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[Sixfortyfive]

So, I have a Dreamcast VGA box. I also have a Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle and an AverMedia Live Gamer Portable, both of which are capable of capturing footage through HDMI or component.

What's the best way to go about hooking up the former to the latter? Simple cables alone won't work; I'll need an active converter box of some kind for this. I'd like something that produces a clean and untouched signal (minimal distortion, no upscaling, etc.) as much as possible. Does anyone have any particular experience or recommendations? I'm thumbing through various items on Amazon and elsewhere right now but I figure I'd ask around before buying anything.

Alternatively, you could recommend VGA capture devices, but it'd have to be external since I'm on a laptop and I'm not sure if anything of that sort exists.

 

[Dereck]

VGA to HDMI converter

 

[Sixfortyfive]

VGA to HDMI converter

Just in case it wasn't clear: I'm looking for specific device and model recommendations. I've tried out various video converters of different kinds on the cheap in the past and it's often produced less than stellar results.

 

[Dereck]

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p..._id=1011404&p_id=6191&seq=1&format=4#feedback

 

[Dereck]

So, did that help you?

 

[Bittercup]

Lucky coincident, I was looking for the same solution as well.
Is there any difference between those converters or anything I should take note before I buy one or is it more or less the same with each brand?
Monoprice doesn't ship to my country. But there are several cheap ones on ebay. Unfortunately it's hard to find reviews to individual models.

 

[Sixfortyfive]

So, did that help you?

I bought it and just tested it. It's junk. The picture comes through on a monitor but not on either of my capture devices, after testing every resolution + refresh rate setting I have. It's not an HDCP issue either, as I have a stripping device for that and made sure to test for it.

I can also tell just by glancing at the monitor output that the picture quality is shit, too. The reds definitely aren't accurate.

Lucky coincident, I was looking for the same solution as well.
Is there any difference between those converters or anything I should take note before I buy one or is it more or less the same with each brand?
Monoprice doesn't ship to my country. But there are several cheap ones on ebay. Unfortunately it's hard to find reviews to individual models.

Honestly? It's a total crapshoot. All of the big vendors seem to just re-brand these same-looking cheap Chinese-made boxes, and as far as I can tell they're all shit. I can add this new device next to the pile of lousy HDMI-to-component converters I've been burned on in the past.

 

[partime]

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/

Blackmagic-Design is the prosumer product of choice.

 

[Sixfortyfive]

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/

Blackmagic-Design is the prosumer product of choice.

I'm willing to entertain the possibility that I might be illiterate, but I'm not seeing any device on this site that does what I need it to do.