Posts : 397 Join date : 2009-06-21 Location : Boston, MA
Subject: Anyone have a capture card? Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:13 pm
I am in the market to get a capture card... a device that hooks up from your Television to your Computer so you can record the TV using your computer. I know very little about them and am trying to learn more and possibly get one.
Any information would be great. Do you have one and like it/dislike it? Why or why not? Let me know! Thanks people.
ZFarls Admin
Posts : 1689 Join date : 2009-06-18 Age : 38 Location : Boston, MA
Subject: Re: Anyone have a capture card? Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:56 pm
Happage HD PVR, straight cash. Skip the dazzle
jordantrav
Posts : 167 Join date : 2010-02-20
Subject: Re: Anyone have a capture card? Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:59 pm
Yah get a happauge...it's official. They sell them at best buy...
UseRPicK101
Posts : 792 Join date : 2009-08-18
Subject: Re: Anyone have a capture card? Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:38 pm
I have a HD PVR, but I can't use it because my computer isn't powerful enough to playback/record in HD.
i3rian 87
Posts : 397 Join date : 2009-06-21 Location : Boston, MA
Subject: Re: Anyone have a capture card? Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:52 pm
hrm, how powerful of a computer do you need to have? I'd hate to blow $200 or so on this for it to not work with my laptop
wangtangkiki
Posts : 2280 Join date : 2010-02-13
Subject: Re: Anyone have a capture card? Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:36 am
My PC isn't that powerful.. It has an $80 graphics card and 4gigs of ram added.. everything else is stock from 2007..
I would definitely recommend a Hauppaugge HD PVR.. I love it.. I'm sure most PCs can play it back..
What are your specs anyway userpick? I think it could be something else..
How old is your PC? How much RAM do you have? What processor?
UseRPicK101
Posts : 792 Join date : 2009-08-18
Subject: Re: Anyone have a capture card? Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:03 pm
i3rian 87 wrote:
hrm, how powerful of a computer do you need to have? I'd hate to blow $200 or so on this for it to not work with my laptop
Well, on the box it says:
Intel Core Duo or equivalent 512MB RAM (1GB Recommended) Graphics Card with 256 MB memory or greater Sound Card Windows 7(32 or 64-bit), Windows Vista, or Windows XP service pack 2 220 MB Free hard disk space
wangtangkiki wrote:
My PC isn't that powerful.. It has an $80 graphics card and 4gigs of ram added.. everything else is stock from 2007..
I would definitely recommend a Hauppaugge HD PVR.. I love it.. I'm sure most PCs can play it back..
What are your specs anyway userpick? I think it could be something else..
How old is your PC? How much RAM do you have? What processor?
I remember someone saying that I need a quad core processor
My processor is: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00 GHz(2CPUs) Memory: 2.00GB RAM
KOACHK
Posts : 410 Join date : 2009-06-24 Location : NEW YORK
Subject: Re: Anyone have a capture card? Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:29 pm
I actually looked at the specs for the HD PVR and a couple of other multimedia hardware and software items before buying my current laptop, and made sure they slightly exceeded the requirements. Nothing is worse than having a great peice of hardware or software, and not having computer powerful enough to handle them.
(Just answered your PM with the same info below Userpick; sorry for the late response.)
Here are a couple of Youtube videos that helped me setup/get situated with the HD PVR:
i3rian 87
Posts : 397 Join date : 2009-06-21 Location : Boston, MA
Subject: Re: Anyone have a capture card? Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:37 pm
these are screen caps I took of my control panel:
I think based off of what Userpick posted as specs, I would be ok. Thoughts from the computer experts out there?
UseRPicK101
Posts : 792 Join date : 2009-08-18
Subject: Re: Anyone have a capture card? Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:35 am
I fixed about 90% of my problem. I had my PVR connected to a USB hub which was connected to my PC(duuh). I had to improvise to get my PC close enough to connect directly. The quality is great and it doesn't skip but now it plays in slow motion now.
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