On 28 Dec 1999 02:06:27 GMT, "jeffp"
>Bob
>> You are correct. I was a beta test for them on their SPARK and SPARK
>PLUS.
>> Several people who bought the product from them had problems getting the
>> units to work. As a beta tester for the products my computer was built
>from
>> DPS's specs and I to had problems getting the product to work. They
>finally
>> dropped the product and left hundreds of customers out there hanging. I
>> WOULD NOT BUY FROM THEM AGAIN. If you want a good reliable company go
>with
>> Canopus.
>The Spark card was, in fact, an Adaptec product which DPS licensed from
>them.
>DPS did their best to get it working, but the truth is the Adaptec card
>just wasn't
>up to it.
>
>I have been using the DPS EditBay card for 2 years with excellent results,
>and have
>received several FREE software upgrade CD's and good tech support. I plan
>on buying
>the new DPS Velocity realtime NLE very soon.
Hmmm....
The Spark cards are identical to the currently-offered
Pinnacle DV200 and DV300, which appear to work fine,
as did the Spark cards (with the right version DPS
software...). I never figured out what DPS was doing
with it, though, starting with equipment recomendations
for use with it that didn't make sense, to tech help
that was friendly, but amounted to offers to buy back
the card instead of offering the problem solutions we
eventually discovered on our own...