Which Capture card should I keep (i have read reviews)

[too2buff]

OK i am ready to purchase either the

Dazzle DVC 150

or the Pinnacle Studio Deluxe

I have both USB2 and firewire cards in the computer but my question is which will give me better quality from a VHS player ?

The reviews say that both of the products are great and I don't intend on using the software that came with either of the products.

I am leaning more towards the dazzle 'cause i can take and use it with my notebook if i ever wanted to

but do I lose quality by using the USb2.0 card vs the PCI bundled with Pinnacle ???

[donpedro]

Pinnacle Studio Deluxe or Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe ?

[pbhalerao]

too2buff,
I will never recommend Dazzle products. I burned my fingers (and cash) on a Dazzle. Again I am not sure about these USB capture devices. FirwWire is the way to go.

have both USB2 and firewire cards in the computer but my question is which will give me better quality from a VHS player ?

Are you thinking of capturing commercial VHS? These are macrovision protected. You should rather go in for the Canopus AVDC-100 which has the feature to disable macrovision.

Regards,

[lordsmurf]

Some months back, I tried out a bunch of capture cards, mostly external. I was not pleased at all. None of them compared to my ATI, so I just bit the bullet and bought a second one a few weeks ago (for the second computer).

Does this HAVE to be external? If not, I'd suggest an ATI card.