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The Dazzle DM7000 can be had for $229 US. That is within your said price
range. This place has it cheap http://www.shopharmony.com/secure/products
asp?ItemID=3DDM-7000
I have used USB capture devices before. I have found the bandwidth that U
SB
provides far to small for any serious video editing. However, if you are
just going to be doing minor things, like transfering stuff from VHS tape
s,
to CD-R or crap like that, then it is more than enough. Dzzle also has a
nice USB solution here  http://www.dazzle.com/products/vidcr.html (You ca
n
get it much cheaper than the price they list on the website). Or, if you
need something cheaper, go for MPEGator http://store.yahoo
com/ourstore-2000/mpegrealtimm.html.

-Simeon

-------Original Message-------

> From: tenchi@ml.usagi.org
Date: Monday, January 28, 2002 3:21:44 PM
To: tenchi@ml.usagi.org
Subject: Re: OT:Video/Capture Card or Video & Capture Card

Price Range is around $200-250.\
Hmmn, I started this with the idea of upgrading my video card so
that I could play Aliens Vs Predator 2 better. Then I thought if
I was going to upgrade I should get a capture card.
Now maybe I should upgrade the MB & CPU, But I do that I will
have to put off the capture card.
On a seperate note, I do not have Firewire or any video equipment
that uses it. I do have USB, but consider it too slow for video. If
anybody
has experience with video editing using USB, how well does it work?