Pinnacel MovieBox (firewire or USB2) or ATI AIW?

[sturmie]

aiight, i've been doing a lot of reading about video capturing and the available devices, and i have come to the conclusion that i either want an ATI AIW 7500 or a Pinnacle MovieBox (prolly firewire....i have USB2 ports as well).

my question is, what do u guys think? since i have a nice PNY G4 Ti4200 card in my DVD machine right now (originally for games, but i don't have the time right now for em), i was leaning towards the MovieBox. i would be capturing old home movies via S-Video (see other thread of mine) into raw AVI, editing them and then encoding it to MPEG2...i know the MovieBox can do real-time MPEG2, but i want the truest video for editing before i encode.

i've heard good things about both methods (and really like the ATI products), but i just can't make a decision . i guess i could sell my Ti4200 card on fleeBay to help offset the cost for the AIW 7500 since i don't play that many games anymore.

thanks for the advice....sturmie

btw, some of the video i will be moving to DVD is gonna be my wedding ...i'm getting married next weekend. so, obviously, i'd like the best, reasonably priced solution available.

[lordsmurf]

Grab the ATI. And don't let those anti-MPEG capture people fool you. I capture MPEG2 all the time, and the final product and the source are indistinguishable. I have no use for AVI, except on rare occasions when I get fancy with Premiere and After Affects.

[g_shocker182]

I capture MPEG2 all the time, and the final product and the source are indistinguishable. I have no use for AVI, except on rare occasions when I get fancy with Premiere and After Affects.

Likewise.

I have the moviebox...pm me if you have questions.

[Tony Yip]

g_shocker182;

I am considering the Pinnacle Moviebox.

How is the quality of the capture?

What capture app is used? I assume the Pinnacle Studio is used for
capturing and burning to DVD

Thanks for the help.

Tony