call for digitizers

[Steven C. Beck]

Anyone out there know anything about digitizers???

We are an image analysis facility and we would like to upgrade our digitizing 
capabilities ASAP but the 3 companies I have contacted...my big leads...(Truvel,
GBA Scanin Subsystem, and Microtek) will not allow us to demo their products 
(ie, will not send us one so that we may play with it before purchasing) nor 
will they allow us to purchase their equipment under a -money back if returned 
within x days if not satisfied- agreement.  This strikes me as if they do not 
stand behind their products.  The ads were impressive enough but then 
again...advertizing always is. Anyone had any experience using these companies
and/or their digitizers?

So....what's out there?  What are people using for high quality, high rez
image acquisition?  Flat bed scanners will not satisfy our requirements as 
the resolution is fixed (non-zoomable) and the resolution of video cameras 
is not high enough.

I think that RGB is just about a must but I would like to hear about anything 
any of you may have experience with.

Thanks in advance.
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Steven Craig Beck      __  __|       \      __| "Sometimes I'm so clever,
Image Analysis Facility   |       /   \    |     I don't even understand what
University of Iowa        |      _____ \   __|   I've said."
Iowa City, Iowa        ______| _/      _\ _|