Applications
- 9.4 GB External FireWire 1394 Drive
- Write: DVD-RAM 4.7/9.4GB
- Read: CD-ROM,CD-R,CD-RW, DVD-ROM
- External, Fire Wire
- Mac/PC
|
|
DVR-S201 |
Pioneer |
DVD-R (video) |
- Write: DVD-R 3.5/4.7GB
- Read: DVD-R, DVD-Rom
- External, SCSI
|
$4471 - $5400 |
GF 1000 |
Hitachi |
DVD-RAM |
- Write: 2,6 Go/5,2
- Read: DVD RAM, DVD ROM, CD DA, CD ROM CD ROM XA,CDI
- EIDE (SCSI GF-1050)
|
4150F (Camif) |
DVDAM52 |
LaCie |
DVD-RAM |
- Write: DVD-RAM, PD cartridge 2,6 Go/5,2GB
- Read:CD-ROM CD-ROM XA CD-R CD-RW CD-DA(audio) VideoCD
DVD-ROM DVD-Video PD cartridge DVD-RAM
- External, SCSI
|
$759 (?) |
LF-D102U |
Panasonic |
DVD-RAM |
- Write: DVD-RAM, PD cartridge 2,6 Go/5,2
- Read: DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA,
CD-RW
- SCSI, external (internal version LF-D103U)
- By opening the cartridge and taking out the disc, the
content can be read in a std DVD player (BUT: not 100%
sure and disc can't be put back in cartridge)
|
£ 399 |
SD-W1111 |
Toshiba |
DVD-RAM |
- Write: DVD-RAM 2,6 Go/5,2
- Read: DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA,
CD-RW
- SCSI, external
|
£ 400 |
DVD-520S |
AOpen |
DVD-RAM |
- Write: DVD-RAM, PD cartridge 2,6 Go/5,2
- Read: DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA,
CD-RW
- SCSI
|
£ 395 |
- HP-DVD writer 3100i, Hewlett Packard ??
- DV RX 2000, Sony ??
|
Model |
Company |
Features |
I/O |
Price |
DigiSuite LE |
Matrox |
Single slot PCI controller:
- 2 Motion JPEG codecs
- 32-bit RGB-alpha frame buffer
- 32-bit digital audio processing
- ITU-R 601 NTSC and PAL resolution, 60/50
fields/sec, YUV 4:2:2
- Multi-layer realtime digital video mixer
- 2D effects
- Multi-layer realtime digital video mixer
- RT transitions and titling
- Softs: Adobe Premiere
(Editing), Inscriber CG, Boris Effects
|
- 1 Analog component or 2 Y/C, 2 composite video I/O
- Four analog balanced audio inputs and outputs
|
31.6KF
- optional DV PCI card: + 8100F HT
- 29160 card, 4 18Go discs: + ~20KF
|
- Reboot required for PAL -> NTSC, NTSC -> PAL
- Quick computations on card
- Work with 1 background layer + 1 picture layer + 1
title layer in RT
|
DigiSuite DTV |
Matrox |
Single slot PCI controller:
- 2 streams of video plus 32-bit animated graphics
- Independent transparency control on all layers
- Multi-Format Compression (DV, DV50, MPEG-2 4:2:2 )
- Native DV
- Optional 1394 interface card
- Optional realtime 3D DVE card
- Support for DVD authoring
- SoftS: Adobe Premiere (Editing), Inscriber CG, Boris
Effects, Sonic DVDit (DVD authoring)
|
- 1 Analog component, Y/C, composite video I/O
- 4 in/4 out, balanced/unbalanced analog I/O
|
|
RT 2000 |
Matrox |
NonLinear Editing Solution:
- 2 video streams
- 32-bit uncompressed animated graphics layer in RT
- 3D and transparency effects in RT (Matrox Flex3D)
- no previews rendering, RT editing (DV & MPEG2)
- graphic card Matrox Millenium
- 1394 interface (digital transfert from/to DV tape)
- ITU-R601, YUV 4:2:2, NTSC, PAL/SECAM
- Softs: Adobe Premiere RT (NLE), Inscriber Title, Ulead
Cool (3D etxt), Sonic Foundry (audio editing), Sonic
DVDit LE (DVD authoring), Matrox DVD player
|
- video in: composite, S-video (Y/C), NTSC, PAL, SECAM
- video out: 1394 6-pin, composite video, S-video (Y/C),
NTSC, PAL
- Audio unbalanced stereo I/O
|
- 9600F
- Complete Workstation (Gateway PIII 500, DVD drive,
no disc) 23KF
|
DigiDesktop |
Matrox |
Single slot PCI controller:
- 2 graphics display controllers
- dual screen for NLE on WindowsNT (share Windows desktop
on both screens)
- console display for event sequencing/scheduling
systems
- 2 YUV video decoders
- Multiple (up to 4) digital video input sources
- Live window video
|
2 YUV in, 2 RGB out |
+ LE 44KF |
Digiconnect |
Matrox |
Audio/Video breakout box for Digisuite
|
- Analog I/O: 4 XLR balanced or 4 RCA unbalanced
- Digital I/O: 2 XLR balanced AES/EBU or 2 RCA
unbalanced S/PDIF
- Stereo headphone jack
|
3500F HT |
Max Card option for Digisuit |
Matrox |
- Matrox Flex 3D real time 3D digital video effects
(2D/3D DVE engine)
- built in 1394 port
- Realtime DV acquisition and print-to-tape
- Real time MPEG-1 MPEG-2 encoding (DVD, VCD authoring)
- DVD authoring soft: Sonic Solutions DVDit! SE
|
DV, MPEG-2 RT |
$2500 |
- Ability to substitute an additional graphics layer
(with 3D effects), for one of the video layers
- Ability to work with 2 video layers and a graphics
layer or two graphics layers and a video layer in RT
|
|
Media 100 |
Media 100 |
- ITU-R BT.601, NTSC, PAL
- RT titles
- 3D DVE for Text & Graphics w/ Preview
- Audio Real-time Automated Mixing Panel
- Breakout box
- Proprietary softs
|
- Export to Adobe After Effects
- Export of QuickTime, Real and Windows Media streaming
media formats, MPEG-1, MPEG-2
- RT audio tracks
- Video I/O: analog component, S-Video, composite, DV
- Audio I/O: 2 unbalanced RCA, 2 balanced XLR
|
Expensive upgrades:
- SW: 70KF
- HW: 10KF for DV format
|
- Slow computation
- Project management is "heavy"
- NT version: iFinish
|
|
dpsVelocity, dpsPerception |
DPS |
NLE systems |
|
|
- Imports "badly" handled
- Interface is not user-friendly
- Still some bugs...
|
Ready To Edit |
Pinnacle Systems |
Complete workstation with
- IBM Intellistation (Dual pentium computers, live video)
- 72GB for video, 9GB for audio
- 2 monitors
- Pinnacle Targa video engine
- Discreet edit NLE
software
|
- Targa 2000 RTX (breakout box): composite, Y/C,
component, RGB, balanced stereo audio
- Targa 2000 SDX Studio and Madras (breakout box):
composite,S-Video (Y/C), component, RGB, DV/IEEE 1394,
balanced analog stereo audio
|
Far too expensive |
DV500 |
Pinnacle Systems |
- native DV video editing solution
- single PCI card using existing graphics hardware
- 2 DV streams
- support NTSC/PAL
- external breakout box
- RT transitions, titling and filtering
- 2 channel mixer
- Softs: Minerva (CD, simple DVD authoring), Pinnacle
TitleDeko, Sonic Foundry Acid music (audio editing),
Pinnacle Hollywood FX (transitions), Adobe Premiere RT,
Adobe Photoshop LE
-
|
- video I/O: composite, RCA, S-Video(Y/C), 3 DV/IEEE 1394
- audio I/O: 2 stereo RCA
|
<$1000 ?? |
|
Avid XPress |
Avid |
- Avid Hardware (cards) and proprietary software
- 4 video tracks
- 8-track, real-time audio mixing
- RT digital effects
- Real-time uncompressed static graphics and titles
- Hardware-independent software codec (AVI)
- Import QuickTime AIFF, WAV ...
|
|
Far too expensive |
|
|
|
Movie Maker 200 |
Optibase |
- PCI single board
- MPEG 1 & 2 video and audio encoder
|
- video I: NTSC/PAL, composite, S-Video, SDI
- video preview O: composite
- Output stream: MPEG-1
- audio I/O: unbalanced analog stereo RCA, balanced analog
stereo XLR, digital AES/EBU
|
|
Forward |
Darim Vision |
- singlr PCI card + proprietary softs
- drivers for video capture and audio recording/output
- NTSC, PAL/SECAM
- Real-time 8-bit alpha mixing of live video and CG
- Real-time titling and animated logos overlay
- transparency buffer
- Softs: Proprietary video capture software, DDClip (NLE)
DDTitle
|
- video I: 4 Composite, 2 S-Video and 2 Component
- video O: VCR
- Wave audio input, output and mixing drivers
|
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