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need TV/Video Capture Card recommendation
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:47 am
by shiv4
I just bought a Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1100, but I don't like it.
The "DVD-Quality" isn't DVD-ish at all, rather worse than VHS Tape quality, and if I burn the mpegs to disc and play them in the standalone player the motion is all chunky and "distorted".
Are there any cards which obtain at least TV/VHS-Hi quality without blurring and jpeg'ing the pictures?
TIA
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:54 pm
by shiv4
he, what se fick? no1?
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:06 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
PM Amidy or Giraffe Hunter. GH doesn't come in here much.
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:43 pm
by shiv4
ph ... it's no big drama thx. I just thought some more ppl here would use capture cards and might have a rec.
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:03 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
i have the ATI theater 550 pro, and it comes out with Great quality ( as long as there is a good input that is
)
i have burned numerious DVD's from VHS's and they have turned out great.
But then again, these things are a person to person kinda thing
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:34 am
by shiv4
oh, didn't know that, sry
but ey, great I'll check that out
muchas ...
er, one thing: the ATI drivers for this card, will they like my nvidia forcewares?
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:41 am
by SOAPboy
shiv4 wrote:oh, didn't know that, sry
but ey, great I'll check that out
muchas ...
er, one thing: the ATI drivers for this card, will they like my nvidia forcewares?
I didnt have to many issues. Should be ok.
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:43 am
by AmIdYfReAk
there wont be a problem, my media center is running a nvidia Vid card with the ATI tuner.
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:43 am
by shiv4
oki, thx
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:29 am
by Foo
shiv4 wrote:ph ... it's no big drama thx. I just thought some more ppl here would use capture cards and might have a rec.
Tricky because you buy one and stick with it, rather than other components where you upgrade from time to time.
I've got an external (USB2) Terratec Cinergy XS Hybrid stick and it's great. The unit gets warm and the bundled aerial is useless, but the remote control is handy and being portable betweet PCs/laptop is a bonus too.
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:27 am
by shiv4
So newer USB 2 devices work also flawless on dvd resolution? Hm ... that might be an option too then. I wasn't so sure, because I already used an external USB box before the HVR 1100, but the higher the resolution, the more it caused short hangs and freezes. That's why I thought I'd be better off with a bus card.
However I'll have a look on both of them in the stores, thx guys
BTW, the aerial/receiver part of the HVR doesn't work here too, even though we have a good digiTV-reception in da house ... pfft, I hope they take it back