Re: Video Capture, Etc.

[Roger Freedman <airboy@PHYSICS.UCSB.EDU>]

Ron,

Congratulations on your windfall! We recently found ourselves in the
same situation. We purchased a cluster of iMacs and a Canon Optura Pi
camera (http://www.canondv.com/optura_pi/optura.html). No additional
hardware required, and the video capture features (included with any
iMac) are superb. We're using VideoPoint
(http://www.lsw.com/videopoint/) for video analysis, which is
likewise superb.

Best wishes,
Roger

> Please excuse the cross posting.  We have recently come into a considerable
> amount of money to configure a new physics lab with the computers and other
> hardware for Computer Interface experiments (Probably with the PASCO Data
> Studio Interfaces) and with Video Capture and Video Analysis capabilities.
> I wonder if anyone out there has suggestions for the type of computers we
> should buy, the kind of videocapture cards that have worked well for you,
> and any other hardware I should ask for.  Thanks for your help.
>
>
> --------------
> Ron Curtin
> Physics Instructor
> Charlotte Country Day School
> Charlotte, NC  28226
> (704) 943-4690 Ext. 6159

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