Need USB/Firewire 480p capture over component

[Try4ce]

Title says it all. The problem that I've already got solutions for is a component video distribution amplifier to split my component video out of my A/V receiver so that it can go to both my TV and computer.

What I need help with is a capture device. The idea is not so much for capturing, but rather for using in live Internet broadcasts. I must use component because some images must go to the TV in 480p. Many will be in 480i, however.

The only USB or Firewire device that I can find that has component video input is the Pyro by ADS Tech. We actually have one at work, and I'm borrowing it to do some tests. However, it's at least a few years old. I only had enough cable to stretch the green component signal from my A/V setup to my computer, and it looked fine for testing purposes, aside from the fact that when I switched to progressive scan mode, the Pyro would display two versions of the image side-by-side, both vertically stretched.

Can anyone confirm if this problem is resolved in newer models of the Pyro, or if another device can be recommended? Can anyone think of an alternate solution to my problem?

[RoganSarine]

The only device that I know of that captures a component signal is the HAVA Wireless HD. It captures it through an ethernet connection. Basically you'd output your component cables from your A/V receiver into the input on the HAVA, and then use the HAVA's output and put it into your TV. Hopefully you have a router nearby, and then you must set up your hava either wirelessly or hard-wired (Wirelessly gives you the option to use wireless and wired, while wired only gives you the option to use wired... It's a driver problem).

Basically then, you don't need any cables going to your computer. This device has video pass through, so even if your images are 1080i- they'll still be 1080i on your TV. To record the image, all you would need to do is have a local network that a computer has access too, login to your HAVA's network and click record.

The neat thing is if you care, this thing also acts as a TiVo in the sense you can record/pause/fastforward.

The recording would be in 480i/D1 though (NTSC: 720 × 480 pixels)

Probably the easiest way I can think of doing it.

[Try4ce]

Wow... that thing looks awesome!

The real question then is, if I can get that video to go over Ustream somehow. Since it's not a device connected to my computer, I wonder if it will recognize it. I also wonder how much bandwidth it eats up in that process.