More DVxpore-based cards other than RT2000 and DV500...

[JTurner]

What do you guys think of this?
<HREF>www.provideo.com.tw/PV251.htm</HREF>

The PV251, which is not available yet in Canada, was quoted by a sales rep as being $250USD.

Of course there's no realtime, but it's a good compromise as it does DV and MPEG-2.

-JT

[jrr]

The DV500 and RT2000 use the DVxpress-MX25 chip which is a lot more advanced than the DVxplore. Apart from only having single stream support and therfore not being able to do realtime transitions, the DVexplore has a simpler MPEG2 encoder (its motion tracking is not as advanced).

In short DVxplore based cards will be a cheap alternative for people using only DV or not needing all the extras and high quality output (eg. prepareing clips for the web). But for serious editing the DVxpress it a lot better.

James

[Dr Mordrid]

I believe there is another major difference;

The DVxplore is capable of MPEG-2 at 2-10 mbits VBR only. No CBR.

The DVxpressMX25 caps out at 25 mbits with a choice of VBR or CBR, giving the potential for much higher quality.

Of course there is also the DVxpressMX50....

Dr. Mordrid


[This message has been edited by Dr Mordrid (edited 19 June 2000).]

[JTurner]

Thanks for the clarification, guys. It seemed too good to be true.

DVexpressMX50?? Oh man, don't give me more hardware to dream about!

-JT

[Jerry Jones]

Check out the DVXplore-enabled DAZZLE DIGITAL VIDEO CREATOR II now shipping:
http://www.dazzle.com/info/press_gut.html#DVCII

Also the PentaMedia Navis:
http://www.pentamedia.com/english/products/navis.htm