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Review on πŸ–₯️ VGB100 USB Video Capture Card by August - S Video / Composite to USB Transfer Cable - Grabber Lead for Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP - External Video Capture Device by David May

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Older units don't work properly, S-Video doesn't work at all

If you try to connect a Super Nintendo / Sega Genesis or an older game console, this capture card will not sync the video signal properly and will color the whole thing. The images show the same signal through the included software and then connected to a regular CRT TV. Newer consoles like the N64 or Dreamcast capture easily. No one I spoke to has other capture cards or knows why this is happening with the VGB100 in August. Also, the S-Video cable doesn't work at all with everything I try on. I'm swapping the S-Video plug from a TV that accepts S-Video and works as expected with an August VGB and get no signal even if I disable and re-enable recording while the signal is active. Now it captures a relatively small selection of consoles that are old enough to still be using standard definition composite, but not too old for the signal to be out of sync. Probably worth $3 not $30.

Pros
  • Free for educational purposes
Cons
  • Hard to tell