Video capture card question

why not get an internal cap card? they are cheaper and more reliable (better) from what i heard. i am happy with my g400 with hardware mjpeg capture. great qual.

That (internal capture card) is what I am looking for (ie: Pinnacle - Studio DV etc)

You should look at the Pinnacle DV 200 and DV 500. Both include a full version of Premier 6.0 along with the 3 port Firewire adapter and cable. At my Microcenter the DV 200 is $299. Considering Premier alone is $599 this is quite a bargin. DV 500 lets you edit real time instead of rendering and has other stuff but unless you have the supporting hardware it is a waste.

What is the advantage of the DV 200 over a card like the Studio DV (besides the software bundled with it)?

The last time I looked up the specs the DV500, it did not render in real time -- it does a couple of things in real time but for the most part things are slow. I made a comparison between it and the Matrox RT2000 and found many non real time stuff with the DV500. Check the specs!

Good luck.


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What the heck was that all about!

flagg,

The main difference between all the bundled DV-in options is the software, not the hardware, so focus on that. You can also get many them separately, if you really want to, but there's probably a bit of cost savings if you can find the right "package".

Check out these sites:

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<A HREF="http://www.matrox.com" target="_new">http://www.matrox.com&lt;/A>
<A HREF="http://www.vcdhelper.com/svcd.htm" target="_new">http://www.vcdhelper.com/svcd.htm&lt;/A>
<A HREF="http://www.videoguys.com" target="_new">http://www.videoguys.com&lt;/A>

I think that should give you some background to work from.

BW

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