Ever since the early days of my first animations in POV, I would create 
these great scenes with stunning effects, but I was always limited by 
two things.

1. the animation files were huge, even for a few seconds of playtime at 
the size of a postage stamp
2. only my friends with computers could enjoy them.

I started posting questions in these very newsgroups about finding a way 
to record animations to VHS tape one frame at a time.  The answer was 
sure, but the equipment will cost big $.

Now I hear that there are DVD-W drives and Movie Composition Software. 
 I supposedly can create a storyboard and just import any video source 
to create my movies.  

Jadies and Lentlemen, our time has come.

I know the DVD-W drives are still pretty expensive, but it is now 
feasible for us to do entire movies with (gasp) sound and everything, 
and make it playable to ANYONE with a DVD player, not just on computers. 
 I am going to devote some amount of time and money to making this 
happen, and I know some of you will soon do the same.  

In the course of this, it is likely that there will be questions that 
need answering, like what studio software works the best for us POVers, 
and what resolution(s) should we render at for the TV format... What 
video hardware works well and even what flavor of Windows/Linux/Beos, 
whatever makes the job easy.

Just for grins, who can I get a show of hands - who agrees, and how 
should we keep each other informed about this stuff?  Or am I the only 
one who wants to do DVD movies using POV?

BV

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