25 Jan
2002
25 Jan
'02
1:31 a.m.
And thusly Richard Erlacher spake:
If BNC's were in wide use in the video industry, I didn't see it because that
sort of equipment was too costly to show up in the microcomputing environment.
After all, if one had the budget for expensive video gear, one didn't have to
use an Apple computer. It didn't make sense to use a computer costing $1500,
when one could afford a monitor costing $15k. If you had that sort of money,
you'd get a "real" computer.
Yeah, and this exact same mentality helped to kill the Amiga! Yes the Amiga
was used in a lot of TV stations, but they were mostly Ch. 3 cable companies.
Maybe Commodore should have gold-plated the plugs and sold them for 10x the
price.
Cheers,
Bryan