Feature DVRex-M1 Other hardware CODEC products DVRaptor Other software CODEC products
Price for comparison purposes (varies depending on country of purchase and software choice.)

$2500

$2800

$650

$500/$700 (w/SCSI)
Video design

2 codecs working simultaneously

Hardware & Software

Hardware codec

Software codec with hardware overlay and analog output

Software codec
i.LINK connection

4-pin

4-pin

4-pin

6-pin
Analog input

S and Composite

Y

Y

Y for preview window

N
Analog output

S and Composite

Y

Y

Y for preview window

N (through camera)
YUV output

Y

Y

N

N
Complete in-house design

Y

Y

Y

N (Y Radius only)
Real-time video window

Y

Y

Y

N
Seamless long format capture/playback

Y/Y

N/Y

Y/Y

N/Y
Batch capture

Y

Y- to an extent

Y

Y- to an extent
Tape catalog

Y

N

Y

N (Y only Pinnacle)
Rendering speed

Very high

Slow

High

Medium
Hardware DV CODEC

Y (Sony DVBK-1)

Y (Sony DVBK-1)

N

N
Software DV CODEC

Y (Canopus)

N

Y (Canopus)

Y (Adaptec, Sony, Radius)
4 GB AVI files

Y

N

Y

N
Multi-channel DV audio capture/playback

Y

N

N

N
Real-time video/audio scrub

Y

N

Y

N
Real-time Audio mixing

Y

N

N

N
No-render .BMP-into-timeline & playback

Y

N

N

N
Image enhanced still image capture

Y

N

Y

N
Card made by:

Canopus

Fast, COMO

Canopus

Adaptec (Pinnacle, Promax, DPS), Radius

1 sec. Cross dissolve

(P2-333)

4 sec

30 sec

12 sec

14 – 30 sec
Target

Video Editor

Video Editor

Multimedia Video Editor

Multimedia Video Editor
Reference .AVI files

(Virtual files)

Y

N (Y SRP)

Y

N
Shuttle and jog of camera and DV on hard disk

Y

Intellimouse and JC-10

N

Y

Intellimouse and JC-10

N