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Date:      Tue, 10 Jun 1997 19:06:47 -0700
From:      Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Cheap and  Cheaper video capture 8)
Message-ID:  <199706110206.TAA09600@rah.star-gate.com>

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NCA in Palo Alto , California is selling the Miro PCTV (Bt848 PCI based 
card) for $109 and  Miro is offering a $20 dollar rebate.

Tom just reported a cheap bt848 with a camera:

pusateri@jnx.com said:
> Tom Pusateri <pusateri@jnx.com> Subject: another bt-848 card Date: 
> Tue, 10 Jun 1997 12:01:51 -0400 From: Tom Pusateri <pusateri@jnx.com>

> Just wanted to let you guys know, I picked up a video camera and  
> capture card the other day at Fry's. It is called "The Smart One" 
> from "Best Data". It was $219.00 for both the camera and card.

> Digital Video Color Camera	DCC100 Video Capture Card		VCC100 Both				
> HCC100		$219.00

> See http://www.bestdata.com/prod.htm for more info.

> After installing the driver from you bt848 page, it worked perfectly 
> with the vic binary from ftp://rah.star-gate.com/pub/vic.bktr.gz. 

The Bt848 cards are known to have problems with SiS and VIA PCI chipsets.
The driver as it is today works rather well with Intel Natoma and 
Triton II PCI chipsets.

For further info on what is available for Bt848 cards see:
http://freebsd.org/~fsmp/HomeAuto/Bt848.html

Try not to disturb the multimedia mailing list cause we all are watching
TV 8)

	Enjoy,
	Amancio
	




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