From: "Anthony PDC" <ant...@lound.demon.co.uk> Subject: Video Capture Cards - the Winnov Videum Vo/AV Date: 1998/05/02 Message-ID: <894148344.9663.0.nnrp-05.9e984028@news.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 349693272 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: lound.demon.co.uk:158.152.64.40 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 X-Complaints-To: ab...@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 894148344 nnrp-05:9663 NO-IDENT lound.demon.co.uk:158.152.64.40 Newsgroups: comp.dcom.videoconf I should like to congratulate Winnov on their Videum VO capture card. I don't normally sing the praises of manufacturers in public but I am *so* impressed by this card I felt I should post, and possibly save others a long search for a video caprture card that will truly stun them. For a long time I have jealously yearned after the kind of video quality that Macintosh computers regularly produce on videoconferencing networks. In CU-SEEME for example, I could until recently *easily* spot those using Macs because their video was consistently good - even where they were using Connectix stuff/other inferior parallel port-based cameras. I had hitherto concluded that the Mac's onboard video digitizer was rather special and that that kind of quality was not available on the PC - certainly not using my Hauppauge Win/TV Celebrity card. This card, despite the fact that I had installed the S-Video option at extra cost and the fact that I use a S-VHS Camcorder, produced an image of indifferent quality, and its captured stills was rather poor. The moment I turned on my camcorder after installing the Winnov Videum VO revealed to me what I had been missing! Superb in every respect - sharp, vibrant, well-saturated colours, an extremely crisp image, and the sort of overall quality of which I had thought only Macs were capable. The quality of still captures is high - substantially higher than the Hauppauge - and the accompanying software a real credit to its authors. And all this at an unbelievably cheap price. May I say to Winnov (with whom I have not the slightest connection) - my warmest congratulations on a great product! Very well-done indeed. I am extremely pleased :o))))))))))))))))). To others on the look-out for a high quality capture card, get the Videum VO (or AV if you have no sound card). Incidentally, should anyone like to see the quality of this card I should be happy to send them a still capture - email me. -- ***************************************************** Anthony P D Cummins Norfolk, England, United Kingdom IBMPC/AMDK6/233 *****************************************************
From: di...@netcom.com (William R. Dirks) Subject: Re: Video Capture Cards - the Winnov Videum Vo/AV Date: 1998/05/03 Message-ID: <dirksEsEG4w.3su@netcom.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 349911995 Sender: di...@netcom10.netcom.com References: <894148344.9663.0.nnrp-05.9e984028@news.demon.co.uk> Organization: Netcom Newsgroups: comp.dcom.videoconf In article <894148344.9663.0...@news.demon.co.uk>, Anthony PDC <ant...@lound.demon.co.uk> wrote: >I should like to congratulate Winnov on their Videum VO capture card. >[...] >The moment I turned on my camcorder after installing the Winnov Videum VO >revealed to me what I had been missing! Superb in every respect - sharp, >vibrant, well-saturated colours, an extremely crisp image, and the sort of >overall quality of which I had thought only Macs were capable. The quality >of still captures is high - substantially higher than the Hauppauge - and >the accompanying software a real credit to its authors. And all this at an >unbelievably cheap price. >May I say to Winnov (with whom I have not the slightest connection) - my >warmest congratulations on a great product! Very well-done indeed. I am >extremely pleased. [...] >-- >Anthony P D Cummins >Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Thank you for the kind words. I wrote the bundled Winnov applications of which you speak, and also worked on many driver features including slow scan still capture mode. I just want to let you know your message reached its intended audience and is very much appreciated. Pay no attention to anonymous jerks out there. (Mr. Cummins does not work for Winnov.) Bill.