Newbie Needs Advice

[mickjg]

I'm primarily interested in a capture card for editing vhs and camcorder files in the highest quality possible for burning vcd's to view on my hardware dvd player.

I'm trying to keep my budget around $150-$250. The product that seems to fit the bill is the Dazzle DVCII (is there a quality difference in the pci vs usb versions?). I'm not too familiar w/ what Pinnacle has in this price range. I'm using an Athlon 1.4 w/ 768mb ram.

Any suggestions?

[mijman]

Well, I use a Studio DC10+ from Pinnacle (actually, 2 of them), which each cost me about 75 dollars. I'm not too keen on Dazzle stuff. I had a lower end model usb device which had only half the resolution of a TV screen for capture. I don't remember the model number but it was called a digital Photo maker. I like the DC10 though. It's a pci card. To the left, there are many capture device comparisons that you can peruse.

[mickjg]

mij...

Thats the Pinnacle card I'm considering...if theres no difference in quality between the two, the Pinnacle sho nuff does look more attractive at $80 compared to $230 for the dazzle...