How useful is a DCTV

[yogisumo]

You need a good source for good captures.  

Capturing from a cheap vcr is problematic.  

You end up with bad captures if the still frame is not stable.

Also, you're essentially capturing NTSC/PAL video which is not very high resolution ( 200 lines res? ).  

It's strength is video and animation if you're end product is going to video.

[yogisumo]

amigadave wrote:

I am surprised that more was not done with the DCTV format and hardware and the Amiga, as it gets great display results with tiny file sizes and full screen, full color animations can be run with just an 68030 and SCSI-2 (and perhaps even IDE) hard drives.  DCTV Paint was recognized as one of the best paint programs available for the Amiga for a long time.

I am a strong believer in DCTV and early Amigas (that's why I own more than a few of them).   :-D

The problem was probably the price and timing.  I paid about $550 Canadian for mine.  Also, I think they came out fairly late when the Amiga was on the way out.  I remember meeting one of the Digital Creations people demoing Brilliance at a show in Toronto.  None of the people talking to him were serious "artists" and he seemed annoyed (my impression/memory) that C= and Amiga were starting to have problems.  Kind of seeing the writing on the wall?