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πŸ“Ή StarTech.com PEXHDCAP2 PCIe Video Capture Card - Full HD 1080P HDMI, VGA, DVI & Component Capture Card Review

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Description of πŸ“Ή StarTech.com PEXHDCAP2 PCIe Video Capture Card - Full HD 1080P HDMI, VGA, DVI & Component Capture Card

Support for HDMI, DVI, VGA, and component input sources, lets you record from virtually any device. H.264 encoding ensures wide device compatibility with exported video files. Brilliant picture quality with support for capturing resolutions up to 1080p at 30 frames per second. Dual profile card with low-profile and full-profile brackets included. NTSC and PAL systems supported. PRODUCT ALERT: Latest Streamcatcher Pro software (included & available for download), with refreshed GUI, now adds simultaneous connection of multiple capture devices; Streamcatcher Pro is compatible with Windows 10 (Windows 7 and up).

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Not suitable for older consoles.

I bought this to shoot SNES games with S-Video. Unfortunately it didn't work. The picture jumped. I had to get an upscaler to make it work. Works well with my other consoles.

Pros
  • This is amazing
Cons
  • poorly thought out

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Not suitable for analog to digital

I really hate this card. The software is terrible, does not name and name common file formats. Worst of all, the analog conversion is terrible. Compared to using an old DV camera to convert S-Video to Digital, this PCI card has the worst conversion. The image is dark, as if it has too much contrast. Nice try Startech, but you failed to make a proper A/D converter.

Pros
  • Easy to use
Cons
  • Something else

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Cheap for a reason - accessories and consumables

Bought to remove the screen of some old retro computers. The price looked great so I decided to give it a try. - There is no recording in low resolution (640x480 etc.). Only a black screen is displayed. - Records 1024x768+, but in my case 1024x768 resulted in severe screen flickering, making the recording unusable. .

Pros
  • Cool product
Cons
  • Unbelievable price

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Works very well for retro gaming but does not fully support 240p signals.

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…

Pros
  • Very good price
Cons
  • Almost never