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>Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 09:51:36 -0600
>From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]>
>To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7900 Canopus analog-digital converters
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> Does anyone have any direct experience with Canopus video conversion
> products?

We have been using the Canopus ADVC300 for about a year, and have been
happy with it.  We purchased it to convert an archive of video materials
recorded on U-matic 3/4" video cassettes.  The resulting footage, converted
to DV (more specifically, DV25), is being edited via computer, using Final
Cut Pro, for instructional use.

The converted digital footage shows no significant degradation from the
analog original.  In fact, I would say that the two are indistinguishable,
in most cases.  Close analysis of scenes with a lot of random movement will
sometimes show some digital artifacts.  This is most likely to be present
when the original image is degraded, with significant color fringing.  When
the original analog video has high quality, the digital conversion is
excellent.

I have no direct experience with the ADVC110, so I can't compare it to the
ADVC300.

Derek

Derek Roff
Language Learning Center
Ortega Hall 129, MSC03-2100
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885
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