DC20 
Introducing the miroVideo DC20, Australia's favourite
non-linear editing solution for the P.C. platform. The DC20
records video to your hard disk in true S-Video quality at
resolutions up to 768 x 576 in 24 bit colour. Coupled with Ulead
Media Studio Pro editing software, the DC20 is unsurpassed in
affordable video editing capabilities for the desktop video
enthusiast. The DC20 records to your hard disk and outputs your
final production back to video tape for distribution.
This card is also an ideal tool for 3D animators wishing to get
their animations out to tape.
Highly optimized miro drivers greatly accelerate computational performance for editing calculations and screen redraws - ideal for professional image processing
| Board type | Video editing system for Windows |
| Processor | ZORAN and miro-Asics video processor |
| Bus type video output quality |
PCI for full S-Video quality |
| Video standards | PAL, NTSC, SECAM (SECAM video-in only) |
| Compatible video systems | S-VHS, Hi 8, VHS, Video8 |
| Video connections for input & output | 1 x Composite (FBAS), and 1 x S-Video (Y/C), each for inputs and outputs a total of 4 connections on the board |
| Digitization | In real time, up to 768 x 576 (PAL), 4:2:2 |
| Capture and image quality | Up to 16.7 mio. colors, 16/24/32-bit DIB and 24-bit Motion-JPEG, correct aspect ratio with square pixels, full S-Video decoding with YUV 4:2:2, full S-VHS quality with 768 pixels, integrated digital video encoder |
| Settings | Brightness, contrast, color sturation, filter, hue, JPEG-quality, hard disk data rate |
| Motion-JPEG compression (e.g. 7 KB source size compressed to 1 KB) |
hardware based Motion-JPEG onboard 768 x 576 / 7:1 768 x 288 / 4:1 384 x 576 / 4:1 384 x 288 / 2:1 |
| Recording and playback | To/from PC hard drive in real time, 4-stage (see compression data above) video output in 768 x 576 (PAL) or 640 (NTSC) with 50/60 fields/sec |
| Graphics board compatibility | Compatible with any graphics board, all resolutions up to 1600 x 1280, all color depths up to 24 bit TrueColor, no feature connector required |
| Video software and drivers | Adobe Premiere 4.OLE & Photoshop LE & Asymetrix 3D F/X, miroVIDEO drivers incl. Premiere acceleration |
| Recommended system requirements | 486 DX, 8 MB RAM, 100 MB free memory on hard drive, MS Windows 3.11 or Windows 95, unused PCI slave slot |
| Expansion options | for even more convenient video: miroVIDEO Mouse for controlling player & recorder via jog dial, and timecode support |
CONTOUR SOLUTIONS PRICE = $ 1.332.00 AUD
Follow link if you would like to order or obtain more information.
1st November 1996