PC video card for capturing HD source

[pglenn]

I'm looking for a PC card that will allow me to capture/input HDMI or Component inputs. I know of the Blackmagic cards, but what other options exist???

[Firewire60]

I'm in Oz and may be on wrong track with your query but I capture SD and HD TV here in OZ (we have PAL system) with the TV antenna cable plugged in the back of the card and my Compro tuner card will capture everything and does it beautifully.

The card is the Compro Videomate T300 now superseded by similar Compro cards. I highly recommend this brand of tuner card. If in USA you would need NTSC support but I believe the Compros support both NTSC and PAL automatically.

I have the TV antenna cable plugged into my HD TV tuner near my TV and a bypass antenna cable running from the back of the TV tuner to the Compro tuner card. The HD TV tuner does nothing to that bypass signal before the Compro captures the signal, the SD and HD tuners are in the Compro card.

The T300 also has Composite in and S-video in which you can use with an appropriate adapter cable but the TV antenna bypass cable is the best way to go.

Check if you TV tuner has an antenna bypass.

Not sure what else you would want to connect to the PC capture card.

Hope this helps. Compro has a USA web site.

[edDV]

I'm looking for a PC card that will allow me to capture/input HDMI or Component inputs. I know of the Blackmagic cards, but what other options exist???

What's wrong with the Intensity Pro?

Both BlackMagic and AJA have a full line of more expensive cards with analog components or SDI input.

[pglenn]

I dont need a tuner - I already have both SD and HD tuners. I just want to be able to input an HD video from another source and record it. I know the Blackmagic are supposed to be good, just looking for other options for comparison. I'd like to see if there is something comparable for cheaper as I probably wont be using the card too often.

[edDV]

None that I know of for HD to HD. For HD to SD see the HAVA line of products. For SD 480i component see the latest ADS Pyro.

Hauppauge has a new product coming that is supposed to take tuner HD in and hardware compress to h.264 MPeg.

[Firewire60]

Curious to know what format the input HD video stream is.

If your HD PC tuner will capture this format all you need is converter cables to match your card tuner inputs.

TV in USA is in NTSC format.