...once upon a time, I was happy with my video capture card... it is based on the Philips SAA-713x chipset, has a 9-bit ADC, 4-line adaptive comb filter, could capture uncompressed... and it's better than ones based on BT8X8 chipset!
Then, also thanks to this forum, I discovered that there are much better video capture cards around...
The requirements:
During my usual internet searches, I found some interesting products - in no particular order:
🔍Aja Kona LHe Plus
overly exagerated for laserdisc captures, price out of many pockets... has a 12-bit ADC, but only a 3-line comb filter; could capture audio too, but analog is XLR balanced...
🔍Viewcast Osprey 530
Seems very good, but have not find deep info about it. The 4-channel capture cards of the same brand have 3-D + 2-D comb filter, so it's highly probable that this one has it too.
🔍Black Magic Intensity Pro
10-bit ADC, 24-bit analog audio input, price not too high... maybe the right compromise; but it seems that SD capture is there as a "bonus feature"!
🔍Pixel Magic PDI Deluxe a.k.a. 🔍SweetSpot
IIRC used by the X0project, and works well with DScaler too! But was not able to spot anywhere used...
🔍ATI Theater HD 750 -> 🔍Asus My Cinema ES2-750 -> 🔍Diamond TVW750PCIE
12-bit ADC, 2-D 5-line and 3-D comb filter (will the latter work with PAL too?!?), and NO hardware MPEG2 encoder like the 650... Someone thinks that its AGC has problems.
At the end, I was lucky to find an used SweetSpot, in perfect shape and almost for free...
Then, also thanks to this forum, I discovered that there are much better video capture cards around...
The requirements:
- MUST capture uncompressed YUV 4:2:2 (and, if possible, HuffYUV too)
- MUST have a REALLY good comb filter ALSO for PAL signal
- MUST capture PAL and NTSC
- 10-bit ADC and over preferred
- PCI highly preferred; then PCI-E, USB 2.0, FireWire
- Composite and S-Video input - RGB and/or Y/Pb/Pr are welcome
- TBC will be appreciated, but absolutely not mandatory
- VirtualDub capture really appreciated, but not mandatory
- No TV tuner whenever is possible
During my usual internet searches, I found some interesting products - in no particular order:
🔍Aja Kona LHe Plus
overly exagerated for laserdisc captures, price out of many pockets... has a 12-bit ADC, but only a 3-line comb filter; could capture audio too, but analog is XLR balanced...
🔍Viewcast Osprey 530
Seems very good, but have not find deep info about it. The 4-channel capture cards of the same brand have 3-D + 2-D comb filter, so it's highly probable that this one has it too.
🔍Black Magic Intensity Pro
10-bit ADC, 24-bit analog audio input, price not too high... maybe the right compromise; but it seems that SD capture is there as a "bonus feature"!
🔍Pixel Magic PDI Deluxe a.k.a. 🔍SweetSpot
IIRC used by the X0project, and works well with DScaler too! But was not able to spot anywhere used...
🔍ATI Theater HD 750 -> 🔍Asus My Cinema ES2-750 -> 🔍Diamond TVW750PCIE
12-bit ADC, 2-D 5-line and 3-D comb filter (will the latter work with PAL too?!?), and NO hardware MPEG2 encoder like the 650... Someone thinks that its AGC has problems.
At the end, I was lucky to find an used SweetSpot, in perfect shape and almost for free...
