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>Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 07:52:45 -0500
>From: Gary Dauphin <[log in to unmask]>
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>Organization: Apple Computer Higher Education
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum     <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6224 Video/VCR into iMac?
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Sony makes a digital media converter that is PERFECT, if you have
firewire on your iMac.  I do not recommend doing it via USB, I don't
generally find the quality to be very good.

 Gary Dauphin
 Apple Account Executive 
 Higher Education for MS, AL and LA

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LLTI-Editor wrote:
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> >Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:26:26 -0400
> >From: Cesar <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: VCR output to iMac?
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> 
> Good morning.
> 
> Is anyone by any chance sending VCR video and audio output into an iMac and
> if so, how?  There seems to be no space for a tuner card (or audio-video
> card, if you prefer) inside the iMac.  Is anyone using an RCA to USB
> converter to manage this?  If so, how satisfied are you with the
> picture/sound quality?  Or is anyone doing something different?
> 
> Thank you for any suggestions.  Mind you, I am curious in doing this only
> with an iMac.
> 
> Cesar Valencia
> Carnegie Mellon University