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Author Topic: Video card for WinXP Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 09-30-2006 03:58 PM                     There are some incredible brains on this site. Right now, I am not one of them. I am wanting to buy a video card for this Dell GX-110 with WINXP installed. The child at Best Buy had no clue as to what I am doing. I want a composite NTSC video, and L and R audio inputs. Need to start copying some old family video to DVD to preserve them. I have a DVD burner installed, and have downloaded most of what I need to run it properly. Anybody got a unit I can get, or, can anybody recommend something that I can use that won't rip me a new orifice? (in other words, inexpensive / cheap)  |  IP: Logged Anslem Rayburn Master Film Handler Posts: 476 From: Yuma, AZ, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 09-30-2006 05:43 PM                     Maybe something like this? Seems like an easy option for basic video capture, but maybe someone else has a better idea.  |  IP: Logged Frank Dubrois Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 896 From: Cleveland, OH Registered: Mar 2005 posted 09-30-2006 06:35 PM                    I am a little confused as to what you looking for. Do you want a video card (output to your monitor) or do you want a video capture card to convert your videos? If you want or need BOTH, then possibly an ATI ALL-IN-WONDER card which gives you a decent video and also video/audio capture ability. If you just want to capture your audio/video, then Pinnacle offers some nice cards. It sounds like an external USB 2 version would do you best. Pinnacle makes one of the better, less expensive capture cards. A card in the $100-$150 range would do nicely. It also comes with pretty decent software to edit and author your videos. Avoid the $39.99 Dazzle crap. Pinnacle is carried by Best Buy.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 09-30-2006 06:38 PM                     Do a search on Newegg.com for USB video devices - like this device It's a device that simply plugs into the USB port and the other ends, being RCA, taps into the L/R and audio outputs of your source machine. I think that these units don't even hit 50 bucks...but by the one review, the resolution size could be a hinderance, These ADS Tech devices like this device might be more than one wants to spend, but will do larger screen resolutions and is more reliable.  |  IP: Logged Frank Dubrois Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 896 From: Cleveland, OH Registered: Mar 2005 posted 09-30-2006 06:54 PM                    The link to that first usb device, junk...avoid it. The 2nd item monte linked to may be ok. For the same price however, I'd still go with a Pinnacle. You can buy it locally and try it out to see if it works for you..if you buy it via the internet, its a long process to get a retun/exchange done.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-30-2006 07:04 PM                     Why not just buy a VHS to DVD standalone unit? You wont get the deluxe menu options as you would with doing it the other way, but at least this way, you just put the tape in, set the quality recording, and hit the record button. I'd be wary of those other options unless your computer was top notch, having to deal with dropped frames and all that. The standalone unit I bought at costco cost me $175 or so and works great.  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 09-30-2006 07:07 PM                     I have about 20 hours of OLD 16mm, 8mm silent film transfers (with music added by ME in 1984) to transfer to DVD's from VHS Hi-Fi. I'm not worried about the computer monitor, so I think I need the capture card system. I don't have much loot these days, but I am getting by. $150 is a bit out of my range right now. Yeah, I know, thats not much to spend on a computer. I need 6 copies of each disc. One for each section of the family.  |  IP: Logged Frank Dubrois Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 896 From: Cleveland, OH Registered: Mar 2005 posted 09-30-2006 07:21 PM                    The cheapest you might get by with is about $100. If you have to goto the $39.99 USB unit...I wouldnt bother. You wont be happy with the quality at all.  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 09-30-2006 10:57 PM                     I agree with Frank. Go with the Pinnacle. When I worked at Best Buy (in the Geek Squad), Pinnacle was the product that I always recommonded to my customers when they had a similar issue.  |  IP: Logged Anslem Rayburn Master Film Handler Posts: 476 From: Yuma, AZ, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 10-01-2006 08:42 AM                     quote: Michael Gonzalez When I worked at Best Buy (in the Geek Squad) You are no longer considered a human. Please proceed to the nearest extermination chamber, where you will be de-loused, and possibly sent back to your home planet.  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 10-01-2006 01:05 PM                     Hey at least I went to college toward getting a degree in Computer Science and was well on my way to getting A+ certification before I got back into the theater business. That is more than what could be said for a lot of the other Geek Squad employees that I met. I could tell many horror stories.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 10-01-2006 01:52 PM                     Tell, tell.... (probably better to start a new thread though).  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 10-02-2006 09:14 AM                     Well, as I said before, I met one idiot at Best Buy. Thanks for all the information. I'm going to make my relatives help me PAY for this stuff. They all want copies, but they are almost as cheap (tight) as I am. My VHS copies are just as old as what the relatives all have, but mine are not worn out. What am I doing different? I could say I use FilmGuard on them, but you'd know I was a total liar.  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 10-02-2006 07:22 PM                     Actually I have a better suggestion. I bought a DVD burner from Sam's Club for about $100.00 and I just hook up my old VCR to it (front AV jacks) and burn some of old tapes (mostly sporting events) on to disks. A couple of bucks more than the other options but the burner is something that you may be able use more often.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 10-02-2006 07:24 PM                     I think that's what I suggested, or are you talking about a dvd drive with rca inputs?  |  IP: Logged

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