Plextor's Video Capture Module - ConvertX PX-M402U

[Suhit Gupta]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1587788,00.asp?kc=PCRSS02129TX1K0000530' target='_blank'>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1587788,00.asp?kc=PCRSS02129TX1K0000530</a><br /><br /></div>"There's plenty of reason to like the Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U video-capture module. This flexible USB 2.0 device can capture almost any flavor of analog video and store it as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, or even DivX AVI files. It handled our most challenging test footage with aplomb, and its picture quality was excellent for a mid-priced device."<br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/convertx.gif" /><br /><br />"Plextor's latest video-capture module is one of the most stable, conflict-free devices of its type we've seen. It doesn't include digital inputs, and we weren't impressed with its bundled application software. But its superior output quality, hardware MPEG-4 encoder, and ability to capture analog video directly into the popular DivX format without loss of audio sync easily outweigh any deficiencies."<br /><br />InterVideo WinDVD Creator 2 disc-creation software is bundled with the unit which unfortunately doesn't allow fine-tuning of many capture options, but it does let you capture directly to CD or DVD and then perform basic authoring functions on-disc. It appears to be fairly compact and the fact that it is only $159 makes this an attractive solution for video capture.