plextor digital video convertor feedback

[painttech]

I am looking to buy a video convertor anyone have any feedback on this one:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?CategoryID=cat01054&id=1095941349358&skuId=6872565&type=product&ref=10&loc=01

[painttech]

Nobody wants to help me

[jmet]

Don't know anything about it, or I would help ya.

I could say, "Yeah buy that one" but, then I would be lying.

[painttech]

Thank you for being honest

[Experi-Mentor]

i'm not sure if i would want to take the risk of being accused of "psychoanalyzing" you again (lol) but ....

some things i found :

http://www.byopvr.com/XForum+viewthread-fid-3-tid-341-orderdate-ASC.html

http://www.benscustomcases.com/index...sk=view&id=217 (3 pages that seem to give a honest report)

[painttech]

apology

First off I would like to apologize to you for my comments in the other thread.( I'm sorry.) The lnks were a great help to me. I would like you opinion on the system requirements. ihave everything they are asking for except i'm a little shy on the processor only 1.2ghz but have double the ram they are asking for. Do you think this will be a big deal?

[Experi-Mentor]

for video related processing, you need a fast/powerful cpu.
you may just be able to get away with using your 1.2 but, you would perhaps need to close all other unnecessary running programs & run it with only the bare essentials.

apology unnecessary but, accepted

[Grinch]

Look at the Turtle Beach " Video Advantage " PCI. It's a little bit more money but it does so much more.

[painttech]

@experi-mentor
thanks for the help I've been thinking about upgrading my processor to a athlon xp 2600 so that should help with whatever capture card i get.
@grinch
Thanks for the reference. I was looking for a usb version so I could use with my laptop and second pc. I did a search on the pci version and was able to find the usb version. Your right it has a lot of nice features and the price i found was only $89.00. I am probably going to get it.
Again thanks

[Experi-Mentor]

do check, but i'm sure that upgrading from your 1.2 to 2.6 will require "more" than just a "processor/cpu" change (m/board & also your mem may need to changed/upgraded) ("mem" to suit the newer m/board, if your old mem is not supported).

[painttech]

My motherboard will accept the processor and right now i have the 512 of pc133 i can go up to a 1gb but i am waiting to catch a good deal on pc2100ddr because i the board has two slots for that and i would rather have 1gb of ddr.

[Experi-Mentor]

do you intend on using both pc-133 & pc-2100-ddr at the same time ?

what's make & model # of your m/board ?

[painttech]

No i can only run one at a time. I have two slots for each. I just plan on running the ddr