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Frequently Asked Questions

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What is the price and what do I get for it?

SportsCAD Platinum is $995 + $5 for shipping costs.
SportsCAD GOLD is $595 + $5 for shipping costs.

If you need a capture card or are not sure of exactly what you need, feel free to call any time to discuss your options!

Both program will ship via USPS and will include a "Getting Started Manual", a software CD, and a Security Device (dongle).

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What are my computer requirements

The SportsCad software runs on Windows 2000/XP based computers

Minimum Requirements

Pentium III 600, 64 mb ram, 1.0 gig hd, cdrom drive

Recommended System
Pentium4 2.4, 512 mb ram or better

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How do I get the video into the computer?

Once you have plugged either your camcorder or VCR into your computer, via the capture card, you simply go to the capture screen in the software, push a couple of buttons, and your ready to analyze.

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What can I do once the video is in my computer?

With the click of a button, you can pull up your video, split the screen and compare your video to a professional or past performances. Draw lines, spine angle, circles, squares, and other drawing tools to help isolate and highlight the trouble areas. There are many different ways to analyze and compare videos. Have a look at the demo to quickly learn how the software can work for you.

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Is your capture card the only one that works?

There are many capture cards on the market, and many capture cards that will work with our system, however for analog cameras, we have found that the HAUPPAUGE capture card that comes with our software, to work the best. For DV cameras, you need to have a firewire connection on your computer and a firewire cable to connect to your camera.

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What type of camera do I need? Digital?

You can use any VHS, S-VHS, 8mm, Hi-8 or digital camera that has a "video out" port. Most VHS, S-VHS, and 8mm camcorders come with a RCA out. This works good. Hi-8 and digital camcorders usually have a s-video out port. This is better. If your camera is a digital camera, we will use the firewire port. This is the BEST. The other key factor to check on your camera is that it has a manually adjustable shutter speed. We recommend at least 1/1000th and up. The higher the better, but you will also need more light as you increase the shutter speed. This will allow you to view your video frame by frame without motion blur.

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What can I print?

Print out up to 10 consecutive frame by frame pictures. Print out one or up to 8 positions. You can even print out notes for your student to take home including a customizable screen for your name and logo.

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Can I give my students take home cds?

YES! The new Platinum version has a built in recording studio for recording voice, video and drawings. The resulting cd can be taken home and viewed on another cd.

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How big are the swing files? Will they fill up my harddrive?

It depends on the amount of time captured. A second of video will take up approximately 3 mb of disk space.

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What kind of tech support do I get?

The SportsCad Software comes with 1 year free tech support.

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