Suggestions for Saving Money

I spoke with a representative from Total Eclipse last week and he had two suggestions for us that are options that would ultimately save us a lot of money.

Use a Character Generator instead of an Encoder. These tend to run around $500 instead of $3000. He says the encoder is only needed for broadcasting on network TV. Though the representative suggested this, I am not certain of whether or not it would work for our purposes. More research...uggh!

Connect to Flat-Panel Displays Instead of Using Captioning Software. He suggests: "Use the Picture-In-Picture portion of the display for the video feed with another portion of the screen displaying the bridge output. Then depending on the connections available they'd be able to have the video on a portion of the screen along with the CART captions running in a resized bridge window at the bottom or top of the screen. After Easter, I will be able to talk with our technical guys about this option. I hope it will work since it will save us thousands of dollars. Here's more:www.kvincent.com/tip_41.pdf