Review on 📹 StarTech.com PEXHDCAP2 PCIe Video Capture Card - Full HD 1080P HDMI, VGA, DVI & Component Capture Card by Wayne Laguna

This PCI-e capture card is very suitable for retro gaming but does not fully support 240p signals. The first image was taken before any of the device's video settings were changed, the second is set with Brightness and Contrast set to 73 and Saturation to 68. The third image shows what you see when something moves on the screen, which is the result of the fact that this capture card interprets a 240p signal as 480i and a 360x240 resolution as 720x480. The FPS that the Nintendo 64 runs at is around 14,957 (the FPS shown in the images are average FPS, starting at 30 and decreasing until they approach the actual FPS, next to which, while accurate, are the real ones FPS should be displayed or at least has the ability to display actual FPS). If 240p were actually supported, I could connect my RGB modified Nintendo 64 to it via a component cable and show off how great the picture is. Look, but since 240p isn't supported by this capture card, it just says "No Signal" (or displays a spinning cog/wheel to show it's trying to capture a signal [but never shows it ]). One complaint about the Thread Catcher window is that you can't move it around by clicking and dragging the top edge of the window. In fact, you have to drag the video portion of the screen itself to move the window! When I first started using the Stream Catcher window I didn't know about it and as a result I couldn't move the window, just minimize and maximize it when I need it etc. On the plus side, streaming with this capture is the card actually uses very little or no noticeable CPU usage (but it helps that I have a dedicated GPU and set my streaming options accordingly) and that's a big bonus. to know what protocols and what specific url to use for the stream to work at all, but once you get this figured out (I had to research and dig until I found an unofficial forum post with this info!), the quality of the stream is Great! You just need to make sure you set the GOP close to the actual FPS of the device/console you are streaming or else the stream/recording will pause and/or stutter every second or so. Adding functionality to the "Stream Catcher" software, I would definitely add a dropdown menu (and actually drop down the dropdown menus used throughout the GUI, not just toggle between options! Sites that post the selection will automatically apply the optimal settings for that streaming service (and the appropriate fields that everyone needs will become visible, etc.), while still allowing you to further edit/change them so you can customize them "just right" would den Save people a lot of research and trial and error Overall I'm giving this 4/5 stars because the rest of the capture card works flawlessly and the "Stream Catcher" software makes recording and streaming much easier than using an external streaming device, etc., although it has a few quirks.