On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 10:03:52 +0800, "Sender" wrote:

>I have no experience on vid editing, neither digital nor analogue. Because
>of the difference you mention between TV and computer monitor, will it be
>simpler just to connect the DV camcorder's analogue to TV, instead of
>passing throught the raptor? I expect during editing the output is the one
>that the editor wants to monitor. Say if I finish my editing and want a
>preview of my works on a TV do I need a video card with TV out for this? or
>the anlogue out of raptor can serve the purpose?

The TV signal passed out by the camcorder or Sony
converter box from the Raptor FireWire connection
doesn't show scrubbing, so it is not as useful for editing as the
computer overlay image (which is also sometimes better
for judging subtleties of sharpness [still images, but not
moving images, which look sharper on a TV due to the
interlace). Using both the TV and computer-screen images
gives more info than either alone for editing...
Haven't tried hooking a TV directly to the output of
the Raptor - it should work fine, I would think...