Anybody tried D-Link DSB-T100 (USB)?

[twen]

Bought this USB TV card long time ago but never used it. Last night hooked up my VCR and tried to capture from old VHS tapes, the video quality is bad. Here is my question:

The software came with it will only capture to avi format with no other capture settings available, can I use other software to work with this card and get better quality, or do I have to live with it?

I'm using MS-6390 motherboard with on board video and audio, XP2000, 512DDR, 60GB. Do I need a better video card (will it improve anything? I don't play games)? I've been doing DVD rip to VCD for a while and thought I start backing up my 700 plus VHS tapes to CDs. Any help, comments? Thx.

[snowmoon]

USB capture devices cannot keep up with the ammount of video that is required of them. Spend a vew $$and get a cheap (30-50) bt8x8 compatible capture card and you will be much better off.

Just my .02$ USD

[Jester700]

USB devices that DON'T encode to MPEG can't keep up - uncompressed AVI has to be at very low res or frame rate to go over USB. If the outboard box has a hardware encoder (ADS IDVD, Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB), it can pass high quality MPEG over USB (average DVD bitrate is no higher than the 6Mb possible on USB). BUT - there are other issues, so test these out before buying.

YOUR unit doesn't do hardware compression, so you're stuck with low res, low frame rate caps. Sorry.

[twen]

Thanks guys, guess I'll start shopping for a better capture card. How much do you think I can resell this junk for?

[Jester700]

I bought one for $50 a few years back, but there are better solutions now for not much more, so I'm expecting maybe $20 for mine...