No, look at the other two pages for the same thing.
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.ht...reative=390957
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.ht...reative=390957
There's a few of them there in the $70-80 range, shipped. If you look at link #2, you'll see a new in box unit being sold by INTEGRITY BOOKS for $66 plus $6 shipping ($72 total).
The MSRP on this thing was in the $100-150 range. The person/company trying to sell it for $199 is a moron. Clearly don't buy that one.
If you went to a local store like Best Buy, you'd find more junky boxes from
Pinnacle and Dazzle for $70-100, and those use proprietary
Pinnacle software. You can't use VirtualDub. So finding this ATI card for $70 is a good price.
If you're wanting to spend less, for a USB/external card, you won't really find anything. At best, a piece of junk. Or maybe somebody's used-but-good device on eBay. In the future, eBay may be the only choice. (And at that time, prices may be in the $50-100 range still!) But for now, there's still some old stock of the
ATI 600 cards (now discontinued), so I'd opt for that while it's there to be had.
Also...
Ignore the "TV tuner" stuff. Those stock photos of the card are horrible. It only shows the USB stick and the coax connector. It fails to show the wire bundle that accepts s-video, composite, audio, etc. I need to take a photo for the guide anyway. A guide is being written on using the
ATI 600 card with both VirtualDub and the ATI Catylast Media Center software (ATI CMC -- not to be confused with the older ATI MMC).
And no, the wire does not connect to the coax. There's a port on the side of the card that's never shown in the generic stock photos. I've only used the coax on mine for testing purposes.
Again, I'll test it on a Win7 x64 install here in the next day or so, and then post back test results. Your question just happens to coincide with the planned upgrade. Nice timing!
Thanks.
