I'm trying to figure out if I can use a computer running Windows XP MCE to
take the place of a Sony medical grade video machine (SVO 9500-MD) for use
with my ultrasound equipment. The Sony is a S-VHS recorder that has these
features:

Digital frame memory (field/time selectable, 8 bit depth) allows noiseless,
crystal clear "freeze"

Built-in time base corrector produces stable color playback clarity in
freeze, normal play and jog/shuttle modes

Outstanding luminance and chrominance performance

The bottom line is that the computer would have to record from the video-out
on the ultrasound machine with quality equal to the Sony and allow me to view
it frame by frame if needed, again with the same quality as the Sony.

Any ideas?

..

"kflaig" wrote:

> I'm trying to figure out if I can use a computer running Windows XP MCE to
> take the place of a Sony medical grade video machine (SVO 9500-MD) for use
> with my ultrasound equipment. The Sony is a S-VHS recorder that has these
> features:
>
> Digital frame memory (field/time selectable, 8 bit depth) allows noiseless,
> crystal clear "freeze"
>
> Built-in time base corrector produces stable color playback clarity in
> freeze, normal play and jog/shuttle modes
>
> Outstanding luminance and chrominance performance
>
> The bottom line is that the computer would have to record from the video-out
> on the ultrasound machine with quality equal to the Sony and allow me to view
> it frame by frame if needed, again with the same quality as the Sony.
>
> Any ideas?

If it were my medical practice, I would definitely NOT use MCE for this
purpose. MCE was designed as a consumer machine, not a (mission critical)
business machine. From a software standpoint you could probably do this but
I wouldn't recommend it.

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

"kflaig" <kflaig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FC3EB10D-D95C-45C5-A086-E6E1ED392FFC@microsoft.com...
> I'm trying to figure out if I can use a computer running Windows XP MCE to
> take the place of a Sony medical grade video machine (SVO 9500-MD) for use
> with my ultrasound equipment. The Sony is a S-VHS recorder that has these
> features:
>
> Digital frame memory (field/time selectable, 8 bit depth) allows
> noiseless,
> crystal clear "freeze"
>
> Built-in time base corrector produces stable color playback clarity in
> freeze, normal play and jog/shuttle modes
>
> Outstanding luminance and chrominance performance
>
> The bottom line is that the computer would have to record from the
> video-out
> on the ultrasound machine with quality equal to the Sony and allow me to
> view
> it frame by frame if needed, again with the same quality as the Sony.
>
> Any ideas?

My 2 Cents,
A computer is a computer...
The only Diffrence of what you have and what your trying to do, Is software
based.
The sony you have, has a video capture card, With some software... I bet if
you had that same card installed on your media center it would work just the
same...
Plus you would need a decent video card/Monitor to reproduce the colors as
close as possible to the real thing...For the control part, it would most
likely have to be with the video capturing software... Unless you could find
a plug in for the media center interface... (the Blue screen)
As far as media center portion of XP, you would probally only be able to
view the pictures in your photo albums.

Well, these are my thoughts.




"Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:

> If it were my medical practice, I would definitely NOT use MCE for this
> purpose. MCE was designed as a consumer machine, not a (mission critical)
> business machine. From a software standpoint you could probably do this but
> I wouldn't recommend it.
>
> Dana Cline - MCE MVP
>
> "kflaig" <kflaig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FC3EB10D-D95C-45C5-A086-E6E1ED392FFC@microsoft.com...
> > I'm trying to figure out if I can use a computer running Windows XP MCE to
> > take the place of a Sony medical grade video machine (SVO 9500-MD) for use
> > with my ultrasound equipment. The Sony is a S-VHS recorder that has these
> > features:
> >
> > Digital frame memory (field/time selectable, 8 bit depth) allows
> > noiseless,
> > crystal clear "freeze"
> >
> > Built-in time base corrector produces stable color playback clarity in
> > freeze, normal play and jog/shuttle modes
> >
> > Outstanding luminance and chrominance performance
> >
> > The bottom line is that the computer would have to record from the
> > video-out
> > on the ultrasound machine with quality equal to the Sony and allow me to
> > view
> > it frame by frame if needed, again with the same quality as the Sony.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
>
>

You can see a demo here.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/m...r/default.mspx
You can record live tv with a Tv Tuner via Coax...
Not all media center computers you buy at the store come equipped with Tv
tuners, sound cards.... and Companys like Hp, gateway, dell.... etc.. Dont
equip thier machines with Top notch stuff. They make em medi Yoker and charge
you pretty
penny for them... Media center is actually Windows XP,,, but has a user
friendly interface for you to manage you entertiainment stuff, like music,
"Home Movies" Photos, and play Dvd and watch and record TV... THats it...and
do all this with a tv remote control...Basically good for your home theater
at home or a college student that can have all thier stuff in one place..

For what your going to want to do, I mean you looking for clarity and
precision... Your going to have to Tweak your machine and put High end
components on it. Or make one from scratch with all the bells and wistles..
Or you other option is to buy a sony wich someone has custom built. I.E. the
company that you bought your original pc from..

"kflaig" wrote:

> Part of my problem is that I really don't understand what the MCE computers
> are setup to do. I just assumed that if I get a MCE computer it comes with a
> video caputure hardware. Does it? If it does does it caputure with the same
> quality as the S-Video Sony VCR? The monitor is not a worry since it would be
> played back through the monitor that comes with the ultrasound machine.
>
> "TriggerfingerEd" wrote:
>
> > My 2 Cents,
> > A computer is a computer...
> > The only Diffrence of what you have and what your trying to do, Is software
> > based.
> > The sony you have, has a video capture card, With some software... I bet if
> > you had that same card installed on your media center it would work just the
> > same...
> > Plus you would need a decent video card/Monitor to reproduce the colors as
> > close as possible to the real thing...For the control part, it would most
> > likely have to be with the video capturing software... Unless you could find
> > a plug in for the media center interface... (the Blue screen)
> > As far as media center portion of XP, you would probally only be able to
> > view the pictures in your photo albums.
> >
> > Well, these are my thoughts.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:
> >
> > > If it were my medical practice, I would definitely NOT use MCE for this
> > > purpose. MCE was designed as a consumer machine, not a (mission critical)
> > > business machine. From a software standpoint you could probably do this but
> > > I wouldn't recommend it.
> > >
> > > Dana Cline - MCE MVP
> > >
> > > "kflaig" <kflaig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:FC3EB10D-D95C-45C5-A086-E6E1ED392FFC@microsoft.com...
> > > > I'm trying to figure out if I can use a computer running Windows XP MCE to
> > > > take the place of a Sony medical grade video machine (SVO 9500-MD) for use
> > > > with my ultrasound equipment. The Sony is a S-VHS recorder that has these
> > > > features:
> > > >
> > > > Digital frame memory (field/time selectable, 8 bit depth) allows
> > > > noiseless,
> > > > crystal clear "freeze"
> > > >
> > > > Built-in time base corrector produces stable color playback clarity in
> > > > freeze, normal play and jog/shuttle modes
> > > >
> > > > Outstanding luminance and chrominance performance
> > > >
> > > > The bottom line is that the computer would have to record from the
> > > > video-out
> > > > on the ultrasound machine with quality equal to the Sony and allow me to
> > > > view
> > > > it frame by frame if needed, again with the same quality as the Sony.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > >

Part of my problem is that I really don't understand what the MCE computers
are setup to do. I just assumed that if I get a MCE computer it comes with a
video caputure hardware. Does it? If it does does it caputure with the same
quality as the S-Video Sony VCR? The monitor is not a worry since it would be
played back through the monitor that comes with the ultrasound machine.

"TriggerfingerEd" wrote:

> My 2 Cents,
> A computer is a computer...
> The only Diffrence of what you have and what your trying to do, Is software
> based.
> The sony you have, has a video capture card, With some software... I bet if
> you had that same card installed on your media center it would work just the
> same...
> Plus you would need a decent video card/Monitor to reproduce the colors as
> close as possible to the real thing...For the control part, it would most
> likely have to be with the video capturing software... Unless you could find
> a plug in for the media center interface... (the Blue screen)
> As far as media center portion of XP, you would probally only be able to
> view the pictures in your photo albums.
>
> Well, these are my thoughts.
>
>
>
>
> "Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:
>
> > If it were my medical practice, I would definitely NOT use MCE for this
> > purpose. MCE was designed as a consumer machine, not a (mission critical)
> > business machine. From a software standpoint you could probably do this but
> > I wouldn't recommend it.
> >
> > Dana Cline - MCE MVP
> >
> > "kflaig" <kflaig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:FC3EB10D-D95C-45C5-A086-E6E1ED392FFC@microsoft.com...
> > > I'm trying to figure out if I can use a computer running Windows XP MCE to
> > > take the place of a Sony medical grade video machine (SVO 9500-MD) for use
> > > with my ultrasound equipment. The Sony is a S-VHS recorder that has these
> > > features:
> > >
> > > Digital frame memory (field/time selectable, 8 bit depth) allows
> > > noiseless,
> > > crystal clear "freeze"
> > >
> > > Built-in time base corrector produces stable color playback clarity in
> > > freeze, normal play and jog/shuttle modes
> > >
> > > Outstanding luminance and chrominance performance
> > >
> > > The bottom line is that the computer would have to record from the
> > > video-out
> > > on the ultrasound machine with quality equal to the Sony and allow me to
> > > view
> > > it frame by frame if needed, again with the same quality as the Sony.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >

kflaig wrote:
> Part of my problem is that I really don't understand what the MCE computers
> are setup to do. I just assumed that if I get a MCE computer it comes with a
> video caputure hardware. Does it? If it does does it caputure with the same
> quality as the S-Video Sony VCR? The monitor is not a worry since it would be
> played back through the monitor that comes with the ultrasound machine.
>
> "TriggerfingerEd" wrote:
>
> > My 2 Cents,
> > A computer is a computer...
> > The only Diffrence of what you have and what your trying to do, Is software
> > based.
> > The sony you have, has a video capture card, With some software... I bet if
> > you had that same card installed on your media center it would work just the
> > same...
> > Plus you would need a decent video card/Monitor to reproduce the colors as
> > close as possible to the real thing...For the control part, it would most
> > likely have to be with the video capturing software... Unless you could find
> > a plug in for the media center interface... (the Blue screen)
> > As far as media center portion of XP, you would probally only be able to
> > view the pictures in your photo albums.
> >
> > Well, these are my thoughts.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:
> >
> > > If it were my medical practice, I would definitely NOT use MCE for this
> > > purpose. MCE was designed as a consumer machine, not a (mission critical)
> > > business machine. From a software standpoint you could probably do this but
> > > I wouldn't recommend it.
> > >
> > > Dana Cline - MCE MVP
> > >
> > > "kflaig" <kflaig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:FC3EB10D-D95C-45C5-A086-E6E1ED392FFC@microsoft.com...
> > > > I'm trying to figure out if I can use a computer running Windows XP MCE to
> > > > take the place of a Sony medical grade video machine (SVO 9500-MD) for use
> > > > with my ultrasound equipment. The Sony is a S-VHS recorder that has these
> > > > features:
> > > >
> > > > Digital frame memory (field/time selectable, 8 bit depth) allows
> > > > noiseless,
> > > > crystal clear "freeze"
> > > >
> > > > Built-in time base corrector produces stable color playback clarity in
> > > > freeze, normal play and jog/shuttle modes
> > > >
> > > > Outstanding luminance and chrominance performance
> > > >
> > > > The bottom line is that the computer would have to record from the
> > > > video-out
> > > > on the ultrasound machine with quality equal to the Sony and allow me to
> > > > view
> > > > it frame by frame if needed, again with the same quality as the Sony.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > >

try adigital capture card. look up DICOM.