Laurence,

Thanks for your reply. I just went ahead and orderd the Canopus ADVC 110 since that is the one I have heard the most about.

Found a good price on Newegg.

Thanks again.

Dave T2

The 110 is probably a little more flawless than the 100 was. The 100 had a nasty habit of going up in smoke and taking everything attached with it. I think a good part of what was done with the 110 was power isolation.

Rob Mack

I also give my vote for the Canopus 110.

It gives a flawless capture of analog data. I use it to capture shows and music off the satellite reciever with excellent results. I also occasionally capture some older analog Hi8 video.

For music capture, the audio quality is very good.

I previously used an Osprey 220 card. Not good.

I thought I read that the 110 does not pass Macrovision, where the 100 did.

Dave T2

There's a hidden function in the 100 to filter out macrovision. I don't know if it's on the 110 or not.

The 100 has a design flaw can blow it's circuits if you plug it into the computer with a six pin to six pin 1394 cable while the computer is turned on. As long as you're aware of this it is no problem. The 110 can be hotplugged.

There was a very super-secret way to get the 100 to skip macrovision, but it wasn't documented or supported. I don't think it was supposed to be there.

So you aren't missing anything.

Rob

My replacements all included warning stickers. Progress!

Rob

For macrovision removal my D8 camera works a treat.

I don't need the macrovision removal. I just thought that was one of the big differences. I had not heard about the electrical issues.

Thanks for the info from everybody though.

Dave T2

Farss,

My D8 will not pass macrovision. It flags it right away. But both of my Pinnacle capture cards will pass anything.

Dave T2

try the ADS Pyro converters. They're very accurate, and they have component input/output, something most of the other A/D conversion boxes can't say at that price.

Dave

The 110 does work with Macrovision out of the box. The data light flashes when you have a Macrovision signal to let you know to stop recording protected material (with perfect results).


**I thought I read that the 110 does not pass Macrovision, where the 100 did.**

Dave,

From my research, the ADS unit seems to have the most mixed reviews. Many people complain of hardware and software issues, all the way from color changing during capture to just won't work, while other people seem completely happy. This concerned me so I did not persue the ADS unit any further. The DAC and Canopus seem to be a little more consistent in reviews.

Dave T2

I used a DAC100 for a couple of years. It ignored macrovision and worked just fine off a live signal. It was only recorded VHS tapes that would drop a few frames. It would only drop frames at either the point a signal was starting to record or if an old VHS tape recorded on SLP wasn't perfect. These would appear as a minute or two of just black and I would have to chop it out.
The Sony DIgital 8 with pass thru has the filters to capture VHS with hardly ever dropping a frame. I don't know about it and macrovision. The issue has never come up.

TGS,

I am not worried about macrovision. My Sony D8 will not do passthrough.

I am supposed to get my Canous today so I am anxious to give it a shot.

Dave T2

You made a good choice. Your captures are going to look exactly like what you are capturing, and it´s great for monitoring SD video fullscreen while you edit as well.

So far I am very happy with the ADVC110. I do have some issues of the mucking up the firewire port occasionally and I have to reboot the computer to clear it. And I found some issues with my Mac which require that I reinstall QT. This is supposed to be a common problem with Macs and firewire devices.

The quality of the capture is very clean and stable. Thanks for all of your help and suggestions.

Dave T2

Hello Dave

Try cycling the button on the front of the 110, that clears the firewire port for me.

Andrew