Apple Computer Inc yesterday introduced QuickTime, a media integration extension that gives the Macintosh multimedia capabilities similar to those of the Commodore International Inc Amiga. QuickTime, which will eventually become part of the Macintosh operating system, incorporates tools for aiding the integration of video, animation and sound into programs, synchronising sound and images, and offers controls for playing, editing and stopping video sequences. To be available at the end of the year, it needs a colour Macintosh with 2Mb of memory. First up to take advantage of it was Beverly Hills, California based SuperMac Technology Inc, which announced VideoSpigot si and VideoSpigot LC, the first digital systems for capturing and playing video on the Macintosh. VideoSpigot is hardware developed to take advantage of QuickTime, providing full-motion, real-time digital-video frame grabbers, at $500. It also has ReelTime, a digital-video editing program for making QuickTime movies at $700 but free to early buyers of VideoSpigot. The company also announced VideoSpigot Pro, which is a version for capturing and playing 24-bit digital video on large-screen Mac displays up to 21; it costs $1,900.
