Video Capture Card - Recommendations

[MesBoogie]

I want to get a video capture card for my computer. My basic setup is as follows:

P3 600Mhz
256MB Ram
20GB Hard Drive
19" Monitor
NVIDIA TNT2 M64 4xAGP
Turtle Beach Montego II
12/10/32 Plextor IDE Burner

I would like to be able to copy some live concert videos to my hard drive and burn them to CD. Additionally, I would also like to be able to copy some old home videos (from the 70s that have been transferred from reel to VHS) and add sound.

I don't want to spend more than $300 - $500 on this. The best setup possible video-wise is what I'm after. I'm sure software is an issue too. I play guitar so I have a good vocal microphone and mixer for recording into the computer (do need a better sound card though).

Thanks!

-mesboogie

 

[Quiksel]

my recent experience with my shiny ASUS V7700 Deluxe (a VIVO unit) has proven to be very good... very easy to use the software, so converting all those movies would be a snap. And it's less than $240. A 32MB GeForce2 card, too, so you can play all the games you want at good resolutions...

that's my 2 cents, at least.

 

[MesBoogie]

Thanks for the reply. I was wondering if anyone was going to chime in. This is the first thread that I've started/participated in on this site. I just found out about AnandTech last week. I'd never heard of that card before. I'll take your comments under advisement as I search out a card.

Thanks!

 

[Smellfunny]

I just got the ATI Radeon all-in-one and I love it. Got it at buy.com for 241.00 - a 30.00 off 150.00 more purchase coupon from flamingoworld.com brought it to 211.00 with free shipping. This card does it all. http://www.ati.com/na/pages/products/pc/aiw_radeon/index.html

 

[Prospero]

You could try the Pinnacle DC10Plus, or one of the Hauppage TV tuner cards. Probably the best combo would be the Hauppage, and an additional hard drive. Using MJPEG compression for capture will make it easy to edit, and allow for IDE HDD use.

Links

Pinnacle

Hauppage