Good TV card?

[ChaoticMunky]

I'm looking for a good TV card that'll allow me to hook up either my Xbox, Xbox 360, or PlayStation 2 to it and allow me to take screenshots and record videos. My buddy gave me an ATI Rage 128 that has video in, and was wondering if this was a good card? If not can someone recommend a good one to me?

Thanks!

 

[Traire]

Originally posted by: ChaoticMunky
I'm looking for a good TV card that'll allow me to hook up either my Xbox, Xbox 360, or PlayStation 2 to it and allow me to take screenshots and record videos. My buddy gave me an ATI Rage 128 that has video in, and was wondering if this was a good card? If not can someone recommend a good one to me?

Thanks!

The rage should work, or if you want something else, a cheap $25 capture device with svideo or RCA input would be all you need. You dont need a device with an actual tv tuner.

 

[ChaoticMunky]

Any particular brand of capture device better than another? Also where could I get one? Best Buy? Fry's Electronics? Radio Shack?

 

[ChaoticMunky]

Bump! Anybody?

 

[tuteja1986]

I Have an LG DVD Recorder , it can record my GAMEPLAY http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16882101305 or get DVDRECORER WITH HDD :! .

Hook up your xbox / PS2 to a DVDRECORDER and record your gamplay to a blank DVD.

 

[forresmi]

Yes, DVD set top recorders rock, even my parents can figure them out.

The post does not say if the ATI Rage was tried or not. Whats wrong with trying it?
I had an ATI TV Wonder and was not so happy with its quality and I am guessing all the cheaper TV cards will have that same cheap quality.

Toronto Mike

 

[tomt4535]

If you are going to get a new card, get an ATI Theater550 Pro based card. They rule :thumbsup:

 

[Traire]

Originally posted by: tomt4535
If you are going to get a new card, get an ATI Theater550 Pro based card. They rule :thumbsup:

But not for playing games. You will get lag from the controllers due to the mp2 encoding

 

[ShyGuy91284]

Any chance you know this for a fact with the Theater 550 chip, and aren't just generalizing w/ hardware encoding?? Previous ATI cards were well known to not have any sort of delay, and I'm wondering if this somehow can bypass the hardware encoding to allow that. I really want this card (image quality seems top, and cheap hardware encode), but mainly for playing games on my PC.