Now, I know this is not an unusual topic around here- I have looked around- but I wanted to get some input related to my situation.
See, I'm trying to get a capture card, not only for making AMVs, but also for transferring my tape collection to DVD. I use a laptop at the moment, and thus need something external.
I bought a Pinnacle MovieBox DV, but took it back. The loss of quality in the capture was just unacceptable, not to mention I always got a band of "noise" at the bottom of the captured video, and that's just not acceptable. I emailed Pinnacle technical support about this and other issues with the software, but never heard anything (it's been about three weeks now), so I'm not too impressed with Pinnacle.
Also, I was curious about opinions on USB versus Fireware cards. I notice that VirtualDub only recognizes USB capture cards...
Oh- my budget for this thing is $300 max, preferably around $200.
Thanks!
-stormsewer

