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Four-Port Video Capture System for Windows 98/2000/XP
Four-Port Video Capture System for Windows 98/2000/XP
Four-Port Video Capture System For Windows 98/2000/Xp
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Overview

  • Check up on your home or business from any PC in the world with Internet access
  • Keep a record of what happened by digitally recording activity when motion is detected
  • No monthly service fees - one time purchase is all you pay
  • More powerful, configurable and affordable than dedicated quad-screen monitors

Essential Info

It's another busy day at work, and that conference call you're on is showing no signs of letting up. You realize it's already 3 p.m., and you haven't gotten that call from your kids letting you know they arrived home safely. But thanks to this video capture system, you can pull up your four-camera video surveillance system on your work computer and see your 12-year-old watching TV in the family room, while your 14-year-old is in the back yard skateboarding on the ramp he built — all without missing a word of your conference call! You can even have your home computer digitally record video footage when it detects motion, so if your kids were Internet chatting in the home office before they finished their homework, you'll have the evidence.

Please note: These capture cards do not work with ANY Infrared cameras.


Important notes:
  • Smarthome does not offer technical support on this product, please contact the manufacturer directly for all product support.
  • Only merchandise credit for defective items returned within 30 days of purchase. No other returns allowed on this item.

Manuals/Software

What's Included

  • Four-Port Video Capture System for Windows 98/2000/XP
  • More Info


    You can do all that and more with this state-of-the-art Four-Port Video Capture System that lets you remotely view up to four cameras in your home or business from anywhere in the world where you can get access to a LAN or a TCP/IP connection. This remarkable system works with your existing PC, eliminating the expense of investing in a dedicated security monitor, quad processor and time-lapse VCR! And unlike competing systems, this one works with any surveillance cameras, without any subscription fees apart from the broadband Internet service that you probably already have.

    The system works by taking the baseband video signals from up to four color or black & white cameras, and outputting them to your Windows®-based PC. Images are shown in a quad display, so you can see all four cameras simultaneously. If you do want a record of what happened, you can configure your hard drive to begin recording images when motion is sensed on the video image, or at specific intervals. You'll be able to define any area of the screen to monitor for motion, even with non-standard shapes. The moment motion is detected within that area, the PC will immediately begin digitally recording. Plus, at a compression rate up to 300:1, you can save only critical moments, without being stuck with gigabytes of useless data, or without having to scan through hours of videotape. The video source (brightness, contrast, etc.), preview size, image quality and compression ratio are fully adjustable.

    Designed to snap into the PCI slot of any Pentium II or better computer, the video capture card is built with four RCA video input connectors. It fully supports NTSC and PAL video formats. Includes a CD-ROM containing the drivers for the capture card, server software for only Windows® 98, and remote viewing software for Windows® 98/2000/NT.

    Specifications


    Specifications

    Manufacturer:GrandTec USA
    Manufacturer Product No.:GXG-4000
    Computer Interface:PCI 2.1
    Inputs:4 composite video input connectors
    Video Compression:Microsoft Video Compression, up to 300:1
    Hard Drive Space:Unlimited; System can delete earlier file if running low
    Camera Frame Rate:Server: 15/N fps (N=the Number of video signal source)
    Remote: 5~15fps (10-Base LAN)
    Remote viewing:TCP/IP protocol (Internet/Intranet)
    Adjustments:Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation, Quality, Alarm, Motion Detection Area
    Video Chip:Bt878
    Formats Supported:NTSC-M (North America), NTSC-Japan, PAL, SECAM
    System Requirements:CPU: Pentium 3 or 4. May not work with Celeron or AMD processors
    Operating System: Windows 2000 or XP; Windows 98, 2000, NT for the Remote PC
    Audio: Sound card
    Network: Ethernet network card or modem
    Hard Disk Space: Hard disk space
    RAM: 64MB or above
    Display Card: 16 bit high color or 24-bit true color


    Reviews

    6 Ratings
    5 star: 17%  (1)
    4 star: 17%  (1)
    3 star: 17%  (1)
    2 star: 33%  (2)
    1 star: 17%  (1)
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    THEODORE -- littleton, CO   7/6/2008
    very good value
    RONALD W -- dayton, OH   9/20/2007
    the instructions could have been a bit better but all in all a very nice product.
    S T -- seattle, WA   9/15/2008
    Basic, starter video capture system. The frame rate and resolution is very low. Even with a 420TVL camera, you will only be able to identify details within a few feet of the camera e.g. a face or a license plate. Unfortunately, I purchased this for outside cameras and it just doesn't have the resolution or frame rate to be very useful when most of the things you want to identify are 20 or 30 feet away. It might be good for indoor monitoring where the subject is very close to the camera. In addition, the viewing software is really poor: I can get it to run only once per session. If I quit the application, I must reboot the PC to be able to run it again. Also, since I have hundreds of video files, it takes about 10 minutes for it to load each cameras files into memory prior to viewing. It makes for a very painful process. In hindsight, I would have purchased a more expensive system had I known the limitations of this one. You get what you pay for...
    JOSEPH -- fairdale, KY   4/2/2007
    Had a hard time configering the drivers. Working great now and satisfied. I will buy from Smarthome again. I'm watching for thoso sales.
    ALAN -- watsonville, CA   10/11/2006
    Board is working well in my Ubuntu 6.06 Linux box. It was automatically detected, no driver tweaking was necessary. Note that, though it has four ports, it only has one BT878 chip (which means all 4 ports are handled by the one chip). I'm using it to pull video from two cameras (via ZoneMinder) at 640x480 and the frame rate is only about 2.5 FPS. It would be 5 FPS, but I've enabled the double frame grab thing to reduce interlacing. At 320x240, frame rates would be ~4x, but I like the bigger images... If you need higher frame rates, you'd want a card that ideally had one bt878 for each port. But, overall it is a decent budget card.
    JOHN -- denver, NC   7/20/2005
    This card performed as expected in my Linux System running ZoneMinder.
    KEITH H -- westville, NJ   8/19/2003
    The order referenced in this e-mail was a quad video card for the pc, with a software package for Windows XP/2000. In order for this product to work properly, I had to download a video codec from a third party manufacturer (Indeo) at an additional cost of $14.95. I felt this an unreasonable demand from Grand Tec though, I went ahead and paid the fee. It seems that Microsoft no longer does business with Indeo thus, the "once included with windows" driver must be purchased. This fact would have influenced my decision to purchase.
    RANDY -- redwood city, CA   8/19/2003
    Great service. Your products are a bit pricy as compared to others, but you have a FULL catalog that is great!
    MIKE -- saint louis, MO   8/14/2003
    Very happy with this purchase

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