Capture Card Advice

Seeking some advice from the guru's out there. I have a
bunch of old VHS movies that I would like to transfer over
to DVD's. I have tried doing my homework over the
internet and hear pros and cons for every piece of
hardware that I've looked at. I do understand that the
limit for converting is about 2 hours worth of video. I
would appreciate any advice from users that have
have "sucessfully" done this, how easy is it and what
hardware did you use. Hardware is my key point here.
Also I'm not talking about those that have elaborate
systems where they spent more then $200 on the capture
card. I have an AMD 2500+ system with 512 megs of ram.
Any advice would be appreciated.

There is no limit to the capture but 2 hours is about what will fit on a DVD
until dual format ones come out, possibly this year, possibly next - but to
do them you'd have to puchase a new burner!

Best reviews will be found at www.dvdrhelp.com.... this will be not from
magazines but from folks who do exactly what you want to do.... think of
them as real experience type rather than a one off for a professional paper!

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Gerry" wrote in message
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Seeking some advice from the guru's out there. I have a
bunch of old VHS movies that I would like to transfer over
to DVD's. I have tried doing my homework over the
internet and hear pros and cons for every piece of
hardware that I've looked at. I do understand that the
limit for converting is about 2 hours worth of video. I
would appreciate any advice from users that have
have "sucessfully" done this, how easy is it and what
hardware did you use. Hardware is my key point here.
Also I'm not talking about those that have elaborate
systems where they spent more then $200 on the capture
card. I have an AMD 2500+ system with 512 megs of ram.
Any advice would be appreciated.

i have the ati tv wonder. for $50 its ok but would have to
say it sucks with xp.reboot after you capture and want to
use ati tv or ati capture. sonic and windows encoder work
well with it as well as ulead movie maker2.0.just don't
try to use the ati program after another program has used
it.Oh and most importantly do not upgrade to newest
drivers or it will crash.
-----Original Message-----
ATI makes a scaled down TV tuner card that works great.
Hook the VCR in and capture the video then use your DVD
compiling software to make it into DVD files ... the card
is way less than $100 ...

----- Ed Ellickson wrote: -----

Try the Kworld TV-PVR USB 2.0 rig. Via UBS 2.0 you
get a TV tuner, capture devise and a burner, all in one.
However, if you also pop for the Copy To DVD software, you
also get a copy of DVD Shrink, which lets you fit things
onto a DVD disc by compressing the files. Since DVD's have
excess bandwidth, I've shrunk some DVD files to 58 percent
of their original size, and it still looks great on my 55"
Mitsu rear proj TV!

All instructions come with everything and it's plug
and play. You don't even have to open up your PC.
.

Try the Kworld TV-PVR USB 2.0 rig. Via UBS 2.0 you get a TV tuner, capture devise and a burner, all in one. However, if you also pop for the Copy To DVD software, you also get a copy of DVD Shrink, which lets you fit things onto a DVD disc by compressing t
he files. Since DVD's have excess bandwidth, I've shrunk some DVD files to 58 percent of their original size, and it still looks great on my 55" Mitsu rear proj TV!

All instructions come with everything and it's plug and play. You don't even have to open up your PC.

ATI makes a scaled down TV tuner card that works great. Hook the VCR in and capture the video then use your DVD compiling software to make it into DVD files ... the card is way less than $100 ...

----- Ed Ellickson wrote: -----

Try the Kworld TV-PVR USB 2.0 rig. Via UBS 2.0 you get a TV tuner, capture devise and a burner, all in one. However, if you also pop for the Copy To DVD software, you also get a copy of DVD Shrink, which lets you fit things onto a DVD disc by compress
ing the files. Since DVD's have excess bandwidth, I've shrunk some DVD files to 58 percent of their original size, and it still looks great on my 55" Mitsu rear proj TV!

All instructions come with everything and it's plug and play. You don't even have to open up your PC.