

Harley2ride's card records in DV format and you'll need to re-encode that to get a DVD out of it. I own an old ATI All-In-Wonder card and I'm not an ATI fan because of it.

However, some folks are adamant about recording AVI video and if you're one of those, you'll need another card. It can only record MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, which should be fine for most people. I can tell you that I own a Hauppauge PVR-350 and it is the best capture card I have ever owned. I have never heard of the only model I could find that uses them. Until I saw your post, I had no idea that Philips made chipsets for video capturing cards. Your data/storage HD should be at least 120mb
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If you are going the PC capture route, you will want at least a 2.6ghz Pentium or athlon equiv., at least 768mb of ram, two hd's, one for software and programs, and one for storage/data, and USB2.0 or Firewire connections. If you want to do all of these, then look into devices which offer all these functions. If you want to do editing, creative menus, and transisitions, you will want a card/device which will capture in AVI or DV-AVI format. If all you want to do is transfer your VHS to DVD, without doing alot of editing, then go with a standalone DVD Recorder. Whatever device you choose, I would find one that says it locks the audio to the video during capture. However, I would not be opposed to looking into the Hauppage 250, 350, 500, or the ATI ALL-In-Wonder cards, and even some of the USB 2.0 devices have valid applications for use. I use an ADS PYRO AV/Link, which is a semi-professional device. If you do a few simple searches in the CAPTURE forum, you will find quite a few discussions on the various devices, and peoples opinions about them. Then there are the USB2.0 External devices, and External Firewire devices, which are nice if you want to share the device on multiple PC's, or a Laptop. Most people prefer internal cards like the Hauppage 250, then there is a new NVIDIA capture card which I've only read one review on, but it looks promising, there are the All-In-Wonder cards which some people swear by, the new ATI X1300 - X1900 video cards use ATI's AVIVO technology can capture video. There are many cards and external devices which will do most or all of these. First you need to decide if you want to capture to AVI, DV-AVI, MPEG2, MPEG4, or multiples of these.

You will get quite a few different opinions about this.
