Cap Card Advice??

[HCH Media]

new capcards are easy to use compared to the old ones . iuse sony vegas 13 now .. but its not so easy to get .... the cap card comes with his own software to capture and edit . but you could use a total diffrent capcard software if you want . http://images.google.de/imgres?imgur...h=799&biw=1600

if you have a pc tower ... i would say get a card for thats because they are by fare the best ones

[eastcoastskateboard1]

i had the avermedia c281 it was great it is a component device that records on to a usb. The bit rate on the clips is kinda bad but it isnt horrible. It made it easier for me to edit them on my computer (which was nice because mine isn't anything high powered). As far as editing goes I like to use sony vegas and some premiere. After effects I use sometimes as well if I am doing some special effects or something for a video that I would be working on.

[emericaridr11]

Mac or PC?

the Happauge's are a good choice for really any PCs (as long as your computer can handle the output, sometimes 1080p can be a bit too much for some machines)


Happauge HD PVR's
- above the 1212 version, even though the 1212 version is still being used by many peeps
- works with damn near every PC, unless your specs are boogus
- now have 1080p 60fps Versions

Elgato (both)
- both versions seem to be decent... kind of odd heavy saturation on the older ones, some do break often though I hear
- nice and small, pretty cool recording software for PC
- 1080p 60fps for the Elgato HD60

Avermedia Game Capture HD
- nice card, I know a few peeps who have one and they recommend it
- can save to a internal HardDrive, don't need computer to save clips

Avermedia Portable
- dont know much about this but the quality tests on youtube looks good



so you got plenty of choices for sures, just gotta do some Youtube Test watching and make sure to read all the comments too, they do actually give out good info as well

and I promise you that your smart enough to not have to worry about never using a CapCard before, its all easy and cheesy

[Doco]

Wow! that's exactly what is was looking for E , cheers for the in-depth breakdown that'll help me decide which to get.

Coast - thanks man I was kinda swaying towards the c281 but really liking the Hauppauge prouducts too , both seem reasonably priced.

I'll be using a standard laptop nothing extravagant (think it's a Samsung) will there be any problems with that? I've got an external harddrive too (1tb) not sure if that's useful?

Cheers again for the replies , it's appreciated lads.

[eastcoastskateboard1]

Wow! that's exactly what is was looking for E , cheers for the in-depth breakdown that'll help me decide which to get.

Coast - thanks man I was kinda swaying towards the c281 but really liking the Hauppauge prouducts too , both seem reasonably priced.

I'll be using a standard laptop nothing extravagant (think it's a Samsung) will there be any problems with that? I've got an external harddrive too (1tb) not sure if that's useful?

Cheers again for the replies , it's appreciated lads.

i upgraded to a hdpvr 2 and I love it. Just make sure you get it new so you can get arcsoft show biz. The quality when you record it with arc soft seems to be a lot better compared to the other software that hapauge came out for it. Only down side is that it takes longer to record with the arcsoft software.

[Doco]

Thanks for the heads up Coast I'll maybe just put the extra penny's towards a brand new one , either way I'll have a cap card this pay day coming (Wednesday). I'm actually pretty excited man.

[Nelson]

elgato is the only way