AVerMedia AVerTV HD DVR MTVHDDVRR PCI-Express x1 Interface

Pros: Works Amazing When in the Right hands.
Beautiful Quality.
Works well with my 360 and my Wii.

Cons: Software is garbage.
Drivers have a habbit of causing problems some people. Not hard to fix if you use a simple web search.
No Customer Support. Shame on you AverMedia!
Quality of Standard Def is very poor.. Be Warned if you plan on doing anything Pre-PS2.(Unless I'm doing something completely wrong, with the included software leaves very limited reasons as to why )

Other Thoughts: The software is AWFUL! But it gets the job done. I use this to Live stream my consoles. They look crystal clear, no choppiness, no Input lag. I've had friends purchase the same card, some of which had problems, some did not. Most of the people who had problems Reinstalled windows and their problems went away, which indicates a Driver Compatibility Issue... Most likely conflicting with something else in your system.

I'd love to play PS2 Games, but unfortunately I can't get the quality to look like it does without the capture card. It looks extremely blurry and dull-grayish. I've used Composite, Component, Svideo, and it all looks like garbage. The software's included options to change the settings are Limited to non existent, so trying to make it look "good" had proven to be too much of a hassle. I've chucked this up to User Error ( FOR NOW ) And took 1 Star off for How their software limits you in every way possible, and the lack of support from Aver media.

If there's a better alternative to the software included, I'd highly recommend it - But after extensive researching nobody seems to make an independent software which does what I need it to do, at least one that's free.

Pros: Captures HDMI, composite, and component inputs nearly flawlessly. Works with any one of my game consoles. I can record high-quality videos and stream my gameplay with little to no issues.

Cons: I had one issue with the HDMI input, where my PS3 would stop outputting sound once I loaded the game, I would basically have to restart my PC to get it to work again. The issue only came up when loading a game, and it is fixable. Other than that, there is nothing wrong with it that I can tell. Installation was a little awkward bu that was due to my motherboard and case rather than the card itself.

You need to know how to install a device into a PCI slot in your PC to use it. This might cause trouble for those who are unfamiliar with computer hardware.

Pros: Does exactly what you would expect it to.

Cons: Software is kind of bare bones, no settings, no features. Why bother with 1080i?

Other Thoughts: I bought this a month ago and have been using it to stream gameplay videos on twitch.tv and it has been working great so far. There is almost no latency between game and capture (I actually noticed less lag on the Wii U on my computer than on my actual television). One thing I noticed is you can not have the card being used by multiple programs at once (for example the included avermedia center and open broadcasting software can not have access to the card at the same time). This isn't that bad because you can simply do a screen capture of the window on your computer screen.

Another thing I'd have to note is the 1080i input looks like complete garbage. I know that this is an expected result when displaying an interlaced image on a progressive scan monitor, but this is sort of a warning for those that don't know. If you are buying this card to capture video at 1920 x 1080 DO NOT BUY THIS CARD. I can happilly play my Wii U at 720p and it looks amazing on my monitor.

Also one strange effect is that when I plugged in my Nintendo 64 into the composite inputs the audio was getting all messed up whenever a loud noise would occur. I figured out that the card doesn't have a large enough quantization range for the input audio on these channels. A quick fix for me was to stop by my local electronics store and purchase a passive headphone volume control device, wire it with an assortment of adapters through the RCA jacks, and adjust the audio level manually. This fixed all of the audio issues I was having with the card on the composite inputs.

Pros: -Works with X Split after some tweaking
-Records well in 720p on a PCI-E 1x slot
-Relatively cheap.

Cons: -1080i is choppy on a PCI-E 1x slot, but the system is only a Phenom II X2 550 @ 3.1GHz w/ 4 GB of ram.
-Included software looks terrible, but gets the job done.

Other Thoughts: Ordered this to use with X Split. Tried to get it to work after installing software and drivers from the CD, but the video source came up as a black screen. Went into the included software and changed the input setting from s-video to hdmi. Added the video source in X Split successfully after that.

Not sure if the limitations of 1080i is due to the system or the bandwidth of the PCI-E 1x slot, kind of a let down.

Using this for recording church services, and eventually doing a livestream.

Pros: Pretty good video quality with S-Video input. Setup of the capture inputs and TV channels is fairly painless.

Cons: Beware!! The drivers do not support Windows 8. Tech support says Windows 8 support is in the works, but couldn't predict an availability date.

I used the card successfully with Windows 7, but after my upgrade to Windows 8, the card won't capture any video whatsoever. Tech support agrees, yep it's a problem.

Pros: When it works its excellent.

Cons: Like i said. WHEN it works. When the system likes to detect it, or when it dosen't freeze and crash, which afterwards the system will not detect it unless I unplug the system for a few moments.... And I have tried both slots in the system. I really wish I could find Avermedia's tech support number, because NOTHING on their site likes to work. Especially the "contact support" section.

Other Thoughts: I WANT this card to work. the picture and recording quality is excellent.

Pros: Good quality.

Cons: Locks after 45 minutes of recording. Tech support is virtually non existent.

Other Thoughts: Card locks up after 45 minutes. I'm running it on a I7 with 32 gig of ram and a 2 gig video card. It's not the system. When I went to the avermedia website for help I was amazed at how they try to avoid helping you. Just check out there RMA flow. Funny.

I also called their 1-800 which wasn't in the manual supplied with the hardware. I found it in a PDF file online. I called the tech support number during hours which was a bunch of menus which sent you to an answering machine. And that was any menu you tried, even the operator.

I sent them an email with no response after 4 days. I've had this card for 45 days. It's only been in computer for 2 weeks. I'm very disappointed in this product.

Before you buy, make sure the manufacturer supports it. My bad. I didn't look.

Pros: 1080i video and audio capture via HDMI is great. Many other programs out there if you don't like the default (though it's fine when you're using it just for TV)

Cons: Umm... I guess no 1080p? But for the price, I'm surprised I got all I did.

Other Thoughts: Zero lag. Zilch. If you're getting lag, you're probably using some sort of splitter or something else interfering with the signal. I game on my 42 inch TV hooked up straight to my PC, so there is nothing to interfere with the signal that way.

The video capture is seen by your computer in much the same way as a webcam is... nearly any software that can view/edit/capture from your webcam will work with this card.

A shame a lot of people seem to be giving this negative reviews because it's not MCE compatible, but if they had done any research before, they would have known this. MCE is only useful if you're using this for TV and if you're using it for TV you'd be much better suited with a tuner card instead.

Pros: Easy Installation. Easy Instructions. Easy to update from their website.

Cons: The software is garbage, but there's plenty of alternatives laying around.

Other Thoughts: I stream Live games off my console. This does the job and then some. Its only capable of 1080i, I can't tell the difference from 1080p. I play FPS games, Fighting games, and strategy games on my 360 / ps3 / ps2 / NES /Genesis and this thing handles them all with ease. The quality is just AMAZING from the old systems, but the lack of being able to control features like Contrast / hue is a big negative to the included software. It tended to capture so dark in a lot of games that I had to use an alternative. But the card itself deserves a 10 star because of the ease of use, the price, and the effectiveness of the CARD.. Software not so much.

Pros: Easy to install. PCIe slot

Cons: NO record level adjustment, complicated H264 record settings.

Other Thoughts: I did not purchase this card from Newegg, however, I do own one and here's my review. First of all there is NO way to adjust the audio record level, whether it's composite, component or HDMI video. I went back and forth with Avermedia Tech support and after 7 days of emails, responses and screenshots, it turns out they never understood my question at all. Second issue, the original software version 1.7.5 captured video at 29.97 FPS, but the new MediaCenter 3D version 1.7.9 captures at 30 FPS. which by the way, there is NO adjustment for.