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Dave, I started out thinking I wanted to go the dedicated hardware route instead of a combination video card. Partly due to cost, partly because it seemed to offer more options than a video card solution. After looking into the Dazzle products I'm beginning to rethink that strategy. Disk space shouldn't be an issue I hope. I have a 120Gb hard drive most of which is unused. Memory is currently 512Mb. Rick -----Original Message----- From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 2:38 PM To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Video capture recommendations When I first got started with PC video I used a Dazzle. It worked OK but the software (Moviestar) had a "funky-looking" but non-intuitive interface. Although it was connected to a USB 2.0 port it still didn't have great bandwidth. I've now gone the video card route. I use an ATI All-In-Wonder (9600, if I remember correctly). It's not the top of the line but it had built-in dual monitor support which was a big item for me. The All-In-Wonder line have a built in TV tuner and composite video in/out. Going the video card route you get the faster AGP bus speed. The quality is definitely better than Dazzle. Pinnacle also has a package similar to Dazzle but I haven't used it. Make sure that you have a big enough hard drive space if you aren't going burn it to DVD right away. Video files can get big fast. Lots of memory is a good thing too. Dave Parnin Nishikawa Standard Company Topeka, IN 46571 daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rick.Chevalier@amer icredit.com To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx@SMTP@CTB Sent by: cc: (bcc: David A Parnin/Topeka/NISCO/SPCO) pctech-bounces@midr Subject: [PCTECH] Video capture recommendations ange.com 11/03/2004 02:51 PM Please respond to PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxx m> I'm looking at adding video capture to my PC. Primarily for converting old VHS tapes to DVD but also as a means to store current video from a digital camcorder to DVD. I looked at the Dazzle products but most of the reviews I read weren't very good. I don't know if the products are really that bad or if it's just a few disgruntled user making a lot of noise. If anyone has any experience with video capture I'd like to hear you recommendations on how to get started. Rick -- This is the PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users (PcTech) mailing list To post a message email: PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/pctech or email: PcTech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/pctech. -- This is the PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users (PcTech) mailing list To post a message email: PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/pctech or email: PcTech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/pctech.
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