Hauppauge Computer Works - Impact Vcb

Hauppauge ImpactVCB Video Capture Card

The ImpactVCB board provides image capture from a desktop CCD camera or other analog input. Impact VCB board is a small 1/3 height PCI board based on the Conexant 878A video digitizer chip.

It requires a bus-master PCI slot. A VGA card with Direct Draw 3 (or later) capability is required for Live Display. Drivers are provided with the ImpactVCB board. Incoming image is digitized using high quality 4:2:2 video sampling and displayed in a window on the PC's VGA screen.

The image is transmitted directly by the ImpactVCB into main system memory or the memory of the VGA adapter for high performance results. Model 558 features 3 Composite Video Inputs and 1 S-Video Input.

Brand Name:   Hauppauge
Product Line:   ImpactVCB
Product Name:   ImpactVCB Video Capture Card
Marketing Information:  

ImpactVCB is a low cost family of video capture boards which can be used as the heart of a live video display, real time video capture, streaming video or video conferencing solution.

Product Type:   Video Capturing Device

Technical Information

Functions:   Video Capturing
Video System:   PAL
Video System:   NTSC
Video Formats:   S-Video
Platform Supported:   PC

Interfaces/Ports

Host Interface:   PCI

Software

Software Included:  

• Microsoft NetMeeting

Miscellaneous

Additional Information:  

• Board height: full height
• Conexant 878A video digitizer chip

System Requirements:  

• Pentium PCs
• Bus-mastering PCI bus slot
• VGA graphics adapter must have WINDOWS Direct Draw support
• 2MB of free hard disk space
• 2 MB of RAM (Windows 95 or Windows98) or 4 MB of RAM (Windows NT 4.0, Windows2000 or WindowsXP)

Compatibility:  

Operating System:

• Window 95
• Windows 98
• Windows ME
• Windows NT 4.0
• Windows 2000
• WindowsXP
• Linux