In a message dated 97-08-06 10:29:26 EDT, you write:

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 Hi all, (A real quick query to an off topic item)

 Would love to take some pics of a design and might use a camcorder, but
 I'd love to get higher res pics from some sort of frame grabber.

 Anyone know of a frame grabber which will input colour pictures AND
 software which can read in several pictures of say 320x400 and build
 up a 640x480 still - suitable for web page output of a quality
 comparable to that from a digital camera ?

 OR is there a VHS camcorder which has the capability to download higher
 resolution stills AS WELL as taking movies ?

 rgds

 mike
 Perth, Western Australia >>
Hello Mike,
I use a Hauppauge Wincast board.  I got it on sale for $49 US.  Now it runs
$89 US.  It can be used as a TV tuner, Frame grabber from TV or a Video
source,and it will digitize Video at 30 fps.
I also have a Miro Mpeg card but it was $400 and it still only does 30fps.
Miro has a PCI bus board for about $700 that will do 60fps and full hardware
compression.

I got both cards from D&H distributing here in the US.

Dave Duley
V.P. DreiTek Inc