Where to get half height capture cards?

[Duchess]

I've just purchased an ASUS Pudit PE3 barebones PC. Very, very nice as it's nice and quiet and pretty fast when it comes to doing things. However, it has one major drawback in that it only takes half height PCI or PCI Express cards and I don't know of any capture cards that will fit.

So the question to all you wonderfuly knowledgable people out there is whether you can recommend any suitable cards. It doesn't have to be an all singing and dancing TV tuner etc. as a card that will accept video/audio in would be perfectly acceptable. So how about impressing me with your brilliance and coming up with a solution that I can buy in the UK or Europe

[Baldrick]

maybe an external usb2 device?

[canadateck]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116629

[Duchess]

Baldrick said:

maybe an external usb2 device?

I had hoped to get an internal card as I'm a little nervous about external units abilities to capture without degredation of quality or dropped frames. Just how good are they really?

canadateck Said:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116629

Errrrr! I did say in Euope but at least you have given me a Hauppage card that I can look for in Euopean sources. For that I thank you!

[Duchess]

Just checked all Hauppage sellers that I could find (and used Google) and not one company sells the low profile WINTV-PCR 150MCE. I also gather that the one sold in the USA will be of no use to me since there is 2 versions, one for NTSC and one for PAL and the only ones sold in the USA are, big surprise are only for NTSC.

Anyone else have any suggestions?

Baldrick (or anyone else) just how good are USB Capture units?

[jameshgross]

I use the Hauppage WIN PVR USB2.0 and I am very pleased with it.