Edirol V-8 8-Channel Video Mixer with Effects

I got the Edirol V8 to mix video(cameras,computer,DVD,etc.) for my church. I tried going the cheap way of switching video onto the wall thru a projector and could not get the different videos to switch without flickering. I decided to buy the Edirol V8 because it handled two computer inputs and other video inputs. The transitions are great and smooth. The only problem I have is that I do not have as clear a picture on the wall as I had when going directly from the computer to the projector. The smaller writing on slides I show on the wall thru the Ediro V8 is not readible or is blurry. I used a video converter scaler to go from the S-Video output on the Edirol V8 to the vga on the projector. I was told by Roland support this was normal because of the transition from Svideo to vga. I'am still working on that, but otherwise it has worked great. I could not afford to go high def so I have to make this work. I hope to be able to go to the high def end one day, but for now this will do, and is switching without problems so far. I have been using it for about a month and am still learning.

this was exactly what i needed, that is why y chose this rate.it needs what i need for presentations mixing VGA inputs

The T-bar is a huge pain and just gets in the way. The special effects presets aren't nearly as well thought out as the Edirol V-4. (we have 2 of those)Mostly I hate this switcher because the buttons for the channels are way too touchy - if you don't press it in exactly the right spot with the right pressure, the video pops in and out of blue screen, which the V-4 never did.After buying this item and using it for almost a year 3-4x a week, I would not buy Edirol again or recommend it.

Excellent

I set this unit up in a very low budget yet professional setup. Has hundreds of features. Every input has its own separate output for preview. In the setup that I helped build, we bought 8 7" screens that were meant for a car headrest for 100 bucks a piece, and we had two 10" screens for the main preview out and a main output. The PC input is great for overlays, use a solid color background on a power point slide and chroma key it out, it gives you an excellent sports score overlay, or even a news banner. reverse the chroma key to a green screen on camera and have an animated weather background on the PC and you have a professional weather broadcast. We also used our setup to broadcast football and basketball games, with a 4 and 6 camera setup. Two other inputs were the PC for score overlay, and one that came from an instant replay unit, so that we could do instant replay. The setup we had is probably one of the best run high school productions in our area. I don't think that there is a thing that you cannot do with this video switcher.

Expanded visual experience Eight Channel Video Mixer DV quality video outputs Direct input of computer signal New video filters and numerous transitions Independent faders on each bus as well as master output Next generation V-LINK control enables audio-follow Concerts or VJ Performances Background Video for a Musical Performance