From: "Bill Dirks" <bill_...@winnov.com> Subject: Winnov Videum PCI (commercial) Date: 1998/04/02 Message-ID: <01bd5de0$ac205720$6603cbd0@gusto.winnov.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 340043764 Organization: Winnov L.P. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.videoconf This is a short commercial announcement. I post it because some people have asked for this information in this newsgroup. As of April 1, 1998 (no fooling!) the long-anticipated PCI bus versions of the Winnov Videum AV and Videum VO products are available, if you order directly from Winnov. The PCI products will be shipped with the newest Videum software release, Version 2.5. Videum AV PCI - US$199 Video capture + Audio capture card Videum VO PCI - US$149 Video capture card These products work on Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0. Toll-free in the US: 1-888-4WINNOV (494-6668) Or: 408-744-9777 8:00am to 5:00pm PST Fax: 408-744-0174 There is a backlog right now on the PCI products, so allow at least 2 to 3 weeks for delivery. There is no announcement on the Winnov website (http://www.winnov.com) yet. Prices do not include shipping. -- Bill Senior Software Engineer Winnov
From: mike...@snip.net (Michael) Subject: Re: Winnov Videum PCI (commercial) Date: 1998/04/06 Message-ID: <35295277.1557757@news.snip.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 341608940 References: <01bd5de0$ac205720$6603cbd0@gusto.winnov.com> <352844C0.26C718CB@earthlink.net> Newsgroups: comp.dcom.videoconf >> This is a short commercial announcement. I post it because some people have >> asked for this information in this newsgroup. >> >> As of April 1, 1998 (no fooling!) the long-anticipated PCI bus versions of >> the Winnov Videum AV and Videum VO products are available, if you order >> directly from Winnov. The PCI products will be shipped with the newest >> Videum software release, Version 2.5. >> >> Videum AV PCI - US$199 Video capture + Audio capture card >> Videum VO PCI - US$149 Video capture card >> >> These products work on Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0. >> >> Toll-free in the US: 1-888-4WINNOV (494-6668) >> Or: 408-744-9777 8:00am to 5:00pm PST >> Fax: 408-744-0174 >> >> There is a backlog right now on the PCI products, so allow at least 2 to 3 >> weeks for delivery. There is no announcement on the Winnov website >> (http://www.winnov.com) yet. Prices do not include shipping. >> -- >> Bill >> Senior Software Engineer >> Winnov > What is the trade off here in PCI capture cards: your product, and Digital Visions use a PCI bus and just capture. The TV cards do this plus utilize the new win98 convergence of capture and TV on the PC. Since it seems to me to be a simple matter to add a TV tuner, and companies are not plainly dumb, there must be a trade off you guys make between capture boards and TV/capture boards. Can you enlighten us why we should buy a product like Winnov instead of a combo product? Thanks. Mike >
From: "Bill Dirks" <bill_...@winnov.com> Subject: Re: Winnov Videum PCI (commercial) Date: 1998/04/08 Message-ID: <01bd628f$2dfde020$6603cbd0@gusto.winnov.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 341901250 References: <01bd5de0$ac205720$6603cbd0@gusto.winnov.com> <352844C0.26C718CB@earthlink.net> <35295277.1557757@news.snip.net> Organization: Winnov L.P. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.videoconf Michael <mike...@snip.net> wrote in article <35295277...@news.snip.net>... >> [..stuff about Winnov PCI capture card posted by Bill Dirks..] > > What is the trade off here in PCI capture cards: your product, and > Digital Visions use a PCI bus and just capture. The TV cards do this > plus utilize the new win98 convergence of capture and TV on the PC. > > Since it seems to me to be a simple matter to add a TV tuner, and > companies are not plainly dumb, there must be a trade off you guys > make between capture boards and TV/capture boards. Can you enlighten > us why we should buy a product like Winnov instead of a combo product? The TV stuff adds development and manufacturing costs for the vendor, and most customers don't care about TV on their computers. TVs are cheap and ubiquitous, and we really don't need computers to help us watch more TV. We had a TV tuner add-on product, but we recently discontinued it. There was never much interest. Choose the product that suits your desires, by all means. If you are interested in TV and a TV card does what you want for video capture, then that is what you should get. TV isn't the only differentiating factor: Be aware that products with similar-looking specs can potentially vary greatly regarding quality and reliability of drivers and software, compatibility, technical support, and real-world performance. A board might be really good at video display, but be painfully slow in NetMeeting, or the NT drivers crash (or don't exist), or it doesn't work with some apps, or you are constantly fiddling with control panels to get it to work, or you can't get a reply from their tech support, or it drops a lot of frames capturing an AVI file, or any number of other gotchas. It pays to try to find reviews or get opinions of users of a product before you buy. Ask users of the apps you want to use what capture cards work well with them. Winnov has made a name for itself by supplying a product with a solid software component, trouble-free installation, good tech support (if needed), and therefore good overall user experience. We have quality, reliable drivers, compatible with a wide variety of VfW applications including conferencing, Internet broadcast, WebCam, AVI capture; and useful free bundled applications. We have additional software features like a easy-to-use ActiveX-based SDK, electronic pan/zoom control, and you can put a personal insignia or logo on your video image. We have solutions for ISA, PCMCIA, and PCI; Windows 95/98 and NT, which appeals to organizations which have a variety of systems and want to standardize on a single video capture vendor. http://www.winnov.com/ (He asked! <g>) -- Bill Senior Software Engineer Winnov