On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:21:58 -0500, Jeremy Griffin wrote:

>To my knowledge the DV Raptor is an "only" dv card while the DV Rex is
>"both" dv and analog. Well, I am looking at a picture of the raptor right
>now and those sure do look like S-video in and out, and Composite in and
>out. So am I looking at the wrong picture, there are the words "dv" next
>to the 1394 connector but there are also analog connectors.
>Im confused!!

As others have pointed out, these connections are for
allowing use of a DV camcorder or Sony A-D/D-A box for
720x480 full-motion (hardware) overlay of video on
the computer monitor. You can also use the hardware
outputs (RCA for picture, split RCA's for stereo sound)
for additional monitoring on a TV - VERY useful while
editing, since the interlacing effects and color/contrast
are different between the computer monitor and a TV
(and you can check the sound edit on two different
sound systems).