Description

The Sunrise Video9000 is an add-on board for the Sunrise GFX9000, that allows you to digitize/superimpose on MSX2/2+/Turbo-R in the high-resolution of the GFX9000 video-modes. It was developed by Koen van Hartingsveldt of Sunrise.

If you wanted to order a Video9000, you had to send your GFX9000 to Sunrise, where they soldered the board on the GFX9000. The new card (including Video9000) was then be placed into a new box that includes the connectors and colour/contrast regulators. This new cartridge needs to be connected to the MSX via a primary slot then.

With this digitizer you can

• grab pictures from a video in 32768 colors, superimpose parts of it with animations and titles upon video images, mix your own creations with these video images, etc.
• switch from the MSX2/2+/turboR screen to the GFX9000 screen and vice versa just by one simple command.
• save directly (without graphic conversion programs) your images in several formats like: BMP, the known PC format, PIC or VGF (that can be showed with any GFX9000). And all this in several resolutions (all in 32768 colors): 512x424 interlaced, 384x290 overscan, etc.

The Video9000 board includes a lot of connectors (inputs and outputs). It is possible to digitize images from a RGB source (for example, a MSX computer or a VCR with RGB output), CVBS (from a VCR, videocamera, computer, ...) and S-VHS (from some video cameras). The output is RGB.

Gallery

Sunrise Video9000

Specifications

• Real time frame digitization
• Superimposition of graphical images
• Maximum resolution of 512×424 pixels
• Support for 32768 colours (at the same time)
• Support for overscan modes (no borders!)
• CVBS, S-VHS and RGB inputs available
• RGB Video-out connector (SUB-D)
• Colour and intensity controls
• Internal RGB-switch

More information

• User manual for Video9000
• User Manual G-Basic for Video9000 and GFX9000

Availability

Only about 25 have been produced and they are no longer available.