--- Forwarded Message from Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> --- >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 >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> > 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 Internet: [log in to unmask]