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Hauppauge WinTV-Live Capture Cable External USB Display + Capture Kit
- £34.98ex vat
- £40.23inc vat
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- manufacturer #: 600
- quickfind code: 12357
- 188 in stock for next day delivery.
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Good product. Other people just can't use it!
os:
Windows XPI have read a few reviews where people have had problems with this device only giving monochrome (black and white) images. I thought I'd risk it and buy this product anyway. When I first plugged in my device, it did only give black and white images so I was a little worried. After a little thinking I managed to work it out, here's the problem: we're in the UK so our devices are in the PAL format. This device, and the software it comes with is *American* thus as standard it is set to NTSC format. All you do is go to the suite manager in WinTV and add a new PAL composite input, then it works just great. This product does exactly what it says on the box, the quality is high and once I'd got it going, I realy couldn't fault it. Mine doesn't look like the one in the picture above, however, it's a translucent turquoise colour (as everything seems to be since the original iMacs came out), but it does the job just as well. There's no other product out there that can do the same thing for the small price. I needed to input video from a micro camera into a laptop in any location, and this product is exactly what I need.
Better than expected
os:
Windows XPLooking at the mixed reviews here, I took a gamble expecting a poor product. I am pleasantly surprised. Had problems on the wifes laptop in Win 98 SE but XP setup on my machine was a breeze. I use the composite video input to capture VHS tapes onto the hard drive. Quality is fine (as good as VHS) when viewd in a window in media player, a little blocky full screen.
If you are expecting DVD quality and to watch the results on a widescreen TV then forget it. But for £40 this is a cheap way to get rid of all the VHS tapes cluttering up the house - as long as you are happy watching the results on a PC or laptop.
Does what it says on the tin!
I had this up and running on WinXP in about 10 minutes. Get the latest software and driver from http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/pages/support/support_usb.html
Also had black and white until I configured the PAL input.
I've got my Playstation 2 working using the stock RCA lead the PS2 came with. Quality is OK - haven't tried to tweak it yet - according to the website the new driver has some enhancements for quality which I'm yet to try. Haven't got the bits to get the sound from my PS2 to the laptop so can't comment on any time delay introduced by this device. (my TV does not play the sound on AV if the Video lead is not plugged in) Also haven't got the right mix of cable to see if S-Video input has better quality.
Limited support, but works under Linux
os:
LinuxIf you look at the Video4Linux and Hauppauge supported devices postings, this device does not look a good bet for Linux users. I thought I would give it a try, anyway...
Key points:
* use the latest OS version (I am on Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10)
* do not plug the device in until you have modprobed bttv and usbvision
* install xawtv
* only works with xawtv using "no DGA" option: from the command line, type xawtv -nodga
* you can also run xawtv through its GUI wrapper, motv - makes life a bit easier
* NOT (currently) compatible with VLC, TVTime, Mplayer or MythTV.
Performance is not too bad - it looks a bit like a VHS video when opened in a 800x600 window - depends what you want to use it for.
I am using it to display extra TV channels from a Freeview box (weak channels which the Hauppauge Nova-T PCI card is struggling to resolve under my MythTV setup).
can this device be use real time
Can this device be used to play a playstation gameusing a computer monitor. i.e real time play back of the input?
