Best capture card?

[MikeS]

Hi, I have an ATI 8500DV right now and I'm not happy with the capture quality. Things have always just seemed pixelated and dull/blurry. Is there another capture card by ATI or another company that gives a better picture? Is the new HDTV card from ATI better at analog capture?

Thanks

[lordsmurf]

Have you tried these ATI AIW capture guides yet?
If used properly (NOT with factory settings!) then you will end up with very high quality encodes.

http://www.digitalfaq.com/capture/atiavi/atiavi.htm

http://www.digitalfaq.com/capture/atimpeg/atimpeg.htm

[pcostanza]

I had the 8500dv for almost 3 years and loved it. Used it almost every day (new system has a PVR350....miss the avi captures). If you tinker with the settings as lordsmurf said, you can get great results. However, I couldn't complain about the default settings which left me with great results as well.

[MikeS]

Just upgraded from 7.6 to 9.02 and it looks a lot better.

[lordsmurf]

Good to hear!