Which Capture Card Should I Get?

[ice_2003]

ive posted a similar topic before, and i have decided that i want a PCI cap card. im in PAL (UK) region and will mainly use it for TV progs, etc.

I bought the Sapphire Radeon 7500 PCI but could not get it to correctly install. (probably coz of graphics card conflict).
I am not willing to spend loads on the canopus advc-100 or the new radeon AGP cards, i would prefer a PCI card.

i currently have the hauppauge wintv fm, and have been looking at the PVR-250, though reviews suggest that the software included heavily lets the product down.

something that could do realtime MPEG-1/2 and AVI captures would be ideal.

are there any suggestions that anyone one can give that would fit my requirements. (PCI, not too expensive, nice quality).

*Direct Links for products would be helpful if possible.

any replies would be much appreiciated

ice_2003

[Will Hay]

I bought the Sapphire Radeon 7500 PCI but could not get it to correctly install. (probably coz of graphics card conflict).

Forgive me, but I don't understand this.
The Saphire Radeon 7500 is a graphics card, how could it conflict with another?
Do you not have an AGP slot?
Will

[antonv]

There is PCI graphics VIVO card, which is called ATI All-In-Wonder VE. It has Video In, Video Out (Both support PAL/SECAM in any version). It is also a graphics card. The price should be around $110.

About your radeon 7500 card: Will Hay is right, you're probably having problem with 2 graphics cards inserted in the same time which should not be a problem in the first place because one disables the other. You would probably need to remove your old graphics card before inserting radeon 7500.

[ice_2003]

sorry if you misundrstood me, i wasnt very clear. i already have a AGP graphics card (gainward gf4 ti 4200 650 tv-out/dv) and i bought the card so i could operate the two cards at the same time, but that wasnt possible, so i have returned it, and am now looking for a PCI cap card (not a graphics card).

ice_2003

[antonv]

You can get ATI TV Wonder which has Tuner and Video IN and is PCI capture (not graphics) card for $40. It can do MPEG 1/2 captures through Multimedia center and AVI captures through VirtualDub. As a matter of fact, your hauppage card should also be able to do all of that.

[ice_2003]

^^^

[ice_2003]

what about the WinFast TV2000 XP Deluxe ?

ive seen this card for £40, and its rated highly by users in the "capture cards" section.

does this card support captures directly to mpeg-1/2 and captures with avi compression codecs like huffyuv/picvideo?

would this card be an improvement on the wintv fm i already have?

"Asus TV Tuner Card"

the second highest user rated card, does this card support captures directly to mpeg-1/2 and captures with avi compression codecs like huffyuv/picvideo?

but i cant seem to find a place to buy this in the uk. if anyone could post a link, it would be much appreciated.

more suggestions would be appreciated

ice_2003