Posted by Population Stabilizer on 01/21/08 00:38

Thanks Jim, but that's not what I'm looking for. Maybe I'll check out my
son's Mac Pro laptop, I read that Mac are more video orientated than PCs.

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> "Population Stabilizer" <rockaway@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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>> Maybe it doesn't exist...yet, but is there any laptop computer that I
>> have live video coming in, use multiple cameras, put titles on an overlay
>> and insert prerecorded videos, record the finished product and then send
>> it out via composite video cables?
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>> The reason I want to do this is that currently I am doing a live public
>> access TV broadcast and want to spice it up with extras like videos and
>> titles. I can now do this with a lot of old, bulky analog prosumer
>> equipment, but am sure there should be something in a laptop that can do
>> it easier. Any suggestions?
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> Yes. It exists. Although it is not quite a laptop, it is a shoebox size
> device.
> Input cameras, switch, overlay grfx, use the live screen capture of
> another computer as an input, roll b roll off of drive, send to external
> HD, projectors, vid out and stream all at the same time.
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> It's called the Tricaster by Newtek.
> http://www.newtek.com/tricaster/
> there are 3 versions
> http://www.newtek.com/tricaster/compare.php
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> Depending on where you are , Newtek may be coming in town to show it off.
> http://www.newtek.com/redcarpettour/
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> There is also the Sony Anycast. Which is closer to laptop size, is missing
> some features of the tricaster, but has some the TC doesn't. It is however
> also quite a bit more expensive but does HD with the correct modules.
> Tricaster. at this time, is SD only
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> http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/minisites/anycast/anycastnew.shtml
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