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jmac698
11th September 2011, 05:23
I've always said that tv cards hardly make a difference when calibrated, when capturing uncompressed. So now here is a screenshot of two cards with the same signal, in s-video, and with levels approximately matched.
I would say the top one looks better, however I believe the difference can be explained by a driver difference. I think the chroma is shifted on the 2nd one which makes the colorbar transitions look bad. These are just preliminary results.
The capture window is slightly larger on the first one. All settings were fresh-install defaults. I didn't match sharpness controls. Level matching was by script and only approximate.

Mounir
11th September 2011, 08:34
The link don't work yet you should upload the zip to some place where there is no need for mods approval (sendspace.com come to mind)

jmac698
11th September 2011, 11:23
Good point.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/9p2pe3

jmac698
14th October 2011, 09:59
Some more comparisons
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/329016-2001-2010-my-capture-cards-comparison-screenshots
Except for sharpness controls and capture window, I don't think they look that much different.