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Article: Presenter Video Capture sends NTSC through the parallel port. (Consumer Technology Northwest Inc.'s desktop video device captures still images from any video source) (Hardware Review) (Evaluation)
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- Computer Shopper
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- December 1, 1993
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Presenter Video Capture
Consumer Technology Northwest Inc.
7852 S.W. Cirrus Dr.
Beaverton, OR 97005
1-800-356-3983; (503) 643-1662
Sugg. List Price: $319; with ImagePals--$399
Requires: Windows 3.1- compatible PC; 1Mb hard disk space (8Mb for
ImagePals); VGA or higher; mouse; NTSC video source.
The Presenter Video Capture unit may turn out to be the digital successor to the Polaroid camera. Plugging Consumer Technology Northwest's cigarette-pack-sized box into your PC's parallel port provides a convenient, relatively inexpensive way to capture still images from NTSC video sources like camcorders or VCRs. Although image quality is limited by the input signal, the ...