EG>I have a PC Personal Animation Recorder (PAR) The system uses a
DH>   >dedicated IDE hard drive and motion JPEG compresses the individual
DH>   >frames of your animation to the HD. The compression ratio is abt. 10-
DH> 11
DH>   >to 1. The system outputs composite S-Video and Component Beta SP or
DH> MII.
DH>   >The system will easily hold 20+ minutes of animation.
DH> Hmmmmm...  I was looking more for a dedicated card so that I would not
DH> be fixed to specific software but I am always open to possibilities!
DH> Who makes it?
It's made by DPS...Digital Processing Systems, Inc.  It's an outstanding
product, but it's gonna be over the $1000 limit you mentioned.  The main
unit, w/out the hard drive, is about $1500.
(Hope you don't mind my jumping in on this conversation)....
Justin
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