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Top 10 Digital Video Capture Cards

Which video capture card is suitable for you largely depends on your needs, experience and budget. While choosing the right video capture card, you have to ask yourself:

• Do you prefer PC or Mac?
• Will you use DV (FireWire) or analog inputs, or both?
• Will you need to do DVD authoring?
• Do you need a powerful video editing software included, or just a simple one?
• Do you need Real-time capabilities?
• Do you need Timeline playback feature?
• Do you need additional performance facilities such as titling software?
• And first of all, what's your budget?

It's not always easy to answer these questions for a beginner. To make it simple, I list the top 10 video capture cards in this page.

Pinnacle Pro One : DV&Analog (S-video & Composite) in/out, bundled with Adobe Premiere 6 full version, TitleDeko RT, DV Tools 2.0, Hollywood FX , Impressions DVD. 16:9 support. Click here for details.

Dazzle DV NOW AV : DV&Analog (S-video, composite) in/out, bundled with Premiere 6 full version, DVDit LE. Click here for details.

Matrox RT2500 : DV&Analog (S-video & Composite) in/out, bundled with Premiere 6, Title Express, Ligo’s LSX-MPEG, Video SpiceRack Lite, ACID Music, DVDit! LE. Click here for details.

Canopus DV Storm SE : DV and analog (composite and S-video) in/out. Bundled with: StormEdit, a powerful NLE software, DVDit LE DVD authoring software, Xplode Basics 3D transitions software, Web Video Wizard, Boris Graffiti Ltd. titling. Click here for details.

Pinnacle DV-200 : DV in/out, bundled with Adobe Premiere 6 full version, Hollywood FX Copper and Alpha Magic, SmartSound Quicktracks, Pinnacle TitleDeko and DV Tools, Adobe Photoshop LE, Pinnacle Systems INSTANT Video play back plug-in. Click here for details.

Pinnacle Studio Deluxe : DV&Analog (S-video & Composite) in/out, bundled with Pinnacle Studio 8, Pinnacle Express (DVD authoring), Hollywood FX, TitleDeko. Click here for details.

Pinnacle DV500 DVD : DV&Analog (S-video & Composite) in/out, bundled with Adobe Premiere 6 full version, TitleDeko RT, Scene Cutter, DV Tools 2.0, Hollywood FX Copper and Alpha Magic, Impressions DVD SE. Click here for details.

ADS Pyro ProDV : DV in/out, bundled with Ulead MediaStudio Pro 6 full version, Animation Master 2000, Sound Forge XP 4.5, Acid Style 2.0, Digital Juice, Borix FX2.0 LE, Spice Master Lite, Ulead Cool 3-D. Click here for details.

Digital Origin EditDV : DV in/out, bundled with EditDV2.0, PhotoDV, Sound Forge XP, MotoDV, SpiceRack. Click here for details.

ADS Pyro Platinum SE : DV in/out, bundled with Premiere 6.0 LE, MyDVD 2.3, Sound Forge XP 4.5, Acid Music Express 2.0, TeVeo Live. Click here for details.