It would be easier to get excited about the thing if it had a less stupid name, but NewTek Inc, Topeka, Kansas is beside itself with excitement over its $1,600 Video Toaster add-in board and software for the Commodore International Ltd Amiga 2000 computer, which is due out this summer: according to Newsbytes, the thing is aimed at people with video cameras and enables them to achieve such features as digital video effects, character generation of text keyed over live video, frame storing, frame buffering, four input switching, and frame grabbing; it also offers four BNC composite inputs, two BNC composite video outputs, and meets all RS-170A broadcast specifications; an Infinite Window Time Base Corrector, $1,500, enables any video source to be used with the Video Toaster, including home video cameras and video cassette recorders.
