Recommended USB capture devices for old consoles?

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Recommended USB capture devices for old consoles?

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Hey all, been checking around and reading up, been looking for a capture device that will let me record/stream effectively from my older consoles, preferably by RGB or component of some kind. I realize a lot of devices unfortunately do not support 240p input via component/RGB, but I was curious if there were any decent ones out there in the $100-$150 range that may be able to do so. I did find info on the XCapture-1, but that one is quite pricey :shock:

Just curious if anyone had recommendations, thank you!
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Re: Recommended USB capture devices for old consoles?

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PEXHDCAP pretty much the best capture card out at the moment for that sort of stuff. Falls in exactly to your price range to.
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Thrill wrote:PEXHDCAP pretty much the best capture card out at the moment for that sort of stuff. Falls in exactly to your price range to.
Yeah, I saw that one as well, main issue is that it only works on PCI-E. Looking for something USB based since I'd like to be able to do capture and such from my laptop as well.
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Re: Recommended USB capture devices for old consoles?

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I heard that the Avermedia Live Gamer Portable had 240p support through component patched in at some point, but I haven't tried it.

One external device by Elgato has 240p support, but I can't remember if it's available through component or not.

One nice factor about the XCAPTURE-1 is that it can handle resolution changes (240p/480i) without ruining the capture if you use it's auto-scaling function. Every other capture card I've ever used required manual adjustment on every resolution switch.
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