HDMI Capture Card by Blackmagic Design

Problem: You somehow need to capture HDMI playing from a source (like an HDMI camcorder, Blu-Ray player, PS3, Set-top box, DVR, etc.) to your computer (Mac or PC).

The Best Solution: Blackmagic Intensity Pro HDMI capture card, (PCI Express)

Full Retail Price: $199

Seen for: $188.95

Why I like this Card

First off, this is way way more than just HDMI capture, it's also an extremely comprehensive analog capture device and allows you to bring in uncompressed real-deal HDMI video, allowing you to edit in 1920 HD resolutions (not just in HDV). All of this on the same card (with included break-out cable) which works either with Windows or OSX (Mac).

Real time Hardware Based Video Processing: There's no better way to process and scale video than the real way: through the hardware itself. Colorspace conversion, automatic real-time scaling during capture and/or playback, and other real time effects such as Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere are built-in.

Available Ports:

Digital Video Input	1 x HDMI input.
Digital Video Output	1 x HDMI output.
Supported HDMI formats	525 NTSC, 625 PAL, 720HD and 1080HD switchable.
HDMI Audio Input	2 Channels.
HDMI Audio Output	2 Channels.
Analog Video Input	Component, NTSC, PAL or S-Video.
Analog Video Output	Component, NTSC, PAL or S-Video.
Analog Audio Input	2 Channel RCA HiFi audio in 24 bit.
Analog Audio Output	2 Channel RCA HiFi audio in 24 bit.
SPDIF Audio Output	2 Channel 24 bit.

Standards Supported:

HD Format Support	1080i50, 1080i59.94, 720p50 and 720p59.94.
SD Format Support	625/25 PAL and 525/29.97 NTSC.
HDMI Video Sampling	4:2:2.
HDMI Color Precision	4:2:2.
HDMI Color Space	YUV 4:2:2.
HDMI Audio Sampling	Television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit.
Card type	PCI Express 1 lane, compatible with 1,4,8 and 16 lane PCIe slots.
Copy Protection	For legal reasons, capture devices from Blackmagic Design are designed not to capture, convert or transmit video or audio from copy-protected sources, e.g. video devices using HDCP.